Bain & Consultant interview experience

The emphasis was on preparing case studies thoroughly, with lots of angles in mind.

I remember walking into the case interviews expecting standard prompts, but also realizing they would often follow up and probe deeper once I made initial choices. The interviews weren’t about getting one correct answer as much as it was about showing how I’d think through subsequent questions.

In the end, I wasn’t offered the role. Even though it was a conventional structure, the follow-up pressure made it feel harder than “typical” casing, because I had to keep the reasoning consistent as the questions