Hi everyone - thank you for your time in advance.
I'm from MBB consulting and I currently have an offer form Bain Capital for their '23 class. They have an offer and want me to respond by today - should I accept? Wondering if there's any other mega funds that are currently recruiting consultants.
Thanks!
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nah
Just take it - Bain Cap is a solid MF and your Apollo / BX / KKR won't recruit consultants anyway.
What was the process like for Bain Cap???
Bird in the hand…
can always lateral elsewhere after
Ofc, where else would you go? If you want to go to a smaller fund eventually you’re still best to start at Bain. And among large cap funds you won’t get a better training ground as a former consultant.
Accept the offer, then network and lateral to a better MF after. No guarantee that any other MF is gg to accept you anyway if you don't take Bain's offer. While not impossible it's still really difficult from MBB
Bain is tbh not that bad either
This is certainly true, though I can’t think of any associate ever doing this before because WHY would you? All these firms are basically the same at the end of the day and Bain has better culture than most. Returns are no worse than peers. Why would you lateral to the same BS and have to start over…
I think really depends on what OP is looking for. If it were me I'd prob just stay at Bain cap for the rest of my life and try to climb the ladder there. Better WLB and culture, also more chill. Bain cap funds are still very sizeable
Have you tried WP? H&F? Advent? All of those can easily take MBB (especially M/B)
It's a great fund so I would accept unless you had specific reasons to go for another fund (reasons better than some randos on an internet forum telling you to)
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Take it - great culture, friends there love it, all of them want to come back post-MBA. Should tell you all you need to know. Plus having done it myself, MBB-->PE is a rough transition (see posts over the last 18 months, plenty of them from ex consultants) so landing somewhere that understands what to do with consultants in a serious way is a great thing.
Man a PE offer comes with a lot of luck too, you can nail the technicals but maybe the person’s interviewing you won’t like you. I’d take the offer (which is top notch btw) without overthinking it. You can find yourself with nothing in your hands if you refuse
This might be the best question ever asked here -- yes, take it immediately.
Thanks everyone! Super helpful perspective - I have an upcoming interview with Advent, should I continue to proceed?
Dude. Just take bain cap lol.
I would take advent over baincap any day.
I’d rather shoot myself in the foot
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