Bain & Company Case Interview
Hey there, in the interest of saving time I'll try to be brief and to the point.
I just got invited for an undergrad summer internship case interview at Bain Italy. The invitation was received through email and was written in Italian.
I have two main concerns:
**(1) Will the case interview be in Italian, English or both? **
I am fluent in both but my business education has always been in English and am worried that this will create issues if I am asked to describe certain technical/complex topics.
**(2) What resources would you recommend I use to prepare for this interview? **
I found a video on the Bain main webpage which gave me an idea of the difficulty level of the questions but no information on how to prepare.
Also feel free to tell me all about your own case interview experiences with Bain.
Thanks
1) Italian
2) All the regular sources: victor cheng, case in point, the bain interview video. This has been covered endlessly.
What the other guy said.
Your interviews will be in Italian, both fit and case. You can probably get away with throwing in some English-language terminology in the interview, but the way an Italian would - ie. as loan words. Small chance ONE interviewer will test your English out by making you deliver the final recommendation in English, but unlikely.
The style and content of the case interview will be absolutely identical to Bain elsewhere. Do the usual prep. It applies. There is no excuse for not being able to find the prep resources.
I don't know about your first question, but I can say that for prep I recommend 'Case in Point.' It's a well-respected book and very well-written.
Bain Case Interviews (Originally Posted: 05/01/2018)
Hi everyone, I've got a Bain case interview coming up - have been practicing cases, and based on what I've seen it appears Bain uses a mix of interviewer / interviewee led cases. They also seem to like using heavy graphs / charts as part of their cases. Can anyone with relevant experience please confirm if this is true, and how best to prepare for Bain cases? All thoughts welcome!
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Bump, I'm also curious to know...
I had a first and second round interview with Bain last fall (didn't get the offer) and I consider their approach to be more interviewee led, as opposed to McKinsey which is definitely more interviewer led. I certainly remember preparing for the Bain case interviews with graphs and charts, but I only think I had one (out of four total) that had a graph or chart.
The feedback on why I didn't get the offer revolved around me not being as "curious" about what was driving certain aspects of the case, hence why I believe Bain leans more towards the interviewee led approach. Hope this helps!
Definitely agree with this, I had a similar experience. But in my experience, every Bain case usually has some kind of graph,chart, or figure.
One good piece of advice that I got from Bain people about dealing with graphs/charts is making sure you read the Titles and Axes of the graphs/charts before looking at any of the content. Then, try to pull out one or two key takeaways from the figure.
I ended up forgetting that advice... and bombed my interview by not fully reading the chart and assuming that chart was telling me one thing when it was telling me the exact opposite. Lessons learned!
Bain is definitely more interviewee led. The "classic" Bain case revolves around structuring a case using some sort of framework and then diving into a heavy market sizing that could take you to some quantitative result. For example:
"Your client is a vending machine operator who is looking to create a custom coffee dispensary machine to supplement their food products. How would you determine if this was a good idea or not?"
You would then proceed to structure around determining the feasibility and ROI of this investment using some sort of framework. After presenting the framework, you may be asked a few questions on it and then would be asked something like "Ok it sounds like we will need to calculate a possible break even point for this investment to see if it is the right move. How would you calculate the market for custom coffee vending machines?" And you would then move into a fairly in-depth market sizing.
These types of interviews would not generally have too much in the way of graphs. You could also get a more traditional case where you would follow your original framework through from start to finish in an interviewee led manner. These are the types of interviews that are much more likely to use graphs. When asking for certain data, you may be presented with charts or other information that can be used to find answers to questions that you have.
Good luck!
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