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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Nov 19, 2009
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 (took a day)
The interview process took the entire day and consisted of 2 seperate meetings with mid-level managers. Each lasted about 30 minutes to 45 minutes. Each included background and education information. Next came the case studies which were seemingly difficult, but I could have used some more practice, that would have helped. I ultimiately declined the offer for an offer from McK.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Presentation.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Nov 3, 2009
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2008 (took 4+ weeks)
I applied for this position through my university career center. The first round consisted of 2 interviews on campus. Each was 30 minutes and covered information on my resume and a short case study. They notified me about the 2nd/final round within two weeks. This interview took place at their office, and was another 2 case interviews.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Oct 27, 2009 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 in Los Angeles, CA (took a day)
Applied through the college career center website and Bain's recruiting website. After receiving an interview offer, I scheduled an interview for the following week. Bain interviewed students throughout the day in groups of four with each student performing back-to-back case interviews. We were told to expect the result of our interview later in the afternoon through a phone call and to plan for second round interviews at the office the next day or next week.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Oct 24, 2009
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5.0
Very Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 in Atlanta, GA (took a day)
I interviewed with Bain & Company on-campus at my university. The interview was one hour long and consisted of two 30-minute case interviews. The first interview was an auto car show case concerning entering a new market. The second interview concerned the declining profitability of a major US university. There were quantitative and market sizing portions of the case. Each of the cases are designed by the interviewers from cases they have worked on.
The company offers candidates the opportunity to practice a case with a Bain AC prior to the interview, but substantial preparation on the part of the interviewee in necessary to land the job.
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The interview consisted of a Skills Test.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Oct 16, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 (took 2 weeks)
Bain makes an effort to reach out in their recruiting process. Interviews were all case based, 2 first round and 3 second (and final) round. They treated us to dinner after the first round and at the beginning of the whole process invited everyone to their office for an interview practice session. After first rounds we met with our first round interviewers and they coached us on how we could nail second round.
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Take it or leave it offer, no room to negotiate. Still the offer was generous so I was happy.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Oct 15, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2009 (took a day)
1 first round interview; 1 hour, 2 case interviewers (1 interviewer per case). One of them was not very motivated/attentive; was checking email during the time and clearly just wanted to get over with the interview. In retrospect, I should've been more aggressive with him. Cases were focused on incremental revenue.
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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Aug 24, 2009 — 1 of 2 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 (took 3 days)
Every part of the process was extraordinarily efficient and professional. Having submitted an application and being accepted for first round interview, there was a get-to know you drinks session, and the following day had first 2 interviews (case studies.) later that night I was called back and the next round of interviews were the following day. The final round of interviews happened the next day- 3 days, 6 interviews. On the evening of the third day I was offered a position.
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