Are the exits between Big 4 management consulting and MBB that wide?

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There is overlap but definitely more opportunties from MBB. My spouse exited to a company that hires exclusively former MBB for certain teams.

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Yes and the promotion speed is very different (I think ~2x?)

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Also 5-6 more years between director and partner lol

Have worked at both - the quality of recruiter inbounds is definitely higher at MBB. There are some searches and recruiters that only target MBB. There is a lot of overlap but MBB is a step up

My experience at MBB was headhunters contact you more frequently with better roles - better companies, higher profile opportunities, etc. It’s not to say that people don’t exit well from B4 MC - many do. It’s just that the best opportunities and exits will skew towards MBB given the selection bias of recruiters and hiring managers. Most don’t hire that many candidates so default to the name brands for perceived quality.

I worked at both as well. There are a small handful of places that are MBB only. But broadly I haven’t found the difference to be large.

Don’t hate the player hate the game

I chatted with a Google hiring manager in S&P who openly told me they only take MBB. Obviously this isn’t 100% true, because plenty of people from other firms get in, but they were serious and very much so looked down on LEK

I went through 3 rounds for S&O when I was just an audit associate years ago. I think the S vs O matters more than described here if this is true

S& and EYP don’t count. we obviously don’t mean y’all when we say B4 consulting 😂

This isn’t mean to diss them, it’s meant to diss the rest of us lol. Deloitte, KPMG, PwC MC, and EY consulting

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