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Anonymous Employee
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InterviewI applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company in Sep 2021
First round was two case interviews with two different junior consultants on zoom, second round was two case interviews with partners on zoom and third round was one case interview and some behavioral with one partner on zoom
Interview Questions
- What are some strategies you would use to solve this problem?
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Anonymous Employee
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InterviewI applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company
Very challenging process. There was a screening, followed by an assessment, followed by four 30-minute interviews with four leadership team members. A lot of scenario-based questions. They want to make sure your values align with the organizations, and that you are actually qualified for the job. Every person I spoke to was very professional, personable, and polite, which gave me a great impression of the organization (which I still have) They like confidence in your answers and do not mind if you ask to repeat a question or if you say you don’t know something - they’re very reasonable and truly just want to get to know you better.
Interview Questions
- What was one decision you took without consulting with management? Do you have experience arranging travel for executives? Are you comfortable with speaking with executives and leadership team members on a daily basis? Do you have experience coordinating calendars for executives or clients? What is your biggest strength / weakness? Do you have experience working in a remote environment?
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Anonymous Employee
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InterviewI interviewed at Bain & Company
We had an interview process with case analysis and guesstimate questions to be done. The case was a market entry case with the guesstimate being a market size estimation of a new product to be launched in india. There were also typical fit questions with regards to the firm
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- Why consulting and would it be easy to work there as a fresher
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InterviewI interviewed at Bain & Company
The process is long but you have to be patient and get through it. The questions are easy to understand. There are many rounds to go about, just be yourself and go for it.
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- About the companies problems and how to solve them.
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Anonymous Employee
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InterviewI applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bain & Company
I had two 45 minute interviews which included the typical case questions you can find online. There were very few (one or two) behavioral questions based on the contents of my resume.
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- One of my two interviews included a market-sizing case question.
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
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InterviewI applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Bain & Company
Process had a 3 stages: - Analytic tests - Language skills - Meeting with managers They requirement lot of soft skills and analytic skills. You have to improve that You are the right one.
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- What motivates you? How do you analyse data? Why do you want to work with Bain?
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InterviewI applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bain & Company
Two back to back cases interviews conducted over Zoom. The case studies were medium level, the interviewers were friendly but it being the end of the day seemed very tired.
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- No behavioral questions just a case study, similar in level as Case in Point.
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Anonymous Employee
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InterviewI interviewed at Bain & Company
Not stressful. Worked through two cases online. The questions were not too difficult and straightforward. Interviewers were friendly and helped steer the case problems in the right direction. Overall very positive experience.
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- Why are you interested in the BEL program?
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Anonymous Employee
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InterviewI applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bain & Company
Met with an HR rep first. She was in a different time zone which caused me to miss the interview. She was so nice and flexible about it and we were able to reschedule quickly. She was amazing at explaining the position and benefits that Bain offered. Really sold me on the position and company. Then I met with three team members within the next week for individual interviews. Every single person I spoke with was so great and welcoming even in an interview environment. They all really made me feel like this was the right place for me and even reached out after I accepted the offer to congratulate me and tell me they were excited to work with me. The time from the initial HR interview to the offer was one week. ONE WEEK. It was mind blowing how quickly the whole process went compared to other jobs I have applied for.
Interview Questions
- Walk me through your experience/resume.
- Situational questions about what you would do in certain events related situation.
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InterviewI interviewed at Bain & Company
Interviews are focused on case study and behavioral fit. They will ask you why you are interested in consulting, prior experience, what you study. Nothing out of the ordinary but make sure to be prepared for case interviews.
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- They asked me what I am most proud of
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InterviewI interviewed at Bain & Company
Underwent two 40min case interviews back-to-back, conducted by two different people. Both were interviewer led and included 10min of behavioral analysis. The interviewers were friendly and encouraged me throughout the process.
Interview Questions
- To analyze the case and give a suggestion to the company.
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Bain & Company as 74.0% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.54 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Summer Associate and Consultant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate Consultant and Associate Consultant Intern roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Bain & Company takes an average of 22 days when considering 1,543 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Summer Associate had the quickest hiring process (on average 19 days), whereas Consultant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 24 days).
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