Anytime I interview with a team that is made up of Bain alum, I notice that they basically don’t hire outside if Bain. What’s up with that? Don’t you want diversity in your team?

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Seems almost cultish. Take a look at the teams at Warby Parker, peloton, etc.

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No definitely have gotten offers with ex BCG groups and even non MBB groups ...

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It is a cult.

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Bain is really white. Not great for minorities.

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I've found that to be the case with most ex-MBB industry teams I've seen, they tend to form firm specific cliques.

Less so for ex-B4 folks, I've seen them tend to be fairly accommodating of B4 alums in general, not just one specific firm like MBB.

I tend to steer clear of any sort of clique, whether it's a specific ex-firm clique or even a broader ex-B4 clique.

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Probably not a lot of B4 cliques because so many people hop among the 4

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I think part of it is hiring through network - I’ve reached out to old bosses of mine before to land internships and such. Most folks would rather hire people they know or have some sort of affiliation with. Not saying that’s right - obvious implications on diversity whenever a company does this, Bain-heavy or not - but my undergrad also has an alumni network like this too.

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For what it’s worth, the two companies I’ve worked at outside of Bain both had Bain alum leads but were composed of awesome folks from all over - Deloitte, Accenture, PwC, and BCG.

I’ll also note that the high incidence of externships through the Bain network means a lot of Bainies will reach out to alumni, test out a role there for 6 months, then stay - which also contributes to Bain-heavy teams (especially at places like Warby and Peloton or other established “startups”/younger companies where they’ve taken externs before - it becomes a pipeline to test out talent before FT hires, basically). Likely another contributor to Bain-heavy teams.

Have hope, OP! Wishing you the best of luck.

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People at Bain like to think our way of working is so differentiated and unique to the market. “Bain manufacturing process”, “ZD”, etc.

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