I applied through university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2015
Interview
Applied through university career management portal. Selected for first round interview on campus along with 16 other candidates.
First round consisted of two interviews - each interview 30 minutes in length. Both consisted of 5 minutes of small talk and 25 minutes of case interview. First case concerned market-sizing and second case concerned marketing strategy optimization for a consumer packaged goods company.
Final round offers extended to 8 candidates at Toronto office. Friday night consisted of dinner with three consultants and a recruiter from the office and Saturday afternoon consisted of three interviews, each thirty minutes in length. First two interviews were case based - first case concerned branch profitability issue of large European painting company and second case concerned cost of good increase for plastics producer. Last interview was behavioural/fit-based.
Offer extended Saturday evening, a few hours after final rounds ended.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Bain?
Tell me about a leadership experience you are most proud of?
Several more questions but I can't recall them.
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.
2 rounds of 3 interviews.
The first round includes a fit interview.
All interviews feel very relaxed, but they still expect you to move through the case fast and in a structured way.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle a client who is feeling anxious/fearful?
