Bain & Consultant interview experience

The first part felt manageable, but the partner round was where things became uncomfortable.

During that final conversation, the partners led the discussion in a way that didn’t feel collaborative to me. They kept interrupting or steering the way I was thinking by suggesting their own calculations and how theirs was the quickest and best approach. I found myself disagreeing with how they pushed for a specific method, and I also didn’t understand why they needed to derail my flow when there still seemed to be time to work through the problem properly.

By the time I finished, I didn’t feel