Bain & Company

Sector:

Consulting

Ranking in Times Top 100 Graduate Employers:

2006: 65
2007: 66
2008: 59
2009: 74
2010: 82

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Graduate Job Programme

2011 Applications Opening Date: Recruits via certain universities and on-line. Currently Recruiting on-line
2011 Applications Closing Date:

2011/2012 6-12 Month Placements

Not Offered

2011 Summer/Vacation Internships

Not Offered

Competencies and Other Requirements

Bain uses a combination of case interviews and experience interviews in it’s candidate selection process.

What is a case interview?

The case interview is an example of a real business problem typical of the kind it’s case teams work to resolve every day. For this reason, interviewers prepare their interviews based on real cases and tend not to rely on brainteasers or theoretical problems. Cases involve qualitative and quantitative questions as well as real-world business situations. Bain & Co do not strive to test you on business terms and expressions, current events, or strategic “frameworks.”

Instead, you are evaluated based on your ability to think about and structure an approach to solving a business problem, not on whether you get the “right” answer. A good case interview should be fun and thought provoking.