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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company

No Offer – Reviewed Apr 30, 2013

Interview Details – Two rounds of interviews. First round on campus, with two case interviews. Second round was at the Bain office, with another two case interviews (this time with more senior people). Everyone was very friendly and helpful throughout, and the company was very generous with accommodations for the second round. Company was also very good about having alumni reach out to you for practice before each round of interviews.

Interview Question – In second round, interviewer asked a very nontraditional case. I was not sure where I was going with it, and despite my attempts to save face, it was obvious to the interviewer.   Answer Question

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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in New York, NY Oct 2012 – Reviewed Apr 30, 2013

Interview Details – The entire process consisted of four interviews (two sets of two back-to-back interviews). The first two took place on my college campus, and for the second two I was flown out to my preferred office. I got the interviews through networking emails and phone calls. All of my interviewers were very relaxed, though it was clear that they expected me to produce when it came to the case. Very brief small talk at the beginning - "What's your story?" kind of questions, and then they would jump into the case.

Interview Question – Had a somewhat difficult case involving rates of work. Also had to know the population of China for a market sizing question.   Answer Question

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Associate Consultant at Bain & Company

No Offer – Interviewed in Los Angeles, CA Sep 2012 – Reviewed Apr 21, 2013

Interview Details – On-campus recruiting event, followed by Information session on how to Ace a case interview. Overall very organized system. Got assigned a buddy (a 2nd year AC), even though just 4-5 days before the first-round interview.

First-round interview on campus made up of two 30 minute long case interviews.

Interview Question – What is the market size of surfboards in the US?   Answer Question

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Summer Associate at Bain & Company

No Offer – Reviewed Apr 7, 2013

Interview Details – On campus interview. Two 45-minute cases with 2 interviewers.

Interview Question – One of the two cases was a little bit hard with several charts showing statistical curves.   Answer Question

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Help Desk Technician at Bain & Company

No Offer – Interviewed in Boston, MA – Reviewed Apr 2, 2013

Interview Details – Submitted app via LinkedIn. Was contacted by recruiter within a few weeks. After a normal telephone interview, was invited to the local office to participate in an in-person interview. First met with the HR recruiter I had the tele interview with. Then had 4 separate interviews with different members of helpdesk team. Each took about 30 minutes.

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Post-MBA Consultant Level at Bain & Company

No Offer – Reviewed Mar 26, 2013

Interview Details – Bain has a long networking and interview process for MBA students. If you get past the networking process, the case interviews will be another adventure. It's more important to understand numbers, business concepts, and industries than case structures, so I recommend spending case interview time reading relevant content rather than paying expensive case interview coaches for practice sessions. You basically just want to show them you know your stuff, can think on your feet, and can talk like a salesperson.

Interview Question – Case interviews/sales pitch   Answer Question

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Summer Associate at Bain & Company

No Offer – Interviewed in Ann Arbor, MI Jan 2013 – Reviewed Mar 26, 2013

Interview Details – Received interview invitation 2 months after I submitted application. Two back-to-back case interviews. Interviewers are nice overall.

Interview Question – The second case about synergy is a little twisted.   Answer Question

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Consultant at Bain & Company

No Offer – Interviewed in San Francisco, CA Oct 2012 – Reviewed Mar 26, 2013

Interview Details – Applied online before the early-bird deadline. Got invited to a half-day "Get to Know Bain" event that included presentation about the company, group case practice and a social dinner.

Got invited to 1st round interview one week after the official deadline.

Two 1:1 behavioral + case interviews. Heard the result from one interviewer the night on the interview day. Not invited to the final round.

Interview Question – Please evaluate what a time-share developer should pay attention to when they want to buy a time-share exchange network company. After clarifying what is time-share developer and time-share exchange network, the interviewer told me he had no more data and I was asked to talk for the rest 30min.   View Answer

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Summer Associate at Bain & Company

No Offer – Reviewed Mar 23, 2013

Interview Details – Submitted resume through my school's jobs portal, set up interview on-campus, did first round interview in my school's career center, did my second round interview in the Bain office I was applying to.

Interview Question – Some obscure quant question - the more cases you practice, they better off you'll be.   Answer Question

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Analyst at Bain & Company

No Offer – Reviewed Mar 18, 2013

Interview Details – Recruited through school, first round and second round in 2 days back to back. Open ended cases in the 2nd round.

Interview Question – Open ended cases and geometry needed!   Answer Question

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