Experienced Hire for Bain 2025

Question

Hi there,

I applied to Bain London AC role as an Experienced Hire and have just completed the SOVA. Will hear back about interviews next week.

I’d love to hear advice about case prep, useful resources and how much time I should commit to practise before the interview?

Also if you’re in the same boat hmu, would love to practise casing together!

Answer 1

Hi there,

Congrats on making it past the SOVA – that’s a great first step. For experienced hire interviews at Bain, the preparation is very similar to graduate entry, but expectations are higher on structured thinking, communication, and business judgment.

How to prep effectively:

Core resources: Victor Cheng’s CaseInterview videos and a solid casebook (INSEAD, Wharton, or LBS ones are good)
Plan with a coach: It’s useful to schedule 2-3 sessions at the very start – this helps you get the basics right (structuring, communication, maths approach). You can then practice 15–20 cases with peers, and closer to the interview do another 2-3 coaching sessions to fine-tune weaknesses and simulate the real pressure
Time commitment: If you’re starting now and have ~2–3 weeks before interviews, aim for 25–30 live cases, plus daily drills on mental maths, structuring, and chart interpretation. Even 1–2 hours per weekday and longer sessions on weekends can get you fully ready
Fit prep: Don’t forget Bain will test for cultural fit – prepare 3–4 strong personal impact stories (leadership, teamwork, problem-solving)

Happy to help you prep – feel free to reach out!

Best,

Evelina

Answer 2

Hey Abraham :)

Great that you’ve cleared the SOVA! For Bain interviews, the key is consistency rather than sheer volume. If you have a couple of weeks, aiming for one solid case per day (mixing market sizing, profitability, market entry, etc.) plus 20–30 minutes daily on mental math/structuring drills is enough. Quality matters more than doing 100 cases.

Useful resources: PrepLounge partner practice, Victor Cheng’s Case Interview Secrets for fundamentals, and CaseCoach or Crafting Cases for structure and business intuition. For Bain specifically, focus on being hypothesis-driven and showing clear communication, since they value collaborative problem solving.

If you’d like, you can also try mock fit answers ..Bain weighs personality and teamwork a lot.

best,
Alessa :)

Answer 3

Give yourself 100 hours to prepare.

Please steer away from any resource suggesting that you can memorize frameworks or use them in a plug-and-play kind of way.

You can use Victor Cheng to understand what a case looks like and what are consulting firms looking for, but please ignore the frameworks. Please try to think instead on what is relevant to solve a problem.

Having a session with an experienced coach may help to identify early any issues with your approach and preparation, and be a strong accelerator. Unfortunately, most resources out there are not a good standard to understand what a good performance really is / what's a good answer, and an experienced coach can help with that.