Careers
We are pleased to host the Building Entrepreneurial Leaders program, a week-long sophomore diversity program designed to give undergraduate students an opportunity to learn first-hand what it is like to be a consultant.
The Building Entrepreneurial Leaders (BEL) Program is focused on giving high-achieving undergraduate sophomore/second year students who identify as Black, Hispanic/Latinx or Indigenous (Native American, Alaska Native, Inuit, Métis and First Nations), the opportunity to strengthen their business and leadership skill set while gaining exposure to one of the world’s top strategy consulting firms.
The BEL Program is available in US offices and Toronto and is held in early summer so that students have the rest of the summer to fulfill other summer obligations. Specific dates will be shared with applicants selected to participate.
The 2023 BEL application is due on February 21 at 11:59pm PST
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Victor shares how the BEL program was his first step in building a community at Bain.
The five-day program will include:
Characteristics of a "Building Entrepreneurial Leaders" candidate:
How to apply:
We’re planning for an in-person program in the early summer but are monitoring the COVID situation closely and will adjust to a fully virtual format if needed. Candidates should be prepared, at minimum, to interview virtually in 2023.
Bain is very confident in our ability to deliver an engaging and supportive virtual experience. We successfully offered the program virtually in 2020 & 2021 and extended the highest number of Associate Consultant Intern offers to date! Our teams are accustomed to virtual working arrangements and supporting team members who are working from home.
Non-US citizens are eligible to participate. However, all BEL participants must attend university in the US or Canada.
Interviews will take place in late March and early April. There will be one round of interviews, consisting of two, 30-minute “case-like” discussions. Our BEL team will host interview preparation webinars, discussing in detail the interview format and what to expect.
Program decisions will be communicated by early April.
The BEL Program is available in our US and Toronto offices. We do our best to place BEL participants in one of their most preferred offices, taking into consideration candidate and office availability in early summer.
Absolutely, and we encourage it! BEL is a highly selective program; if you are not selected for BEL, we would like to stay connected regarding the Associate Consultant Intern role. Several past BEL applicants (who did not participate in the program), have joined us as Associate Consultant Interns.
Please reach out to your school’s recruiter with more information. You can find their contact information by navigating to your school’s homepage here.
Please submit any additional questions to NAundergradrecruiting@bain.com
