I feel like every person I’ve interacted with at Bain are super energetic, social and extroverted (or they are stoic, and stern/pressure test kind of guy). I am stressed out if I would be able to be myself during this interview process and if I could even imagine myself working there. How do shy people and introverts tend to fit in?

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*waves* come to OW! We have a firm-sponsored introverts group

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Hi fellow OW introvert! 👋

I am an introvert at Bain and I couldn’t survive. I am leaving. You should probably consider other options

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I’ve tested 99 percentile introvert in high school. Consulting as a whole is not great for introverts, but funnily the higher up the ladder you go, the more introverts there are. Our ACs are on average very outgoing, and you see a subtle shift at the M+ level, and I swear most partners are introverts.

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That’s so interesting!

There is probably also a selection bias with people involved in recruiting, my assumption is that extroverts tend to be more involved, at least on the forefront (aka interacting with prospects)

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Introvert and Bainee...there are tons of introverts here you’ll be fine

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Fratty is the word you’re looking for. Look elsewhere.

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I know what this term means haha, im in a frat too, am I fratty? Yeah a bit, but not super extroverted

Do yo thang. Stop overthinking it!

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Agree this is the Bain stereotype - especially for guys, of which 4 I have dated

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I’ve gotten that sense too from Bain!!

In terms of the interview comment OP, I had no discomfort being myself. I didn’t get an offer after the final round...but experience wasn’t bad at all, just didn’t nail the interviews.

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