Your priorities can shift as your life changes. At every point, we want to make sure you have what you need for a long, productive and fulfilling career with us.

A few of the programs we offer to give you added flexibility and options:

Externships: Four to six-month externships at an organization of your choice related to your professional goals

Global transfers: Temporary and permanent relocation opportunities to work in other offices around the world

Parental leave: Generous parental leave coverage in every region for your most important transition

"Take Two": Extended breaks that allow eligible Bainies to take two months off to rejuvenate and/or fulfill personal goals

Leaves of absence: Longer sabbaticals and leaves of absence for times when life pulls you in different directions

Flextime: Part-time and job-sharing options for times when family or personal needs take priority

A Unique, flexible model

Our home staffing model creates personal champions and expansive opportunities.

Let’s start with your home team. You’ll work with office colleagues on multiple cases, allowing you to develop close relationships with peers and case leaders you can turn to throughout your career. You’ll also have a home office program manager, a personal advocate who works to make sure your experience at Bain aligns with your personal and professional goals.

Your opportunities extend far beyond your home office, though. You’ll team with offices across markets on cases that expose you to diverse skillsets and thinking, an important aspect of your career growth and development. And every 18-24 months, you’ll attend a global training session where you’ll learn from our worldwide managers and partners, and share perspectives with colleagues from 64 offices worldwide.

With a strong support system, global experience and opportunities to work with diverse teams, you’ll develop broad expertise that helps you prepare for what’s next, wherever that takes you.

An opportunity for impact

We work with bold clients who want to define the future, not hide from it.

We solve transformative challenges by working alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition—help them outperform their competition and redefine their industries. But you won’t do it alone. You’ll work on integrated teams and collaborate with a network of digital innovators to deliver better, faster and more enduring results.

At the same time, the scope, scale and diversity of our cases will help accelerate your career. You’ll develop broad expertise across industries and business challenges, allowing you to explore different areas of interest to pursue as you advance.

Your experiences early in your career will help you navigate evolving challenges and prepare you for the extraordinary opportunities ahead.

A global perspective

We offer comprehensive, individualised training to ensure you have the tools you need to succeed at Bain and beyond. You will attend a global training session every 18-24 months, where you'll be trained with your peers by current Bain managers and partners, who know the skills you need to succeed. These sessions are held in various global locations, from Hong Kong to Los Angeles to Rome and beyond.

At a global session you won't sit in lecture halls—you'll learn in small groups with an enjoyable mix of presentations, exercises, role-playing and experience sharing. Participants work in teams comprised of peers from around the world, and are led by trainers from multiple global Bain offices. Our trainers aren't outsourced from other companies. In fact, we're recognised as the best in the industry at formal and informal training.

Regular ongoing training is important too, which is why we invest in comprehensive ongoing in-office training, digital learning tools, as well as on-the-job learning.

Your professional development is a priority and we want to help you develop as a professional and expert. When you start, you will go through an onboarding program that includes formal training sessions and shadowing opportunities in addition to our established ways of working and team norms. These include weekly development chats, regular coaching/project review meetings and other global trainings to ensure you develop the skills you need to accelerate your career.

• The approach you take to solving a problem
• How analytical and creative your thinking is
• Your usage of data to quantify and make your recommendations
• Your communication skills in conveying your ideas
• How you would suggest implementing these proposals

Be prepared to answer the following questions:

• Why are you interested in Bain?
• What experience are you most proud of?
• What experience do you wish you could do over, and how would you do it differently?
• What is a difficult decision you’ve made in the last year?
• What is an example of a time when you showed initiative and leadership?
• What aspects of your internship did you especially enjoy?
• What aspects of your internship did you like less?
• What do you most like to do in your free time?
• What attributes would you bring to a case team?
• Describe a role where you changed the direction of a team. How did you do it?

Trust your instincts.

There is no one "right" answer. The goal is to present a persuasive recommendation and participate in a rich discussion about how to achieve results for your client.

Prioritize.

Prep time goes quickly, so put aside case slides that seem less important.

Be concise.

Have your key messages outlined in your summary. Save the details for your discussion.

Do the math.

Figure out what analytics are necessary for your recommendation, and piece together the required data from the slides.

Be pragmatic.

Craft a recommendation that can actually be implemented by the client.

Consider both sides.

Strengthen the rationale behind your recommendation by working through the strongest arguments against it.

Our affinity groups are active networks that complement our inclusive culture, giving members additional connections and support through coaching, mentoring and professional development. These networks include members from both Bain and the Bridgespan Group, our sister nonprofit consulting organization.

Asians at Bain

Asians at Bain (AAB) is an organization of Bain professionals with Asian and Asian American roots. AAB's mission is to create a tightknit community that provides the support, resources, and mentorship required to help our Asian professionals thrive at Bain. AAB membership includes professionals across all levels of Bain's North American offices.

BGLAD

The mission of BGLAD – The LGBTQ Network at Bain & Bridgespan is to support the recruitment and retention of top LGBTQ talent at Bain. We realize that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) employees have unique needs. That's why we created BGLAD, the LGBTQ network at Bain and Bridgespan, almost two decades ago.

BGLAD provides a strong and unified diversity message throughout the recruiting process, an open communications channel with Bain leadership to advise them on LGBTQ policies and ensure an inclusive work environment, and overall awareness of LGBTQ issues across our global organization.

Blacks at Bain

Blacks at Bain (BABs) became a formal organization more than 20 years ago, after existing informally for years. BABs is primarily focused in North America, but it also includes offices in Europe and Asia.

We believe not only in leading a professionally rewarding career, but also in having enriching life experiences along the way.

Latinx at Bain

Latinx at Bain (LATBA) is an organization of Bain professionals with Hispanic and Latin American roots or interests. LATBA's vision: to make Bain the best career choice for Latino business talent.

LATBA membership includes professionals across all levels of Bain's North American offices.

Veterans at Bain

Veterans at Bain (VABs) is a formal organization of Bain professionals with military service backgrounds.

Our objectives are to attract, develop and retain the world's top veteran business talent, provide tailored support and resources for professional success, facilitate knowledge and experience sharing, foster mentoring relationships and build upon a strong sense of camaraderie.

Womxn at Bain

Womxn at Bain (WAB) leads global initiatives to enable our members to thrive, as part of our overall mission to make Bain the best place to work globally. We are focused on creating and inclusive culture and promoting programs and policies to achieve that mission.

WAB ensures our members are equipped to achieve their full potential here and emerge as leaders – thought leaders, inspirational leaders and firm leaders, through our local WAB networks as well as through our global efforts, led by a council of firm leaders around the world.