Bain & Company Do consulting firms require GMAT/GRE/EA test scores for MBA job applications? If yes, how much weight do they hold? I am studying for GMAT currently and trying to get a sense of how important my score will be in recruiting.
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If you’re from a non-target school then you need to find someone who will put a good word in. This does not mean a partner. Just someone who is willing to stick their neck out for you, which literally means writing an anonymous recommendstion on your behalf. I came from a non-target school, got a 710 after 3 tries, and got an offer for full time after not getting an interview for internship.

Don’t come to these forums looking for a sense of hope. A 720+ is incredibly hard to achieve, and maybe you’ll get it. But everything is so skewed now that the barometer for success are insane test scores and schools that give you a sense you’ll learn more from them than some state school with no ranking. one of my best friends got a 750, had a mba from Harvard and undergrad at Ivy League, and was put on transition in one year. Now he’s the CFO of a public company making more than just about 80% of partners.

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Interesting insight. Do CFOs actually make more money than consulting partners?

I was required to put scores for my application. I think they matter more as part of the filtering step of figuring out who to interview, not a deciding factor for extending the offer. Coming from a non-target school, I definitely felt like high test scores shored up my credibility as a candidate. If you’re coming from an M7 school, probably matters a lot less. Otherwise I would aim for 720+ if at all possible.

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Thanks for the response - appreciate it

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