Bain & Consultant interview experience

After that, I moved into case work: there was a second phase with two case studies in a very typical consulting format, plus a personal interview that used a STAR-style approach. The final phase then added more case work—three case studies total.

The overall impression was that the process kept stacking more case-based pressure instead of swapping to mostly behavioral questions. As the rounds went on, the time and mental effort required to keep structure and reasoning consistent became the main challenge. I remember leaving each step feeling like the bar for communication and analytical