S23E17: Ex-Bain Interviewer Shares What Gets You Hired at Bain

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Mitali Jalan was told she couldn't break into consulting as a chartered accountant. She was told it was unlikely she'd land Bain as an international MBA student. She got the offers anyway.

She worked at Deloitte India and Bain London, then sat on the other side of the table as a Bain interviewer. She's coached over 350 candidates and knows where people lose the offer.

The thing she kept seeing? Candidates who spent weeks on case prep, walked in technically ready, and still didn't get it. The gap wasn't knowledge.

We cover:

• How to recruit for a firm in a country that isn't yours
• Why "nice" is not a soft factor at Bain – and how to train for it
• What made Mitali stop reading a CV in seconds
• How to track your prep so you're fixing the right things, not just logging cases

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