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Bain

by GameTheory Certified User (King Kong, 1265 Banana Points Points) on 1/15/08 at 5:23pm

While I didn't target Bain in my job search, I never saw any job postings for them, either.  I know Bain, Golden Gate, etc. have historically been exclusively ex-consultants (GGC until this year didn't even interview bankers).  Even the new Huntsman/Gay PE shop is looking only at consultants.  Does anyone know of any ex-bankers that have interviewed or landed jobs at Bain?  What about straight out of b-school?

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Re: Bain

by numi Certified User(Orangutan, 313 Banana Points Points) on 1/15/08 at 5:28pm

GameTheory, I have a couple pre-MBA contacts there - one came from consulting and the other came from banking.

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Read the resumes of the team

by ehf3660 Certified User(Baboon, 162 Banana Points Points) on 1/15/08 at 5:29pm

Read the resumes of the team on the Bain Capital website and see if any came from banks.

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Yes

by smuguy97 Certified User(Senior Gorilla, 989 Banana Points Points) on 1/15/08 at 5:57pm
ehf3660 wrote:

Read the resumes of the team on the Bain Capital website and see if any came from banks.

Bain Capital hires from banking and consulting.

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Thanks.  Far too many

by GameTheory Certified User(King Kong, 1265 Banana Points Points) on 1/16/08 at 9:25am

Thanks.  Far too many profiles on that website (and not divided by position, just location) to click each one looking for associates and backgrounds.  I spot checked and didn't see any bankers (alot from PWC backgrounds though?).

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Its also interesting to note

by FinanceWiz (Monkey, 44 Banana Points Points) on 1/16/08 at 9:48am

Its also interesting to note that 13/15 of the MDs have MBAs from Harvard.

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Do you know the

by IBPEHFVC (Monkey, 62 Banana Points Points) on 1/16/08 at 12:42pm

Do you know the name/location of the Huntsman/Gay group?

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associates

by numi Certified User(Orangutan, 313 Banana Points Points) on 1/16/08 at 12:54pm

Unless I totally missed something, I did not see associates listed on the Bain Capital website.

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Is it me or are a lot of

by curiousmonkey (Senior Baboon, 222 Banana Points Points) on 1/16/08 at 1:09pm

Is it me or are a lot of those Bain Capital guys from Dartmouth? I checked those profies and the ones on Bain Capital Ventures and it seems Dartmouth is as represented as Harvard...

Does Bain have some sort of Dartmouth connection/preference?

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ok

by jajaja (Senior Monkey, 91 Banana Points Points) on 1/16/08 at 2:17pm

- associates not listed on website
- a lot of the harvard MBAs at baincap worked there premba, got sponsored and came back
- associates hired both from consultnig and banking, but former more common
- at least at mba level they don't have job postings. they go through their networks and target resumebooks
at H/S/W

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Not sure.

by GameTheory Certified User(King Kong, 1265 Banana Points Points) on 1/16/08 at 2:24pm
IBPEHFVC wrote:

Do you know the name/location of the Huntsman/Gay group?

Not sure if it has a name yet.  I got an email about it asking for consultant referrals - it's based out of two offices, SLC and PA.
Very helpful jajaja.  I know they do recruit from Wharton, though.  One Whartonite with no prior PE experience landed there (had M/B/B though).