Actually, the NYC office might be > Boston office if you are interested in finance or PE work. Most of Bain's PE "ringfence" is staffed out of either NY or SF.

Other than that, it doesn't make sense to talk about which office is more "prestigious". Each office will tend to focus more heavily on a different set of industries dictated by its geography. NY has more financial services, LA has more entertainment, SF has more tech, Dallas/Atlanta more F500, etc.

You should worry more about what industries you would want to work with. If you want to make a career of consulting, then a bigger office may give you more opportunities to work your way up.

 
If you want to make a career of consulting, then a bigger office may give you more opportunities to work your way up.
Not Bain specific - but of the people I've met at various firms, it seems like the ones who have taken the quickest path from BA/AC/A to the higher ranks worked at smaller offices. It might be easier to get promoted at a bigger office (although I'm not sure of this), but it's definitely easier to get rapidly promoted and skip steps at a smaller office.
 
ringtailedlemur:
Not Bain specific - but of the people I've met at various firms, it seems like the ones who have taken the quickest path from BA/AC/A to the higher ranks worked at smaller offices. It might be easier to get promoted at a bigger office (although I'm not sure of this), but it's definitely easier to get rapidly promoted and skip steps at a smaller office.

Essentially, larger offices have more churn which creates more upper level openings in total. Smaller offices won't have as much, but if an opening does occur then what you say would be true.

 
Sojourner:
jc100021:
I am more concerned with interesting client work, B-School Applications, and branding for Banking/PE

B-schools won't give a shit about which office you worked in. Bain is Bain and you'd be competing against all the other consultants (even non-MBB) for admission. You are worried about the wrong things. Do you even have an interview with Bain?

I sent you a PM.

 
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client work: yes it varies, but we travel 4 days a week anyways, i wouldn't say its that much different

bschool app: irrelevant, its how you write your experiences into essays that matter. many NY office mbb candidates do not get interviews from harvard, yet you see random asian mbb ppl at hbs

pe: usually it is easier to move to pe funds in the same city just because of interview logistics and familiarity, however getting a solid dd/strategy/ops experience is more valuable than the location

afterall...i like coming back to my home office/town on weekends and hang out with friends, last thing you would want is to be stuck at an office where you don't like the people and nor the city

 

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