Ding report: Why did Bain take so long to reject me?

Hello,

When you apply as an industry experienced hire, your application is strictly linked to the performance of that particular industry. It could happen that process is started because they are confident of winning new projects that in the end are won by other companies.
Anyway, ask HR for a formal feedback so that you can have an idea if there was any real problem in your iterviews.

Best,
Luca

Hi Anonymous,

I can see two main reasons for the rejection:

1. You did not pass the pre-screening and their recruiting process is just slow in feedback
2. You were a borderline case and the needs of the company changed in terms of recruiting in the last months

Best,
Francesco

If you're not going through an official channel (i.e. MBA), it really depends on needs, which of course then makes timing highly variable.

Hi,

It's hard to say. Did you get the results of the HireVue?

To be honest, Bain is not hiring that many candidates (especially experienced hires) and their hiring needs just could have changed

Best

It's strange but it can also depends on external factors depending on the office and not only related on your application (e.g. timing, number of projects, bad previous intake, ...)

Best,
Antonello