I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Brussels) in Jun 2013
Interview
Scheduling and planning the interviews with 5-6 weeks in advance, excellent organisation.
Very good interviewers, they answered clearly to all my questions including working hours.
Business cases are as expected form a top tier consulting company, you have to be good with numbers at least in the first round. The second round is less mathematical and more about concepts, focusing on your weaknesses from the 1st round...
Very honest process. A pity I couldn't make it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you doubt with the business case, as it happened to me during the 2nd round, they are going to ask you endlessly:
Are you sure?
You answer.
Are you sure?
... Very hard trap.
Interviewers were really nice, but the process was difficult. Standard level cases and they expected you to take them through multiple business problems. If you practice casing frequently with multiple partners, you should be fine.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please walk me through how you would approach this case.
2 cases for R1. Pretty straightforward cases about revenue optimization opportunities. There was a little bit of market sizing but all data needed was given. No behaviorals asked in round 1 for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What office did you choose and why? Do you have competing offers?
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