Bain Final Round AC/ACI 2025
Title. Didn't want to pollute the other thread. Hopefully this will be helpful as people start to go thru R2 interviews.
Aug 06, 2024
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From 10 rejections to 1 dream investment banking internship
“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”
anyone know what percentage of ppl get offers from the final round lol
following
0.00001%
20%
source?
Half. 50%.
CaseCoach.com “Now here’s the good news: if you make it to a final round interview with MBB, your odds of receiving an offer increase to around 50%”
Has anyone heard about round 2 for AC in LA?
Based on previous WSO threads, here are some insights regarding the Bain AC/ACI final round interview process and decision timelines:
Decision Timeline:
Communication:
Regional Variations:
Community Updates:
If you have recently completed your final round for Bain AC/ACI 2025, it might be useful to stay connected with peers and check relevant forums for any updates. Good luck!
Sources: Bain AC Final Round 2022 Decisions, McKinsey/Bain/BCG SA 2022, BCG & Bain 2024 Summer Associate/AC, BCG & Bain 2024 Summer Associate/AC, Q&A: Former Bain ACI / Incoming Bain AC
anyone hear back for northeast FT second round ?
yup
anyone have any advice for R2
Prepare for being challenged in ambiguous cases. Won’t be simple P/L cases.
Craft stories as fit interview questions are very essential to partners, and half the interview.
Why Bain
Why Consulting
Why (City office)
Tell me about yourself
Walk me through your resume
Don’t overdo it on casing, keep fundamentals and be confident in your (hopefully) months of prep. Be a badass.
Anyone hear back from Chicago AC 2nd round?
From R2, no. I believe most people have theirs this week / end of this week.
Just had ACI R2, probably hear back Monday, since they have interviews all day today.
i'm also interviewing for Chicago ACI but my interview is next wednesday. lmk how it goes wishing u all the best!
have you heard back from chicago aci?
Anyone hear back from Atlanta AC for final decision/after R2?
Had AC final round last Wednesday. Haven't heard anything yet. Best of luck to you!
How’d it go for you? Best of luck on hearing good news soon.
could we keep each other posted if we/we know anyone hear back - just want to know the result and move on 😭 Best luck to you too!
Now that I have had some time to reflect on my final round interview, here are some thoughts:
I think people have to understand that final rounds are primarily focused on cultural fit and casing is very much secondary. There are so many factors that are out of your control and you just have to let go and accept them. There is no magical way to get the partner to like you. The connection is either there or it isn't.
I thought that my casing was solid and insightful but not exceptionally creative. It ended up being more of a two way conversation as opposed to a highly structured interviewer-led thing.
I'm trying to take my mind off of this. I received a decent return offer that I should be very grateful for in this economy. I have been checking WSO and Reddit obsessively for the past few days. In the real world, nobody cares if you worked at MBB, which target school you went to, or which ultra-selective consulting club you were president of. Time to log off and touch grass...
Good luck to everyone who is currently interviewing. I'll make sure to keep you folks updated.
You are a gorgeous young man or woman. Perfect comment I needed to see as I stalk the internet to find out about R1 decisions!
Thanks for your kind words. Recruiting for consulting might be one of the most toxic things for a person's mental health. Please practice self-care! I know it is much easier said than done. It's the little things that make a difference. Take a walk outside. Text an old friend. Read an interesting book. Pretty soon you are going to realize how many wonderful, beautiful things life has to offer beyond a "prestigious" business job. Sending virtual hugs to anyone and everyone...
Hey! Thanks for sharing. Did you have to drive the case, was it more interviewer-led? What would you say was the major difference between R1 and R2 case portion?
This is not true. The case always comes first in importance and it’s not close. Does not matter how good of a culture fit you are; it will not save you if you case poorly. Culture fit matters and you can get dinged for it if there are any red flags but you need to pass the case to even be considered. Vast majority of people who aren’t receiving offers are going to be because they didn’t pass the case, full stop.
Has anybody heard back after Round 1 for SF? ACI
i interviewed 8/1 for sf aci and heard back 8/2 for final round invite, on a phone call w my interviewer they said they pretty much make their decisions for who moves on the day of
so it shouldn’t take more than a week
Has anyone heard about ac LA after round 1?
Has anyone heard back after Bain Atlanta ACI final round?
Well I feel like I completely screwed up my R2 interviews. I’ll let you guys know if I somehow got the offer with that performance haha
Why do you say that? Were the cases especially difficult? Don’t give up hope!
I wouldn’t say cases were all that different from R1
Did anyone hear back with an offer from Bain NE (NY/Boston). Interviewed today
Were both your interviews partners? I think one of my interviewers is a recruiter?
One of them was a partner
So no one has got an offer in Northeast yet? Trying to make sure.
Nothing yet, interviewed this morning
same here interviewed final on Tues. Nothing yet.
How did it go for you? Similar to R1?
Yeah nothing from NE yet. Haven't seen anyone who's heard back after R2
just interviewed for NE. has anyone heard back?
not yet, had interview in the afternoon also NE
Just finished my final round interview yesterday. Hoping to see when offers come out.
Were the R2 similar to R1?
more or less the same; case prep is case prep
anyone heard back for texas yet?
heard nothing, do you know if austin released offers?
Anyone heard back from SF AC final round yet?
just heard back!
Good news? Did they give you a ring?
anyone heard back?
Has anyone heard back offer or rejection for AC NE
i have not. did ur interviwer give you a timeline?
Also haven't heard anything. Interviews wrapped up yesterday for NE, so probably tonight or Monday?
A friend heard back from a NE office, they interviewed Wednesday
Good news?
AC or ACI
What time was the call
Damn you gonna ask for their social security number too?
Which office?
Anyone hear back from Boston or NYC?
No wondering same thing. Anyone know if decisions are out yet or if we’re still in the running?
still waiting to hear back too
yeah still waiting to hear back from nyc/boston aci
friend just got back an offer from austin, anyone else?
Any news for ACI interviews for DC? Finished my final round on Thursday and feel pretty bad about it ...
interviewed for DC on tuesday and still havent heard back. i think monday is probably the last day for offers since interviews wrapped up this week
u think its the last possible day to receive a call for an offer on Mon?
I mean I haven’t heard of anyone receiving an AC offer for DC, so no way of knowing really. But obv you’d think those getting an offer would hear back early next week
I have an AC interview for DC next week. Was this week for ACI and next week for AC?
I had final round AC for DC on Tuesday this week
Do you know anyone else interviewing next week?
Anyone heard back for Boston ACI?
No still waiting
waiting as well; fingers crossed
same still waiting
has anyone heard back yet
has anyone heard at any of the canadian offices?
If they were still holding final rounds for Central ACI middle of this week, but I had mine on Friday, would I have to wait until they conclude all final rounds to hear back?
That’s my guess as well
i think most offices have 2 weeks of interviews with this week being the last one. so I'm also wondering if we will have to wait until friday
Was just told by my contact that I’d likely hear weds/thurs
Haven’t gotten a rejection back yet so that basically means I got an offer right??? Let’s go!!
are boston and nyc the only two offices left for aci?
I think there are a lot more offices left. I thought only SF released decisions but I could be wrong
sf has not released decisions for aci’s as far as i know, they released a handful of ac offers last friday
If we were to receive an offer from the Boston office, do they call or email?
Call
You receive a call regardless of the decision to my understanding. Good or bad.
You receive a call regardless of the decision to my understanding. Good or bad.
You receive a call regardless of the decision to my understanding. Good or bad.
Just got Texas rejection
So sorry to hear… Would you be willing to share if it was an email or call?
All good! Just a standard form email.
pretty sure that bain dc ACI offers are out. have seen ppl post on linkedin
Just looked and saw someone post about Atlanta ACI offer
Also saw a kid out of DC
yup looks like any future calls atleast from dc will probably be rejections unless offers come in waves
any reason why both my interviewers aren’t from the office I’m applying to/was told they’d be from?
Interviews are done by region, makes it easier for scheduling on their side, don’t worry won’t affect your decision or office placement
anyone heard for nyc AC? Ik some people with offers for boston AC who got them yesterday
really? for what school?
Non-HYP Ivy
anyone hear back from new york ACI?
Anything from Chicago?
Not for me
Negative
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Anything AC Boston?
bump
Anyone hear back SF ACI?
Should be tomorrow or thursday pending when specific offices are wrapped up with interviews
Does anyone know what's going on with NY/Boston ACI? Heard final round ended last friday.
following
I was told today and tomorrow (for NE). Fingers crossed
Interviewed for Denver on Monday and heard back Tuesday night
Assuming you got the offer? Did they call?
Yeah
was this for ac or aci. i interviewed for aci last thursday but dont wanna keep hoping if the results are out already 😭
ac
Anyone hear back from NY AC with an offer?
Had a buddy who had his final ACI round for NYC this morning, but he said interviews were through tomorrow Thursday. You probably will hear tomorrow night or friday.
Interviewed for SF AC last Tuesday and still haven’t heard back, is that just a silent rejection lol
I’m on the same boat…
Seems as though our boat is sinking🤣 wish you all the best tho!
same here interviewed last weds for aci but idt decisions are out yet
talked to someone and pretty sure all offers for SF AC were out. they are just waiting for ACI offers to go out and send rejections together. rip for us.
Anyone hear back from Boston AC with offer? Interviewed last Tuesday
Once again I don’t think they send out offers or rejections until they wrap up interviews completely… you were probably an early interview. No reason to panic yet unless you start seeing tons of linkedin announcements for that office and position
I just got Boston AC rejection
Does anyone know how many offers Bain gives out per office for AC? wondering if they are even giving out a ton of offers given the market conditions and they gave all interns return offers
Are you saying you think they’ll give out a ton of AC offers, or that they won’t because the market is shit and most of the AC spots will be filled by interns?
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