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I had a final round in BCG LA, I'll give my two cents since no one else is. It's a small office - only 1.5 floors, with not much square footage. People rarely come to office on Friday's. Small MBA class (less than 10 people per year). Mostly Media, entertainment, and tech were the people I talked too...I'd assume life sciences too based on location.
@hillary2016 thanks for commenting and for the information! That is much smaller than I expected. Do you know how large there analyst (straight out of undergrad) class is? Or how much they stress school name?
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Is this the same for MBA recruitment? Or is it mostly M7 + UCLA and USC?
Similar comments for Bain. It's one of the smallest offices in the NA system. Will hire from top tier schools but also strong local schools like USC. Still good office culture - Bain is pretty consistent across all offices. Don't know exact number but I'd estimate at least 75-100 consulting staff at a minimum.
Interested as well. Anyone can comment on undergrad recruiting for west coast offices?
@Aura0505" thanks for commenting! Do the LA offices recruit mostly from top local universities or do many Ivy leaguers/top national universities go there as well?
Also, does anyone know why the LA offices are so small? Seems like a big area and I figured there would be larger offices? Is the LA office regarded as well as SF/Boston/NYC?
It'll be a mix of Ivy + top private/public + select local universities.
LA offices tend to be smaller for consulting because there just isn't as much local business compared to other US cities, despite population size. Think about the Fortune 100 companies HQed in LA vs. NYC or SF. Plus you could serve LA out of the SF office if needed.
Where exactly are you in the recruiting process? What's underlying your questions about LA recruiting?
By local universities do you mean USC/UCLA? Or do they fall under the top private/public umbrella. Curious to know how much of the incoming (undergrad) class are filled by these two universities.
Thank you Aura, your responses have been extremely informative.
Honestly, I am not in the recruiting process at all. I was just really curious about LA offices in general. On the east, you have your NYC/Boston, middle you have Chicago, and in the west I figured you had LA/SF. But, I didn't see many people vs SF, so I was curious. Sorry to bother so many people, I guess my tone was off? I'm not sure. But thank you! I really appreciate your help.
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I guess people don't know much about the LA office?
Marty Kaan works out of the LA office so much be pretty legit
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