u/Away_Environment_325

Hey guys, I had my final round interview for Bain SF on Monday and I just got my rejection email.

I’m kinda gutted because I thought the interview went really well. They were really nice to me and I thought they liked me too, I finished both cases really early and thought they went smoothly. I think the only thing I could have improved on was my why consulting behavioral answers and maybe I talked about tech too much since I’m interning at Amazon this summer as a SWE.

But I guess I’m also surprised cuz when I mock interviewed with the Bain employees that hit me up. I actually built good relationships with them, and they all said I was exactly on the money for this job and I felt even better in this final round then that.

I mean I am a freshman but I have 93 credits so I put my grad date as class of 2028 cuz I can basically graduate whenever I want.

So I guess my question is how can I prepare for next year to really improve to get it down. I go to a non target school (University of Maryland) so It was harder on mental knowing that everyone else in my interview group was from Stanford, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Princeton, and Uchicago. But it makes me all the more motivated to stand out too.

And I feel embarrassed to say but should I tell the Bain employees that helped me that I got rejected.

I had my round 2 interview for Bain ACI SF on Monday and was the first group that day. I still have not heard back yet, and am just a little nervous about it.

I thought I did really well and actually finished the first case + behaviorals with 15-20 minutes to spare because it was a topic I was literally brushing up on the morning of. From there my interviewer just let me wait back in the lobby to relax until everyone else was done with their first case.

And then on my second one I thought I did well too, finished the whole interview and behavioral and my own questions with 5 minutes to spare. Messed up a little bit on my assumption for one part of market sizing but once he corrected me I 100% got it from there.

I have no competing offers but I heard other people on Monday with later slots already have gotten calls.

I was wondering what people’s thoughts are on finishing cases early, is that a bad sign? Like I was honestly really surprised when I was told we had so much time leftover cuz I thought I was so thorough.

I breezed through one pretty quickly in round 1 and when I hit up my interviewer after her feedback was all positive. And when I was mock interviewing with 2 Bain AC’s they also gave me nothing but positive feedback.

But idk maybe I’m just overthinking it.