Hello Everybody. I am preparing an Interview at Bain&Co Milano. Does anyone know the style of thier Business cases, please? (From Milano would be perfect but from other offices as well)
Thank you very much
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Bain & Company Milan - Business Cases
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Hi Lorenzo,
based on the feedback of the candidates I helped to land an offer from Bain in Milan, the vast majority of the cases are related to one of the following three categories:
- M&A/PE
- Profitability
- Market sizing
It's very likely you will get a minimum of one case of this type. Please feel free to message me for more information.
Best,
Francesco
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Hi,
First of all - almost all Bain cases are interviewee led. Thus you have to drive the case and you have to come to a certain number and the conclusion in the end.
It may seem to you that these 2 types of cases are different, however, the interviewer-led type is just a simplified version of the interviewee-led case. My advice is to prepare a lot in the interviewee-led format so that you could solve both easily.
Here is some information according to 100+ Bain cases my candidates had on the interviews. However it may be not representative geographically, but according to my experience:
Most common types of case:
- Private equity (due diligence)
- Synergies
- Profitability + market sizing as a part of a case
- Market Entry
Most common industries:
- Retail
- CPG
- Airlines
- HORECA - hotels, restaurants, coffeeshops, etc
- Diamonds (Might be specific to the particular office)
- Agriculture (No specifics, closer to CPG)
Best
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Hey Lorenzo,
Bain in general apply interviewee led business cases. Besides, they do really love PE and M&A type of cases (when compared with McK or BCG that uses them much more rarely)
Hope this helps
Best
Bruno
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