Comments on: Bain vs. BCG

By: Uma

Uma — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:05:54 +0000

Hey,

“Bain: The cool firm” is really cool
Very innovative writing…

Keep Blogging,

By: Sne

Sne — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:06:38 +0000

I was considering an offer with Bain off campus and I have multiple years tech consulting experience outside US. Naturally I was looking for a US centric client base. picked your comments regarding Bain but any pointers to researh it better?
I follow your blog pretty closely otherwise.

By: rob

rob — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:19:47 +0000

Honestly? Probably not… my general impression of each firm was probably set prior to the sell weekends. That said, the weekends did give a good perspective on how much of a “local” business consulting is. There were significant variations between the people I know in class (from, say, Bain San Fransisco & Boston) versus the office I was interviewing with.

So, maybe there’s some value in determining local differences… but the firms in general are pretty set.

Nice blog, by the way!

By: m@

m@ — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:40:11 +0000

I jive with these stereotypes too. Just curious: would your opinions on each of these firms have changed if they didn’t offer a sell weekend? I ask because the firm I’m going to this summer (ATK) didn’t have a formal, super wine-and-dine weekend, but it seemed to accomplish a lot of the things Bain and BCG did regardless.

Congrats are in order for you, though — it was a tough year all around. I know I’m a lucky guy.