Anyone at MBB can confirm if they reject based on their intake classes being full, but don't tell you straight up?

Asking as I've heard this happen before and just happened to me - told I did the case and fit perfectly but got a super vague suggestion to offer solutions (odd, because I did). Also am at the very end of this year's hiring season.

Wonder if it's a rumour - anyone in recruiting can confirm?

McKinsey & Company Boston Consulting Group Bain & Company

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Ex McK here. When I was around, candidates had to clear the bar. And we could hire more people than target if we did really well or fewer people if the candidates didn't meet that bar.

Now, exceptions do happen, especially in some international offices and things can change.

The feedback you got could be for other reasons. Just someone who's not good at giving feedback. Or there could be something else that they don't want to bring up and they end up saying something vague. Honestly, it's all speculation and you won't gain anything from going down that rabbit hole. Although you can always ask if they would welcome you as a candidate in the future.

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No, sticking to the rubric and debiasing was supposed to prevent us from hiring too many people "we liked because they happen to look like us," which is a problem.

There were diversity targets for the firm but that was managed through outreach and cultivation to increase the pipeline and never factored in the individual assessments.

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BCG told me I passed the final round but the office I interviewed for was full. They asked me to go do a final round at a different office - that interview felt like a formality and I got the offer for there.

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It’s partially true. If someone was truly stellar we would probably extend an incremental offer most seasons and there is discretion. Not impossible that you did “good enough” but those spots were filled (and had you interviewed earlier in the process it could have been someone else in your position)

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This is true. There usually an expectation to spike/shine in at least one area.

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Back when I applied I had a convo with recruiter on this. Bar to clear is the same, but if we are at/above target unless you’re stellar we’ll probably pass

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