ADvantage
Employment type
Program
Location(s)
Atlanta | Boston | Chicago | Denver | Los Angeles | New York | San Francisco | Toronto | Washington, DC
Atlanta | Boston | Chicago | Denver | Los Angeles | New York | San Francisco | Toronto | Washington, DC
Description & Requirements
We welcome advanced degrees (graduate students, post docs, and medical residents) to join us for a one-week program that immerses you in the consulting world. You'll receive training and work on a real case team with clients. This is your chance to build business skills, step outside academia, and experience life as a Bain consultant.
An exciting alternative to academia
Open exclusively to advanced degrees and hosted by North American offices, your ADvantage experience begins with one full day of training followed by four days staffed on a real case team managing your own workstream. Throughout the program, you’ll enjoy a variety of social activities to meet the members of our teams, experience our rich and unique culture, and connect with leaders and mentors who’ll share their own Bain journey. At the end of the program, you’ll get to present your findings to the case team.
ADvantage acts as a bridge from academia to consulting and is designed to help you apply your problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills to a real business problem facing our clients. At the end of the program, you’ll be considered for our full-time consultant role in the office where you completed the program, so be sure to select an office where you’d be excited to live and work during this next step in your career journey.
Learn all the ways this career could work for you.
A Bain consultant will coach you through solving problems and presenting your findings.
Learn how your background is transferable to business.
Meet fellow ADvantage peers and your future coworkers.
Find the right application for your expertise
Collaborate as a team to support skilled consultants on real client cases.
Get supportive, on-the-job feedback.
Be considered for full-time Consultant opportunities after completing ADvantage.
How to apply for this program
ADvantage is for individuals who are currently enrolled in their second-to-last year of their graduate degree, or who graduated within the last three years. Candidates should be targeting a full-time start date the following calendar year when applying.
Eligible degrees include: PhDs, post-doctorates, JDs, MDs, medical residents and fellows, PharmDs, and other doctorate-level degrees.
International students are eligible and welcome to apply. If you are studying in the U.S. with a student visa, please talk to your advisor about what you’ll need to do to apply for CPT or OPT in order to participate in ADvantage.
We are looking for applicants who have outstanding academic performance, strong leadership/team skills, are energized by solving tough problems and driving real impact, and demonstrate interest in business and/or consulting.
Apply now
Applications for the 2026 ADvantage Program are now open. The program will run May 4–8. Submit your application by Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at 5:00pm PST.
Everything you need to apply:
- Resume/CV (Word doc or PDF files only)
- Cover letter
- Educational background information
- Work experience
- Relevant test scores
- Digital assessment
Take a closer look
To learn more about this opportunity at Bain, we invite you to join one of our upcoming marketing events. Watch this space for updates, as new events will be posted here as they are scheduled.
Get in touch
If you have any questions about programs or our recruiting process, please reach out.
Frequently asked questions
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How should I choose a Bain office location when submitting an application?
In the application, you will have the ability to select up to three Bain offices that interest you the most. You will then need to allocate 100 percentage points across these office(s) to reflect your interest-level in each office. The offices that you select in your application will become the office(s) that consider you for their ADvantage program and for their full-time consultant roles following the ADvantage program.
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Please note: transfer requests to join a different office for the full-time consultant role from where you completed your program will not be available.
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I’m interested in a Bain office that is not offering this program. Will you make an exception?
Unfortunately not. If your office isn’t listed, that office is not hosting an Advantage Program. Consider applying for a full-time consultant role later in the year for the office you’re interested in.
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If I applied to or interviewed for ADvantage and was not selected, can I still apply for a full-time position?
Yes. Unsuccessfully applying to this program won’t affect your candidacy for another role. They’re two completely separate recruitment processes, and not succeeding in one isn’t an indication that you wouldn’t be a fit for the other. Plus, sometimes, those extra months of preparation in-between really help!
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How can I get in touch and stay up to date?
Drop us a line with your resume today via adrecruiting@bain.com to get in touch with our recruiting team. You can also join the AD mailing list to stay informed of our latest recruiting events and application deadlines!
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How soon will I be notified about the status of my application / are applications rolling?
Applications are not rolling. We do not begin our final selection process until all applications have been received and the application deadline has passed.
Applicants can expect an email with the outcome of their application by late March. Interviews will take place in mid-April and will be held virtually.
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Will I need to take a digital assessment to be considered for ADvantage?
Yes, we require digital assessments for ADvantage. To learn more, visit Digital Assessments.
