Bain & Company I’m currently prepping for Bain & Company and McKinsey & Company interviews scheduled in the next 2 months. For those that interviewed with both, how would you suggest I tailor my preparation for each one? I understand McKinsey is interviewer led while Bain is the opposite. But other than that, is there anything else I should work on separately for each one?

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Get to know the company culture and throw that into the case (if applicable, won’t try to jam this in if it doesn’t work). Most partners enjoy a nod to the culture and slight humor (if done well) that makes you more personable.

But most importantly make sure your framework makes sense, you’ve tried to be MECE (think about edge cases), assumptions make sense, math is relatively quick. And yes Bain is interviewee led (partner may redirect if you’re off track) so definitely get used to suggesting next steps.

Best of luck!

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PEI for McKisney

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From my experience, Bain had more data and exhibits to analyse compared to McKinsey, and also more questions/stages to the case. Also the type of cases are probably quite reflective of each firm’s expertise (ie Bain = more PE etc; McK = v varied, inc public sector)

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