Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Bain & Company with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 74% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 839 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bain & Company overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bain & Company as a Associate Consultant according to 839 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 46%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 10%
Phone interview: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Brussels)
Interview
Three rounds, two interviewers in first and second round, final round with one partner. One case per interviewer. Also a very brief resume discussion with each interviewer, not really in depth though. For the second round you also prepare a written questionnaire with 5 questions about leadership and teamwork.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why consulting? Why Bain? Tell me about yourself? What brings you here? If you could buy any company in the world which one it be and why?
2 rounds, 1st round 2 small cases, not very difficult , market entry cases.
2nd long case with a deck to read and prepare answers..45 mins to read, 15 mins to answer
Three rounds of interviews, generally 2 rounds in person or remote with live consultants. Each round involves a 2-3 case interviews each, which generally also include a set of behavioural questions.
Drei Interviewrunden, je ein Interviewer: zwei englischsprachige Case Studies (Interviewer-geführt, strukturiert) sowie Personal Fit mit situativen Fragen ohne CV-Bezug - keine Angaben zu Praktika oder Uni gefragt. Stattdessen Reaktionsfragen à la „Wie würdest du in Situation XYZ reagieren?". Mit solider Vorbereitung nichts Unerwartetes. Alle Interviewer sehr freundlich und aufgeschlossen — angenehme, entspannte Atmosphäre throughout.