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Bain Offices |
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Oh Please.. |
| Date Posted: |
01/11/2006 |
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halleujah, jon. So many applicants get stuck on this thing of which office is easier, which is meaningless. Fact is that 0-5% of applicants are shoo-in candidates who could get a job anywhere. 95% of applicants are good people but probably not what the firm needs, regardless of geography. There is almost no chance that any particular applicant is in that last 0-5% who are very borderline.
The only exception is people with specific language skills--think Dutch in Benelux or a Scandinavian language or Suomi in Stockholm--where the language skills might tip one into getting an offer in that particular office where the language skill is highly valued.
One should work where he wants to work most. People forget that they have to tell a story of why they want to work in a certain office (in the COVER LETTER), and a person from a Boston school with a girlfriend in SF who has family in Singapore will not be able to tell a convincing story of why they really want to work in Dallas. |
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I completely disagree.
I've seen it first hand. Offers extended to second round (at the MBA level) candidates at certain offices has been as high as 75%! In other offices (i.e. SF) the rates are below 10-15% !
It makes a difference, otherwise people wouldn't game offices like Atlanta and Dallas for summer positions, and then try to transfer to their real choice for full-time.
Its simple supply and demand.
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