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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company
Posted Nov 15, 2011
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Boston, MA (took 1+ week)
There were two rounds that consisted of interviews with individual interviewers. In each round there were 2 cases with different consultants - there was a behavioral interview and a case, followed by questions. The format was the same for the final rounds which also consisted of 2 interviews, but with more senior managers.
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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 Jun 26, 2011
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Interviewed Oct 2009 in Boston, MA (took 4+ weeks)
There are two rounds of interviews. If you are offered a second round interview, your odds of getting an offer are quite good. Each round of interviews consists of two back-to-back 30-minute interviews with a senior employee. Each 30 minute segment consists of about 15 minutes of "fit" questions and about 15 minutes of a practice case. The interviewers, like the vast majority of people at the firm, are very pleasant and encouraging.
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There was no real negotiation on the associate consultant level. There is a standard package that you either accept or reject.
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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 Dec 7, 2010 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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Interviewed Oct 2010 in Boston, MA (took 2 days)
Two rounds: first was on-campus, not office specific, with much younger members of the firm. Bain's cases follow a very structured model, for which Profit = Revenue - Cost almost always work. Most cases start with some brainstorming, moves on to basic market sizing scenario, and closes with some calculation before you present ideas. As there is a meet and greet session the night before the interview (at least at my school), there was no time wasted on fit or questions on leadership experiences and such. ~30 minutes per case.
Second round will typically be at the office (although, with some offices, interviews are held at the closest local office - perhaps to save the company some money?). ~45 minutes per interview. Two interviews, with higher ranking officials; usually at least one partner, but not always. Cases are *very* similar to first rounds, but are a little longer. Interview is longer as around 10 minutes is spent on fit questions (why Bain/consulting, what you enjoy doing on campus, describe yourself in three words etc). I don't recall getting an questions on leadership experiences or "how did/will you handle x scenario" type questions either.
Be yourself! Bain loves people who are charismatic and engaging, and this is typified in the people you will be interviewing with. Of the three (MBB), in my experience, Bain had the easiest, most straight-forward case, with a clear path and relatively easy and direct numbers.
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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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Training Program at Bain & Company
Posted Aug 23, 2010
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jun 2010 in Boston, MA (took 1+ week)
Had a phone interview with a recruiter who was very nice. We mutually decided that I was not right for the position.
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Analyst at Bain & Company
Posted Oct 7, 2009 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2009 in Boston, MA (took a day)
I was selected through my university's campus recruiting website. It is very important to apply both through their website and on your university's site. It was at a hotel near campus and I arrived on time. When I got there I had 2 consecutive 45 minute case interviews. They were not particularly difficult but I think it became apparent that I hadn't practiced enough. I found out that night I was not invited back.
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