Summer Associate Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at Bain & Company with 3.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Associate Consultant roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 25 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 Associate Consultant according to 25 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 58%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 4%
Background check: 4%
Phone interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Boston, MA) in Jan 2021
Interview
The first round cases were not tremendously challenging, make sure to be ready to do some math in one of the cases. There is no fit part in the first round.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Bain & Company (San Francisco, CA) in Sep 2025
Interview
I applied in early to mid July 2025 and received the invitation to the first round interview in mid September. The process was two rounds. The first round was a 1-hour interview with two back to back 30 minute case interviews. The second round was a longer 2 hour interview with a mix of behavorials as well as harder case studies. I got denied after the first round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They gave me two case studies. One was a basic profitability case and the other was a market entry case.
The set up was two case interviews, no behavioral component. They did not ask any personal questions and the cases were back to back. Mine was virtual and over zoom.
There are 2 Rounds of interviews:
1 Round: 2* 40-minute case interview with an associate consultant
2 Round: 3 case interviews with one focusing more on fit/behavioral interview with partners or managing directors
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Case interviews are more about profitability and market-entry and market sizing