I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bain & Company
Interview
Had my first round interview on campus and it went pretty well. Two interviewers each interviewed me for 30min. They barely asked any behavioral questions because case problem took most of the time. The cases were not too hard, just standard business cases. One of them was a real case the interviewer worked on.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioral ones are just Why consulting? Why Bain? types of questions.
Cases were on profitability and new market entry.
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.