I applied through university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Berkeley, CA) in Oct 2013
Interview
Attended an info session, submitted my resume and got the interview. Attended another info session at their SF offices where they gave us a little coaching on the interview. I then had two formal interviews on campus. They were friendly and interesting, but I didn't get to the next round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One of the cases was about Arizona Iced Tea, which I know nothing about. I started off thinking it was like bags of tea that are just already bottled for you...oops.
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.