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Bain & Company interviews FAQs
Summer Internship Program applicants have rated the interview process at Bain & Company with 3.7 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 71.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Internship Program roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bain & Company overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bain & Company as a Summer Internship Program according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
IQ intelligence test: 22%
Presentation: 22%
Skills test: 11%
Phone interview: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Background check: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Seoul) in Aug 2020
Interview
Make sure you prepare well for the case studies questions. There are no right or wrong answers, but they look for a good level of professionalism and structure in your answers
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A phone company is looking to expand into Ghana. What information is needed in order to seize the market size?
I applied online. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Madrid) in Feb 2025
Interview
You apply with your CV and motivational letter and then if you pass you are asked to do a 75-min game test.
The game test is not hard but it is definitely more challenging than the mckinsey one.
Then if you move you are invited to do 2 interviews (one fit one case) - 1h each
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-Why bain and why madrid?
- Present yourself
- Tell me about a time where you had to disagree with something
- Experience that you are proud of
- 3 weaknesses
Case: it was a profitability case but LOTS of calculations
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Madrid) in Jan 2025
Interview
1st: Online application, 2nd: Online assessment where first part of the assessment is a personality questionnaire on your behavioral preferences and the second part covers numerical, verbal and logical reasoning.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why us? Strenghs and Weaknesses, How do you deal with stress? Are you a team player?
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (New York, NY) in Jul 2021
Interview
Fit and Case Interviews
Fit was pretty standard although the partner threw some curve ball questions at me for the final round cases. Not really sure how to prep for those