I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company in Sep 2019
Interview
My school is a target so I applied through our site and got a first round. The interview was two 30-min cases with different interviewers. I got to meet them the night before. The cases both went very well (with both interviewers telling me "great job" when I gave my conclusion). I did not get invited to a second round. You should apply to the big offices if possible, I think that's what it was. I did reach out for feedback and received some. I also asked the recruiter if office selection affected things and was given a non-answer. There's a lot of randomness in the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your client picks up and stores paper documents and is seeing declining revenue. How would you approach this problem?
It was fine. The partner round interviews were less structured and much more difficult. Majority of my interviewers were really nice which made the process better than what I had anticipated.
2 rounds of interviews, each round consisting of 3 interviews with cases. In the first round 2 case interviews and 1 with HR. In the 2nd round you have 3 interviews with more senior profiles like managers and partners.
Interviewers were really nice, but the process was difficult. Standard level cases and they expected you to take them through multiple business problems. If you practice casing frequently with multiple partners, you should be fine.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please walk me through how you would approach this case.