Has anyone interviewed at Bain, bcg, and McKinsey in the same cycle, and what was your experience like? How was each interview different?

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I did, all in Jan two years ago. Just like campus recruiting but harder for the interviewer because you have to balance your full time job when preparing.

Bcg’s recruiters were on top of their game and really nice. Also had many people socialize with you in the lobby, very good vibes. The mck recruiters were messy. But the partner in the Mck office took the time to chat over phone through feedback post rejection. The other firms gave feedback via recruiter. Bain interviews were big on culture fit and always asked about my current firm’s culture - kind of got the feeling that they had a “campus hire vs experienced hire” vibe.

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I interviewed with Bain and BCG both in the same cycle twice, Bain interviewers were 50% great and 50% totally disinterested, their cases also seemed to be a bit more finance-y, my BCG interviewers were all very on top of it and most of them very nice (1 was intentionally tough, but not rude) and cases were extremely varied in subject matter and skills tested

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Also the BCG interviewers were much more willing to make the case a problem solving discussion rather than a strict formal interview

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Did the same a year ago.

M - Recruiter was very responsive and flexible with interview timing; cases were toughest and I completely bombed math on one but it ended up working out because was not a logic error

BCG - Recruiters were really nice, interviews were as expected, and had the most people reach out after getting the offer l

Bain - Recruiters weren’t too flexible with timing which I found frustrating with a full time job, very quant heavy cases but everything else was straightforward

Ended up picking McK mainly due to impact potential and comp

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