J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Bain & Company en sept. 2009
Entretien
Two half hour case interviews. 1st - acquiring a firm (including market sizing) 2nd - turnaround. Seemed to be a "good cop, bad cop" situation with two interviewers. 1st - very helpful and genuinely wanted you to succeed. 2nd - checked blackberry the whole time and when you made an error in an assumption offered no help and seemed to enjoy seeing you struggle to figure out where you messed up. One interview was a mess while the other went fairly well. I don't think I ever had a chance with the "bad cop" as they started it off by just throwing the info at you and then watching.
Questions d'entretien [2]
Question 1
Company is considering purchasing a smaller one. Estimate market attractiveness and then make a recommendation.
I applied online and got a online assessment after ~1 week. I completed the online test but I haven't heard back since then. The timeline is a bit uncertain to me.
First round case interviews. Got standard questions about profitability and market entry. IMO the most difficult part was reading complex charts and distilling the key insights with time pressure. There was little behavioral.
The interview was overall efficiently run and very professional. It had 2 stages; a case interview typical of management consuting interviews and a fit interview to assess cultural fit with the firm.