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1.1 Bain ........................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 Bain ................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Bain ........................................................................................................................................... 5
1.4 Bain ........................................................................................................................................... 5
1.5 Bain .......................................................................................................................................... 6
1.6 Bain .......................................................................................................................................... 6
1.7 Bain .................................................................................................................................................. 6
1.8 Bain ...................................................................................................................................... 7
1.9 Bain .......................................................................................................................................... 7
1.10 Bain ......................................................................................................................................... 7
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2.1 2015 BAIN AC WRITTEN TEST MAY 5................................................................................................................ 8
2.2 ...................................................................................................................................... 8
2.3 ----............................................................................................................. 8
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3.1 2016 ......................................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.1 BAIN PTA .................................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.2 2016 BAIN PTA OFFER........................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.3 PTA Sep 2015 .................................................................................................................................... 10
3.1.4 BJ PTA ............................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2 2014-2015 ............................................................................................................................. 11
3.2.1 case study ............................................................................................. 11
3.2.2 ......................................................................................................................................... 13
3.2.3 SH PTA ............................................................................................................................................ 14
3.2.5 Bain SH 2014 AC ............................................................................................................................. 15
3.2.6 Bain BJ pretalk .................................................................................................................................... 15
3.2.7 Boston- Final Round ................................................................................................................................... 16
3.2.8 PTA ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
3.3 2011-2013 .............................................................................................................................. 17
3.3.1 BJ Summer Pre .................................................................................................................................... 17
3.3.2 BJ summer intern pretalk ........................................................................................................... 17
3.3.3 summer intern ..................................................................................................................................... 17
3.3.4 Bain PTA ............................................................................................................................................. 18
3.3.5 Bain Summer Intern Pretalk ...................................................................................................... 18
3.3.6 Bain PTA .................................................................................................................................... 19
3.3.7 ..................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.3.8 BainPTA ...................................................................................................................................... 21
3.3.9 BJ PTA ................................................................................................................................................ 21
3.3.10 BJ Pre-talk ......................................................................................................................................... 21
3.3.11 ACI pretalk .............................................................................................................................. 22
3.3.12 Bain ACI Pre-talk ............................................................................................................................. 22

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3.3.13 case interview ........................................................................................................................ 23

3.3.14 1st Round interview-2011ACI .................................................................................................................. 23
3.3.15 just finished the call interview from Bain(HK) ......................................................................................... 24
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4.1 Bain Summer ACI offer ....................................................................................... 24
4.2 Bain BCG .................................................................................................................. 27
4.3 FAQ ................................................................................................................................................................ 27
4.4 my life in Bain ........................................................................................................................................................ 27
4.5 ............................................................................................................................. 29
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2.1 2015 BAIN AC WRITTEN TEST MAY 5

BBS2015 5 6
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Bascially it's similar to the McKinsey PST.

3 Bain cases with 25 questions and one additional descriptive question, exam time one hour.

1. Do you have any leadership experience

2. Provide one example of achieving tough goal in a team
3. What's your strengths/weaknesses
etc.

The descriptive question needs to be written within 100 to 150 words.

BAIN

2.2

BBS2011 10 23

HR

1. GPA
2.
3.
4.

2.3 ----

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3.1 2016

3.1.1 BAIN PTA

BBS2016 5 17
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BBSHR nice

1. 2min self-introduction, whyconsulting? Why Bain PTA

2. Whats the most importantquality for PTA?
3. The availability for PTA work
4. Research

5. market sizing

6.

3.1.2 2016 BAIN PTA OFFER

BBS2016 4 12
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Bain

3 18 PTA PTA Bain PTA mail Bain

BAIN Bain duration
PTA 9 3

3 27 LOL.. BAIN
schedule availability ..

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Bain

interview

1. Tell me about yourself (as always...)

, LOL
2. market size mini case
3.
4. Do you have any question:
1) Bain
2)

15 7,8 Bain

3.1.3 PTA Sep 2015

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9.18 deadline schedule

AC research
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sizing revenue 30

offer

3.1.4 BJ PTA

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3.2.1 case study

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3.2.2

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ac

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market sizing strategymarketing sizing

revenue logical
practical strategy framework structure your thinking
profit
profit revenue cost
revenue cost recommendation

casebook business sense industry knowledge

business sense
industry knowledge expect
industry top 3 case business sense
differentiate yourself industry
top 3 industry insights industry

company hire
personality capability
partner hr 30
30

3.2.3 SH PTA

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GG +
Professional

case

so easy

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3.2.5 Bain SH 2014 AC

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final round rp

nice stuck
bain case real project
made-up==

1st round 2nd round case

Pre-talk: market-sizing

1st round:
1) segment markettotal market size
2) start-up( ) membership plateau

2nd round:
1)
2)

3.2.6 Bain BJ pretalk

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mini case2,3 summer BJ

office nice~

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Summer Bain BCG RB case interview BCG ATK RB Bain Bain

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MBB
offer ~

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offer~

3.2.7 Boston- Final Round

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First of all!!!

case Manager nice
partner~
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case
1.Market Entry
2. Expansion

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LZ Offer

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3.2.8 PTA

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casebook
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3.3 2011-2013

3.3.1 BJ Summer Pre

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15 case

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3.3.2 BJ summer intern pretalk

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1. self introduction
introduction
2. tell me a challenging thing of yours
3. do you have any hobbies?

pretalk behavior
~~

3.3.3 summer intern

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1.selfintroduction 1 min
2. pta
3.

3.3.4 Bain PTA

BBS2012 3 17

pta yjs~ TT
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3.3.5 Bain Summer Intern Pretalk

BBS2012 3 16

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1900 GG 2100

case

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summer PTA summer

3.3.6 Bain PTA

BBS2012 3 14

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GG nice

1. 2min 1min ~
2. sizing 10-12
3. on board, ~
over
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Bain

3.3.7

BBS2012 11 17

bain

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LZ HR

bain focus victor cheng look over

my shoulder logic present . bain
framework approach Interview push case

~~
behavior
1.introduction
2.among all the exprience, whihi one most proud of
3. Bain Industry e.g.ksf, key players performance
then comes to a mini case:
client is a global fnancial service issuing traveler cheque traveller cheque
greater china growth deline(clarifying: revenue decline) exit market continue How ?

1.introduction
2 .give me 3 reasons why bain won't hire you
well 4 -_-

3.what differentiate you from other candidate
4.mini case why our clint's market share in each province is increasing ,however, in the entire country is
decreasing.
i gave him my assumption, then he asked me to give an numerical example. and ...i failed!

direction manipulate the numbers

5. market sizing the patents renew indutry
tough
6. client's business is helping corporations pay patent renew fee to government in US.
they currently get chinese corportions either through direct selling or chinse local law agency.
question: which approach is better?
LZ

7. what other companies you apply? in which process?

8. I asked him questions: his experience, hows bain, hows future career plan
9. he asked me some other personal questions

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3.3.8 BainPTA

BBS2012 9 21

HR
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3.3.9 BJ PTA

BBS2011 3 18

Nice thanks letter.

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clarify
market size mini case
JJ defend
answer
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3.3.11 ACI pretalk

BBS2011 3 31

case case jj

self-intro why consulting, general

cold call

3.3.12 Bain ACI Pre-talk

BBS2011 3 31

4
case

3-4 general idea

case

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1
2
3

Q&A
cfacpa case case

3.3.13 case interview

BBS2011 4 8

case interview, ~~
case book Bain not serious about it
case interview case market size
data analyze
~~~~~~
analytical skill...
~~~ Bain nice nice
interview case ~~~

3.3.14 1st Round interview-2011ACI

BBS2011 4 14

case
market sizing

new product entry

make money
key pointpricing strategycost-pricing model
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3.3.15 just finished the call interview from Bain(HK)

BBS2011 11 4

It's really a surprise to me when recieving the email from bain consulting notifying me that I 've passed their resume
screening...
My background: I come from Shanghai and acquired my bachelor degree in SHU, a realtively unfamous 211 university in
shanghai....and i'm currently in my postgraduate education in HKU...
I received the call around 12 o'clock(missed once in the morning because I was in class that time).....
And at that time, I was in a noisy place and asked the intervewer to call me back 15 minutes later......
After 15 minutes, the call came.....He let me made an brief introduction and told him why I choose Bain
company....Actually, his voice was not loud enough for me to hear clearly.
And then, he asked me about my internship experience. I specified some details and then he wanted to know why I choose
Bain becoz there r many consulting companies outside.
I gave him some general reasons and also metioned my personal unique insight. In this point, he said "good".

In closing, i thanks for his consideration and expressed my sincere hope for the opportunity to work with him in the future
and said bye bye. That's all.

Actually, in the notification email for call interview, they said it will be a mandarin ability test. So, I never prepared for
this interview (Shld i need to prepare for mandarin test???)... However, acutally, it's totally an english interview.....So, I
did not well prepare for that and I guessed that some of my sentences are not that well-orgnized especially in grammar.....

By the way, I firstly cannot figure out why they choose me as their candidate. Because my undergraduate school is not
that renowned while education background especially your school is a very important requirement in consulting world.
And after his self-introduction, I thought I know the reason, beause he is also a Shanghainese in Hong Kong. So, "Lao
Xiang" is very important......(Just my guess)

Whatever the result, many thx for this call interview opportunity.

4.1 Bain Summer ACI offer

BBS2016 4 3
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Bain offer Summer Associate Consultant Intern -Hong Kong office

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Major steps in the recruitment process:

1. CV screen
Mention leadership traits and internship experience
-my intern experience is mostly in the financial industry , eg banking and capital markets

2. Written Test
-CV , Written test invitation in regional office. Its basically equivalent to Mckinsey's PST, theres no
way you can find Bain's past tests online , so i recommend practicing Mck's tests. 3
online mock PST Bain written test ... Just try your best to understand the questions and the
reading materials quickly and you will be fine .

3. Group Interview
- AC
- ~10 candidates divided into 2 groups to debate on a random topic which is impossible to prepare . 10 mins prep and then
15 mins debate , 2min per candidate ending speech.

4. 1st Round case interview

- 2 middle-level consultants , 1 on 1 case interviews , 30 mins each , conducted consecutively.

- 1st case : video interview with a consultant based in the Beijing office, case (
,
lol
the case is about a global logistic company's performance enhancement in the China Market . 20
suggestion acquire middle market players
cost synergies) market penetration and client network.
fit consultinggiven that I have a much longer history in the financial industry.
Mck vs Bain banking vs consulting .. pushy..

-2nd case : senior associate consultant (SAC) , , based on his own client experience
case cost reduction, market research low margin compared to
competitors cost store waxing cost
case online casebook online casebook 10
case interview consultant graphs and data , set up a suitable framework.
nice helpful
fit interview 15 consultingBain
MBB consulting
travel you have to know what you are signing up for.

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consulting lifestyle investment banking LOL

SAC congrats call nice

eg, conclusion making , presentation skills ,

5.Final round 1st round

Written case with two Beijing Partners video conference
- M&A case + follow-up growth strategies. ( luxury clothing retailer in China , considering to acquire a online player and
hope to become a online mkt leader by 2017)
- info slides( market research, charts, industry experts' opinions, financial forecast, market
share forecast.....) , 3 presentation slides
- partners present15mins present + 15mins QA follow up questions

partner( so you said you are confident that we can reach the target market share with your
recommended growth strategies, why are you so confident Give me some solid evidence .
please allow me to refer to the relevant info..( data slide..., according to market research , with
this strategy , we can raise the price per purchase by 10% , current projected revenue in 2017 is $X billion, so 10% uplift
of that would give us an additional $X billion revenue , with the margin of X%, we can have an additional profit of $X
billion. Even if the actual result doesnt live up to the full estimated potential, it should still be more than enough to cover
the current gap of $0.5b between the targeted and projected revenue amount in 2017.
partner( So tell me more about the potential Risk that we may face .
MA risk .
partner
Q1 so why did you choose these two growth stratagies (among the 4 possible options ) ?
A : (talked about the respective pros and cons of the different choices and the rationale behind the choice. )
Q2 So you talked about 3 immediate things to do after the acquisition , if you have to choose one to do first , which one
would you choose and why ?
A : (briefly explained why it is the most important and that it can bring immediate cost saving effect , cus Bain always
tries look for immediate result for the clients . )

fit questions partner

BJ partner congrats , welcome to Bain .

overallBain HR efficient supportiveconsultants/ manager

nice office friendly

offer
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part-time internsummer intern

BBS
refer
DB, McKinsey JPMorgan
...

full
time

office full time

5

Bain 30-50 BCG

5

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1.

2.

4.4 my life in Bain

BBS job
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Bain internship
support case Bain

Bain GE office Bain

supervisor Celina
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Bain labor
Bain supervisor Bain
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intern offer class Jimmy JinBain Intern

supervisor Supervisor Intern

Bain
Bain work hard and play hard beer hour

Bain open consultant

top10 MBA, MIT MBA
intern
Bain
join Bain to be MBA
one day
IBM T60 Pre-ACT ,
Bain AC global training,
partner case partner
client Paul Do
you know what I mean? Do you know the Bain logo?, team member
True north.: Yes, true northso we need to tell them the truth. If we do not, who will do it?

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At Bain: Challenged and Loving It BW

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