Bain & Company Got dinged after a final round AC interview with Bain & Company as an experienced hire with 1 YOE. Currently at $75k base salary and on average work 30-40 hours a week.

Considering $15-25k increase in salary, but double the number of work hours, is it worth reapplying to Bain next year or better to wait to apply until after business school?

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Trying to go into consulting at the associate-equivalent levels for the money isn’t worth it. What’s most valuable that you get out of it are the analytical experiences and the connections you make at these firms. The payoff for money starts to come in at the post-mba and / or even manager levels if you really look at it on a $/hr basis. Totally depends on what your goals are and what you value more.

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Why just Bain? Apply to us too! And all the other consulting firms out there. Mkt is 🔥 right now and good chance to move to consulting if you didn’t recruit or weren’t successful out of ug.

Better to do consulting pre vs post mba in my opinion.

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Good points. I’ll try applying. Wouldn’t hurt

I've seen couple SA from pwc with 3-4 yoe joining bain as AC. I think it depends on your goals.

How fast is that $75k growing? At M it will be $150k+ in ~3 years if you do well.

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