Why does IIM Bangalore bag more consulting roles than other IIMs?

This is not a consistent trend at all. As per the final placements statistics of the 2017–2019 batch, the major portion of IIM Ahmedabad went for consulting than that of IIM Bangalore.

• This pattern definitely varies each year across campuses. And one of the prominent reasons for this trend may have something to do with the selection pattern, and batch composition at IIM Bangalore.
• IIM Bangalore generally considers students with work experience more favorably in the selection process.
• A few of my friends did attend the IIMB’s interview and they told me that it was one of the most pleasant experiences. This was because the majority of questions circled around their work experience.
• There are also cases in which a student who has scored well in CAT might get a call from IIMA and other top B-schools but not IIMB. This can be attributed to a lack of work experience, that’s where these candidates miss out on scoring points.

This is why IIMB consists mainly of students with good work experience.

Many of these students have come after working at firms that are industry leaders in their domain. Consulting firms prefer candidates with work experience, especially the ones who’ve worked in companies as industry leaders. Thus they may be willing to roll out more offers at IIM Bangalore.

It may be true that IIM B received more consulting offers in certain years but it may not be correct to accept this as a general trend across years.