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Bain & Company Is anyone else getting their application to Bain & Company pushed backed?
As of yesterday, even though I applied in May, and that while they liked my application, they will not be considering me till early 2023.
This is the second time they pushed back their consideration... 😞
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Got offers at McK and Bain out of undergrad… didn’t even get an interview at BCG. It’s a black box, and an imperfect process. I wouldn’t overthink it.
So weird.
It makes no sense until you think about how many applications MBB get. We're not as exclusive as Deloitte, but also we can only interview a few percent of incoming candidates. It's very difficult to standardize and rank CVs in an objective way and firms might weigh different factors one way or the other.
Also : that's why we have referral systems - they provide a qualified opinion on a candidate and vastly increase chances of getting to the interview stage.
Lol! Even MBBs are not immune to self inflicted harm from idiosyncratic processes. Take it with humor and focus on the McK interview!
Just apply again or reach out in a different way, eventually you’ll get a hit
Lateral PL entry has very different requirement
… and as a mirror of your experience, I got dinged without interview at McK, but got offers from BCG and Bain!
Yeah me too haha