I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Boston, MA) in Jan 2016
Interview
First round interview was two 20 minutes interviews. Second round was two 40 minutes interviews. The interviewer were very nice but all the questions were very vague. A lot of the time they were asking for me to brainstorm ideas/recommendation but not actually prove them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Would you choose a price-based costing or cost-based pricing strategy for a laser printer? why?
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.