Bain & Consultant interview experience

We split the time evenly: about half the session was about why consulting, and the other half was a case study. The case portion felt relatively straightforward—almost like it was something the interviewer had on hand—so the challenge for me wasn’t having to decode a complex setup, but staying crisp under the clock.

Because it was only one interviewer and a single uninterrupted session, there wasn’t much “distance” between problem-solving and feedback. I remember walking away with the sense that they were focused on how I framed my approach and how naturally I could move from motivation into