I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company (Chicago, IL) in Jan 2008
Interview
I am an MBA student at University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Bain had an organized presence on campus with several presentations, opportunities to meet with with current employees, cocktails/dinners etc. Following this, we applied online for the positions, and a large number of people(110 or so) from school were selected for first round interviews on campus - which consisted of two back to back 45 minute case based interviews. Although the cases were analytical and challenging, the interviewers were extremely supportive and friendly through the process. I was then invited for a second and final round of interviews at the Bain office. This was a series of 3 45 min back to back - 2 case interviews and a fit interview with partners. Again, cases were challenging and made me thinking, but the interviewers were extremely encouraging. The culture of this firm is extremely collaborative and fun - that clearly comes across in any visit to the offices.
Really smooth and clear. Was supported at every stage and felt like I could clearly demonstrate my skills. Found the casing harder than expected but behaviorals were genuinely interesting to answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Imagine you are working on an M&A case and you meet a friend for dinner who works for that company and has just been fired. He reports huge issues that are non-public material information. What would you do?
I applied through college or university. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Bain & Company in Mar 2026
Interview
Very Professional and Structured. Unique way of process with the behavioural and written case on top of the standard case. 2 round, total 5 interviews.
All the interviewers are really nice, genuinely want you to succeed.
MBA on-campus recruiting cycle. One super day of two cases and one behavioral. All done by partners. Countless coffee chats before actual interview day. Interview was in-person, but not at local office for which we were interviewing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Have you ever had a colleague who didn't work out and how did you handle it?
