Bain Captial FT Analyst Program
Does anyone know the timeline for the FT process? Has anyone heard anything back about the virtual networking event yet?
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invited today to the networking event on the 17th
Are you informed of the event by school career service?
Are you referring to the Diversity & Women’s Breakfast? Wondering when the invites to the Virtual Networking Happy Hour on 6/25 will come out. How important are these events for the process?
yeah the diversity & women’s breakfast. I really have no idea how much weight they place on these. haven’t heard back about the 25th either
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Also heard back for the diversity breakfast
do you go to a target school for bain? didn't know the event was happening
I go to a semi target - I found out about these through earlier recruiting events that they have held via Zoom
How did you guys learn about the recruiting events that happened via zoom?
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Also, did you have to apply for the diversity breakfast / virtual networking event?
Yes, attendance is limited, so had to respond to an email with resume and complete a survey to be considered.
Does anyone know what city (or cities) the PE analyst program is based? Is it just in Boston?
Yes just Boston. I don’t even think BCTO is hiring of SF
Did invites to networking event on the 25th come out already?
Yes, see below.
Received the invite to the Virtual Networking Happy Hour yesterday afternoon. Does anyone know how selective this was (if it was) and if it means anything? It was mentioned that attendance is limited, so just curious as to how this factors into the process.
Received as well. Remember their FT last year had a cutoff of 3.9 gpa, so maybe they did something similar
good lord a 3.9? that can’t be real
Wow, I have a much lower GPA but was invited. Might be a different level of screening for interviews though, RIP.
source?
Same! Any idea what the event will look like / how to prepare?
Assuming it's just a typical networking session to learn more about the firm and culture - extension of info session basically. Probably chill breakout rooms 5 students with 1 employee or something. Hopefully the folks who attend the Diversity & Women's Breakfast tomorrow can shed more light on what it's like. Wouldn't overthink and feel the need to prep, it's virtual and not meant to be anything crazy.
Maybe I did it wrong but didn’t get anything back from them yet. Had a friend who did not get the invite but curious if anyone else hadn’t heard anything
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anyone invited to both the diversity event on the 17th and the networking event on the 25th?
also curious about this, received an invite to the women's event but not the networking happy hour and was wondering whether they limit people to one event.
Same for me (going to diversity event tomorrow)
Sorry new here, do these networking events matter much? like will they determine if you get a first round? Also, has anyone who has been to these events already (yesterday or last week) got any information on interview timeline/structure? Thanks!!
Anyone else get a 1st round?
Is there an app out online?
I thought the recruiting process only happens later in the summer / early fall. Did you accelerate with another exploding offer? AFIK the app only opens up later on as well.
this is fake, applications are supposed to go live in ~the next two weeks.
As to @mgszn, if you're at their core schools think it will appear for you on Handshake? For those who are not apart of those, was told that you need to be forwarded to HR for them to include you on the email blast sending out the link to apply. That I know will be sent out relatively soon.
anyone know timeline for SA?
Bain Capital PE doesn't take summer analysts anymore.
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I know this is for Bain Cap, but does anybody have info on process/timeline for Bain Cap Ventures? Any insights much appreciated.
They’re not taking analysts this year. Just credit, PE, and BCTO.
did you hear that from a current BCV member?
do you know how many FT they take for each?
How do you apply to the full time role... is it a link sent out or is there a link on their website?
if someone could post the link thatd be great
It is not a public link, the link is private that is sent to specific schools
prob the Ivy league schools and a couple other target schools
This might be a dumb question but how "competitive" is this program? From reading the other forums on here it appears the consensus is that bain has shifted out of the MF category for pe so im curious how that might have impacted this process? Are top candidates taking this over the top banking gigs? Obviously this is a good program but for the top candidates it comes down to splitting hairs so I wonder how the UMM categorization impacts the thought process
For the type A people it probably is pretty substantial and they likely will only target the MF PE analyst programs or do 2 years at banking for a shot to get into MF but for 99% of the other monkeys they would be more than happy taking this opportunity. Bain has struggled recently but is still a reputable name, will be interesting to see if this decade fairs better for them
Is that really true in the broader PE community? Bain has ~$20B in PE AUM globally and (correct me if I’m wrong) recent performance has been very good from what I’ve seen.
Obviously Bain and TPG stumbled in 2008, but it looks like they’ve both gotten back on track since then. And many private firms (i.e. not Carlyle, BX, APO, KKR) have chosen to limit their AUM to maintain performance since the incentives end up quite different. So I struggle to see why Bain would be looked at negatively right now. If anything the picture seems very encouraging?
20bn aum across all funds/strategies/geographies isnt that big tbh. The MFs of today are raising flagship funds >15bn with well over 20bn of total aum. Look at bains fundraising across flagship funds, they are raising smaller funds each time they try which is an indicator of performance. Also its not that they are absolutely tanking & each deal is blowing up its that the funds of similar size 10 years ago have had far more success and that shows in fundraising
They have over 100B AUM, the 20 is just PE capital. And I have no idea what you’re saying about the fund sizes consistently getting smaller. They shrunk once after 2008 and have been steadily growing and hitting all their fundraising hard caps since.
PE aum is what matters. If you are recruiting for their pe division who cares how large their real estate fund or credit fund is. Their newest flagship fund is targeting a raise smaller than the 2008 fund too so that is two funds smaller. You have to compare them against their comp set, who raised massive Pe funds and rapidly expanded pe aum since 2008 while bain lagged
The issue with that logic is not all firms are trying to grow as fast and big as possible. Bain being private has significantly different incentives than the public funds like BX and KKR. TPG is a similar analogue to Bain in this instance, given that they both shrunk after 2008 and have been growing and performing well since. I haven't met a single person outside of WSO who would hesitate at an analyst or associate role at either firm. Saying otherwise means you either run in very different circles or is disingenuous.
Also, whoever is saying 20B for PE dry power is not a lot, that's hilariously wrong. Just look at this year's PEI300 ranking. Bain is #13, ahead of Apollo and Thoma.
This is also not a clear consensus. Megafund has never been a clear term, sometimes meaning >5B PE fund size. Pitchbook defines it as >10B fund size, and includes Bain Capital in its list of megafunds.
The poster below also correctly pointed out that Bain is ranked in the top 15 on PEI300, which is ONLY calculated on PE fundraising in the last few years.
laughing out loud at the intern who believes bain capital is an undesirable place to work. Have you ever met any front office employees? They are as good as it gets. It is still insanely competitive to land a job there -- you are a fucking idiot.
Any update on the application timeline?
is this open to all schools or is it only specific targets? go to a school that is generally considered a target but don’t think we’re a Bain target. am I able to apply?
Everyone can apply, but if you search Private Equity Analyst at Bain Capital on Linkedin, looks like there's a bias for Stanford, followed by Wharton.
Definitely a significant amount of Harvard too (given it's Boston location I'm assuming).
Does anyone know timeline here? Has anyone heard back RE interview?
can anyone link the app? I can’t seem to find it
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got a first round interview
When did you submit your application?
applied around 10 days ago
didn't get one, but I did hear interviews would come out this week from a recruiter. hopefully they are rolling and I applied on the later end, but not looking good as of now...
damn, did the recruiter say there is only one wave?
did you have any timing pressures or is this the regular process? Seems like quite a quick turnaround since the app was due 2 days ago.
didn't indicate that i had timing pressures
do you go to a target school for Bain?
also got a first round, does anyone know how many interviews are in the process?
2 first round and 4 second round
Would you happen to know how first rounds are structured? Thanks
How did yall feel about the interviews today?
Was yours just a case for the hour?
probably should wait til next week before talking about since interviews are still happening
anyone know when we're supposed to hear back after first rounds/timeline?
There are interviews tuesday through thursday so earliest Friday, most likely early the week after.
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Are all first round/final round interviews out (given it's a rolling process)?
Pretty sure all first round invites were sent out on 7/31. Five days of first rounds, two last week and three this week. No idea when second round will be.
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Has anyone who interviewed last week heard back about final rounds yet?
No. Do you know when the superday is? Was wondering if it might have been yesterday
Has anyone heard back?
Buddy of mine got hired. Says they've hired the whole class/are done.
For their new grad analyst program? I know someone speaking with two more people next week, so don't think they've hired whole class / are done. Has anyone else heard anything?
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