Bain leadership, can you please help me and others understand why you only gave us 4-5 days to prep for first interview and a couple more for the final when we submitted apps months prior!!!!?!?!?

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You should’ve been prepped long ago.

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How so? You had months.

The lesson I learned in bschool was: you should be ready to interview the moment you apply.

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Isn’t that what starting a new client project is like?

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Haha good one

Don’t apply if you’re not ready?

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Should’ve started prepping when you submitted the apps

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Cause Deloitte folks are smarter than Harvard

… not the ‘Harvard stat’ again

Just be thankful you got interviewed. Many folks don’t even get the chances. As AP1 said, you should always be ready. I can do a case if someone gives me one on my train ride.

OP you can ask to push the date! People do it all the time and they usually accommodate.

Might depend on location. My local Bain office (US based) was v accommodating especially for first rounds

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