The first category that covers 3 of the top 10 best places to work is within the career genre of consulting. Bain & Company tops the list as #1. Bain & Co. is a global consultancy company with 58 offices in 37 countries. When visiting the site, laid out is their Belief system, What They Do, and Social Impact which lists some pretty impressive facts. "Doing the right thing is rarely easy, but always worth it," hailed as their belief, with a long list of areas they have had social impact in an effort to make the world a better place including education, economic development, and the environment. They are big on working with "NGOs and agricultural innovations" to help feed the world by "sustainable food supply chains."
Embedded within the website is the Case Interview process that potential future employees must endure during their feat to attain a position within the company. The site even gives samples of some of the case interview questions that have been asked along with best answers. These interview questions are also broken down into the different type of vendors team members would face within a consultant position such as a coffee shop business or a high fashion company. Bain & Co. pride themselves on hiring the best and brightest who have a passion for problem-solving and looking at the clients' dilemmas not as problems but as an opportunity to present great solutions that help to change the world.
Listed also within the site and various tabs is a list of what they look for in an ideal candidate such as:
* The approach taken 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
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The atmosphere sounds great, and listening to the young people who work there, the excitement is infectious. Sadly, however, Bain & Company, McKinsey, and BCG that top the list as consulting firms, all seek their candidates from "target" schools, or schools that are some of the most difficult to get into, along with Ivy Leagues like Harvard, Princeton, and Dartmouth, to name a few. However, one ex-employee who has since started his own business stated one should not rule themselves out if they did not attend one of the schools on the list, noting that the reason these companies pool from these universities is they figure the work has been done form them in the area of high-performance traits screening. He encourages people interested in a career in one of the top 3 consulting companies to prepare by reading books on Case studies such as "Consulting on the Cups of Disruption," watching MConsultingPrep, and looking for internships with consulting firms that teach a lot of case study preparation. He also recommended VocaPrep or PrepLounge to learn the ins and outs of mastering case studies.
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In the list, McKinsey seems to be the most selective of the companies with regard to following the target schools' list. Bain seems to be the most region-specific, stating "good but not great schools near an office are excluded."
With Bain, having a Bain culture mindset is the thing that matters most to them. Practicing up on the case studies and mental math that goes with them is huge with this big top 10 company. In the theme of their "true north" culture, if making a difference, and creating a positive impact in the world is what drives your passion, they are definitely worth a look.
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