Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Bain & Company with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Consultant roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bain & Company overall takes an average of 15 days.
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I applied online. The process took 12 months. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Amsterdam) in Sept 2017
Interview
You apply through the website. Then the waiting starts. Waiting for an answer that will never come. So beware! You put in hours of effort to write a cover letter and they do not even have the decency to write you a short rejection email. Even after repeatedly calling the recruitment office over the course of a few weeks with different phone numbers, they do not pick up the phone or call you back.
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.