Bain & Company Senior Associate Consultant Interview Questions and Answers

Practise very well in advance with sample cases in mock sessions

Practise very well in advance with real cases with your friends

Q1. Friendly conversation with open perspective and consideration for your asks
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Q2. Be ready to discuss your expectations in this round
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Tests are Pymetrics and an online case. Pymetrics is a personality test of sorts (risk aversion, pattern recognition, etc.) this was benchmarked against successful Consultants. Online case is multiple choice but the questions flow like a normal case interview. You will get a final round interview if you do really well on them. If you just ‘pass’, you have to have an internal designation of a high priority or very high priority candidate. (See advice)

Standard 2 case interviews with senior leaders, already a lot of material on this elsewhere

Internal case of a biscuit manufacturing company. Details about company background, sales, figures are given and based on those 3 questions were asked.

Part 2 of the same case study was asked where the company should go for IPO or expansion in local market. based on the facts, decision and justification had to be given

Q1. Tell me about yourself
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I am a highly experienced consultant with a strong background in problem-solving and strategic planning.
• Over 10 years of experience in consulting for various industries

• Expertise in analyzing complex business challenges and providing effective solutions

• Proven track record of delivering successful projects on time and within budget

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to build rapport with clients

• Ability to...read more
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Q1. Basic devops question
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Q2. Agile process discussion
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Q1. Kubernetes deployment
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Q2. Ansible basic question
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Q1. Salary discussion with HR manager
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Q2. Negotiation salary with HR manager
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Q1. Most of questions were based on IND AS since this role was in Assurance service line under Financial accounting and advisory services.
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Q2. Questions were from IND AS AS 115,116 103 and why want to work with EY values of EY etc. and yeah i question that remains same in every interview was Tell me about yourself
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