Bain & Company Interview Questions

Application

I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Los Angeles, CA (US)) in February 2016.

Interview

I sent in my resume and got a reply back in an email asking me to interview in their LA office. It was quick and efficient. They also reimburse your travel if you're out of state which is very nice.

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Application

I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bain & Company.

Interview

I applied for an international office, received a phone interview but was conducted by an US office. there were two back to back phone interviews. Each were 30 minutes. two different people called in. The first one we just jumped into the case right away. The second one asked me to tell him about myself.

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Application

I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bain & Company in September 2015.

Interview

1st round interviews on campus. 2nd round on campus if selected. Both first round interviews consisted of a case. Neither focused on behavioral aspect. Pleasant experience overall, really great people at the firm but highly competitive.

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Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Chicago, IL (US)) in January 2013.

Interview

Whole interview process was very standard by big consulting firm standards. First round was at our business school and second round at the offices. Everyone was extremely friendly and helpful. Recruiters made entire process very clear and straight forward with no surprises as to what to expect.

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Negotiation

No negotiation. Standard offer for all summer associates.

Application

I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bain & Company.

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2 first round cases with casual personality questions; 3 second round interviews - 1 written case, 1 normal case, 1 traditional interview. they generally call you same night as your 2nd rounds if you get the offer.

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Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Bain & Company (New York, NY (US)) in January 2017.

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Applied through the career website.
Two rounds of interviews. All included cases and little behavioral. The cases were difficult, but the interviewers were very nice and trying to help me throughout the cases.

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Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bain & Company in January 2016.

Interview

I had two phone interviews. Each interviewer started off by asking a couple of standard behavioral questions. Then they followed up with two cases. The cases were not super complicated but the numbers were tricky.

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Application

I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Washington, DC (US)) in January 2017.

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Went to their on-campus presentation and began networking with the firm for a few months. Applied through campus portal and then interviewed first round on university campus. Incredibly fun and nice people throughout the process.

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Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Philadelphia, PA (US)) in October 2015.

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Before the interview, I networked lightly. I spoke to Bainies at coffee chats, spoke with Bainies by phone, and composed an informed cover letter. The interview involved standard casing and market sizing. The longest case introduced involved an amusement park example.

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Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Washington, DC (US)) in January 2014.

Interview

The Bain interview process is similar to other strategy consulting firms. It was a case interview and the impressive thing about it was the guy who interviewed me designed a case on the fly based on my resume. I thought that was impressive and spoke to the culture of Bain as being innovative, smart and saavy.

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