B4 consultant interested in pivoting to MBB post-MBA - is MBB mostly project management?

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What type of consulting? Most “consulting” in B4 is not actual consulting.

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Right, I pivoted from tech consulting into strategy consulting and had to essentially go down a level to make it happen. The unfortunate reality is that outside of the name, there is very little in common with the two roles. You’d probably need to convince a shop to give you a chance as an analyst (which is being phased out by AI) or get your MBA and pivot that way.

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No, but it plays a role in almost every case.

Encouraging… I was going crazy at Big4 with all these stodgy accountant types… lol

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Gonna have to pivot pretty hard

I know very well what they do. I’m asking more about culture and expectations.

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