Bain & Company How many candidates does a typical MBB final round interviewer interview in a large office (NY, SF, Chicago etc) on a given final round interview day during a) the main recruiting seasons and b) off cycle interview days (eg Jan-Feb)? I have one coming up and my friend thinks I might be the only one interviewing in the final round across the whole day since it is off cycle—is that possible?. Bain & Company McKinsey & Company Boston Consulting Group

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Not very helpful🤔

I’ve interviewed a single person for final rounds on a day and I’ve interviewed 7. It’s so variable depending on 1) how many people we’re interviewing, 2) how many interviewers we have available, and 3) how much free time each interviewer is willing to provide.

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No. How they perform affects the pass rate. I’ve turned down 6 people who all underperformed on the same day and I’ve passed 3 people on a different day. Number of people is truly irrelevant at least at McK

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It’s usually about 6-8, sometimes I do a half day and it’s 3 or 4. Unlikely in a big office you’d ever be truly the only one. It’s usually a question of how many slates of interviews the recruiting team could pull together on one day

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Check Google news for staffing shortages. It’s across the board

Are you a lateral (assuming you are cause there is no off cycle for undergrad)?

I recently went thru the process and had 2 interviews that were ~2 hours (1 hour each) for one of those offices as my final round

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🤷🏻‍♂️

I mean, I needed my interviews pushed up and was probably the only one on my days since they were at random times. Who cares?

Atleast at BCG, you wouldn’t be the only one. That’s why they give you a date

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