Stanford Graduate School of Business to Bain & Company San Francisco
Placement path for Stanford GSB candidates targeting the Bain San Francisco office.
Updated April 20267 min read
Why Stanford GSB candidates target San Francisco
- Visa sponsorship at this office: Available
- Languages spoken: English
- Office size: large
- Practice areas here: Technology, Venture Capital, Healthcare Tech, Retail
Recruiting timeline — San Francisco
Cycle for Americas.
- Applications open: Early September
- Applications close: Late October (full-time); early January (summer)
- Interviews start: November (full-time); February (summer)
- Decisions by: Late November (full-time); early March (summer)
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How scoring works
- Perfect ranking— all pairs correct → 100 on that scenario.
- 1 pair flipped — ~83 (adjacent swap penalty).
- Fully reversed — 0. Final score averages all 3 scenarios.
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