BCG fish, is it possible to stick to primarily strategy work, as opposed to functional work, for most of your early tenure at BCG?

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Unlikely, unless you have a broad definition of “strategy”.

If strat work is the priority, accept the offer where you have better relationships with seniors doing strat work. Otherwise it's a crapshoot and your odds may actually be better at a smaller firm.

Also understand that MBB probably have a tighter definition of what they define as "strategy". A good chunk of the work that many here would not describe as strategy would still likely be considered strategy at many other firms. I only say this to make sure you don' think "not strategy" automatically means implementation.

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