Incoming Bain AC Midwest Office

not OP, but going to mbb ny and felt id add

1. 3.94 CS
2. Did Swe and finance internships prior to consulting
3. Doesn't really get easier per se, but when you do something again you know what to focus on which can help. Some firms hire less FT some hire as much as intern class which is also nice to know.
4. Just where you want to be is the best advice. Granted, yes NY/SF will be harder to land at least what ive heard internally, but they still give lots of interviews.
5. IMO, bain/bcg networking matters a lot more than mck. However, resume trumps all of these, so put a lot of effort into your resume. I chatted maybe 3 from each firm for full time minus mck.
6. Had tried a lot of industries and needed more time to decide is kinda how i tied together everything. Felt it was a good starter point.
7. Behaviorals never seemed to be a make or break, probably just tell them something interesting and not raise red flags. Mck is the only one that really digs deep and cares about the behavioral portion imo. Otherwise, make a doc with stories from all your experiences and just know the gist of how your might present it in star format. Casing id avoid case in point – learn to case from youtube, other peers, casebooks. If you get interviews try to case with alum or friends who are alr at mbb because those are generally some of the most helpful. Mental math you can try to download an app for it or just play it on computer.

incoming mbb nyc via internship return offer 
1. when i applied i had 4.0, biz major
2. previous summers i worked at a credit union & huge govt agency 
4. i picked based on where most of the alum of my school were, imo the value of going to a target school is the network so i wanted to hold onto it
5. didn't network besides going to on campus events/coffee chats/early insight programs
6. they didn't ask lol but i was gonna be like "when i got to school, i had no clue what consulting was, joined some consulting clubs, saw how impactful it was and how much i could learn, did your early insight program and talked to full timers and was sold"
7. behavioral: START structure, situation task action result takeaway, one MBB publishes behaviorals on their website so look into that if applicable, otherwise just have START stories in your back pocket, maybe make a spreadsheet
case: just spam cases with people that have mbb offers, they will give the best feedback, it's really just a practice thing. also voice memo yourself and listen back to learn, and if you cant get friends to help, do it along with a youtube video and pause it and give your own answer and then compare
math: rocket blocks, learn shortcuts, drill it daily 

good luck and have fun! 

incoming intern at an mbb boston office

1. 3.96 math
2. random corporate (back office-type) job, freshman summer did academic research
3. n/a
4. i wanted ny (grew up in nyc suburbs) but put boston 2nd for each mbb because my school has good pipelines to boston offices and so i knew a lot of people in each. 3rd choices were essentially random
5. did ~10 chats per firm, mass cold emailed alumni and spoke to whoever responded
6. the company i was working at last summer was really rapidly expanding so they kept bringing us interns to sessions where they would tell us about how amazing they were doing, i thought that was cool and wanted to be more involved in actively setting the direction for companies
7. even if you're not applying to mckinsey, prepare for PEIs b/c you can use answers from those for pretty much anything. for casing, whatever you do just make sure to watch the free crafting cases videos, they're really good

Incoming MBB full time in Midwest Office

1. Finance, 3.9
2. Management consulting intern at Big 4 firm
3. Yes, applied last year. It helps the second time around knowing what to expect in interviews and how to prepare for them.
4. Picked the same city I interned in the previous summer, really enjoyed my time there. Also a large alumni base there from my school.
5. Only reached out to people who were from my school or had been referred to me by someone I know. Went to on-campus events and had a handful of coffee chats but I don't think its as important as in a field like IB.
6. Basically just really curious about a handful of different industries and loved the variety of work that I had experienced in clubs/past internships, and consulting was a great place to cater to those early career needs. Pretty basic response
7. Behavioral isn't as important at Bain and BCG, McKinsey really dives into their PEI portion of the interview though so be prepared with maybe a half-dozen stories you can pull from and talk about. I would recommend doing practice behavioral interviews with other people or your campuses career advisors and record yourself to see if your stories are believable/confident. When beginning with cases I would focus on watching people case on Youtube or other platforms, then case with people who have successfully landed internships in consulting. I wasted so much time casing with my friends in the beginning when none of use really knew what we were doing. Once you've got a baseline understanding, you can case with others. Also try and case with a variety of people, as different people will see things that others won't.