Does anyone else feel like BCG salaries are lower than McK or Bain? As a post-MBA C, we make 190K + 23.75K bonus.

McK and Bain are 192K + ~30K bonus. Not assuming top box at any firm, but this is a material difference of ~10K overall.

I’m beginning my first year Audit/Assurance - any tips? programs to take advantage of? - I would love to hear any mistakes that you wish you hadn’t made. Thanks everyone!

Bookish fish! What’s the best book on leadership you’ve read? Particularly creative leadership.

did we ever agree on a secret code here for “thumbs down”? like, using the “smart” reaction or something?

Just got promoted to ACD. Will be taking on more leadership roles. Any books, workshops, resources that helped you learn leadership skills?

I'm launching a small PE firm and need advice on structuring equity for early founding team members.

I don't want to give up equity in the firm for several reasons but I do need to incentivize my team.

Should I offer phantom stock or form a subsidiary LLC and issue stock in that but always own the parent co? Or just offer carried interest for deals they each manage?

Do they provide cab facility in Pune location ? How is the wfh policy? Do they reimburse internet charges?

27M here, any girl in Hyderabad

Thoughts on potential business ideas or investment opportunities where I can live the life I deserve now and not in retirement? I’m always trying to think of potential business ideas and come up with nothing. As far as interests, it doesn’t matter what it is. As long as it makes money I’m interested.

Really curious to know if you gain a different amount of knowledge depending on if you work for a union or private. Does anyone have any input?

Worst boss? Let’s hear it

I am a mechanical engineer having 10 years of experience in wind and automotive domain. Is it possible to switch to IT domain. Please suggest some course without or with basic codeing to get some IT jobs.

Would like some opinions about how likely it is to make product analytics self serve by PMs? Anybody have success here? Or is it hopeless to think that product managers can pull their own data, look at their own dashboards, and do basic data tasks themselves?

Insight into fertility benefits at capital one? Would appreciate any input

Is the notice period for AVPs 3 months in hsbc?

Does this ever happened with anyone that your interview went very good and then also you got rejection mail from hr and unable to understand what when wrong. The same thing happened with me yesterday for coinswitch data engineer profile. Solved all the questions and actually gave some suggestions also , but today got rejection mail.😂😂

Do any of you work in a different country than your company is based? I would love to eventually work internationally (based in the USA), ideally remote, but I’m not sure how realistic it is for most people

Also unfortunately I don’t code so a programming jobs are out of the question, and I know many of those jobs are easily worked remote/internationally

What is resource management group?

Behavior intervention option for special needs

Do the BB's ask for SAR reports for lateral moves ?

Is the bcg chatbot case harder than the sample that they sent? How much weight does the chatbot hold?

BCG or McKinsey for consumer goods/retail?

How is Bain & Company’s Healthcare Practice? I know McK is solid for physicians and military folk, but I don’t know anything about how Bain would be for a doc

How bad is it to sound shaky during the case interview? I got everything right and nailed the math but I feel like I sounded like I was about to cry even though I was confident 🤦🏻‍♀️

Is chrome river not working for anyone else? I can’t upload images for some reason

Just scored 700 on my GMAT and I feel like a bag of crap. For reference, I put in 300+hrs into my studying, which is overkill but the course I signed up for took this long.

I wanted to use this to strengthen my app to BCG as an experienced hire and possibly for an MBA in the future.

For the MBA programs I'm looking at this score is fine but is this a score that can help my BCG app in a MCOL Canadian city?

How much does a McKinsey 1 st year partner make?

Hi! Data scientist here with 3 years of experience. I also do some internal consulting in my current job and work as a data science consultant as a freelancer. I want to now work as a consultant. Love doing the case studies :D
Can anyone here guide me and be a mentor for this switch? Would love to hear from you. Thank you

Diversity quota is real: both for B-School admissions/scholarships and MBB recruiting.

Readers be warned. Your skills don’t matter as much as you think.

That is all.

Isnit true that McKinsey Canada raised base by 10% for BA1 and BA2?

Apologies if this is repetitive, but here for some inspiration stories… I prepped hard for the first (phone interview) McK 30-min evaluative case study (Digital Associate role) but failed it cause I couldn’t calm my nerves… is it realistic to hope that with more hard work, I can at least make it to the final rounds next time round? Any tips to not be anxious for a phone interview?

Fellow MBBers, any of you think the banking raises will trickle over to us (110k starting) or nah?

Anyone willing to dm about climate/sustainability roles at BCG?

Do MBB pay a referral bonus if your referral gets hired?

Any bcg first rounders heard back today? When was your interview?

I am considering paying for a coach of online service to aid in my interview prep for McKinsey. Specifically, I am looking at programs where I have access to others to practice with. Looking for opinions/thoughts/recommendations?

Anyone who has been through both rounds at MBB - does case difficulty get any harder between round 1 and 2? Or is it just the level of interviewer?