I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company in Mar 2024
Interview
Resume screening, online assessment. Then invited to first round consisting of 3x45min interviews and had a webinar preparing us for this. From this final round interviews which were 2x45min interviews with partners, very different questions/challenges to the first round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you go about joining a new team? Standard market sizing, case problems
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.