Does MBB really open the doors that firms like Big 4 or Tier 2 won’t?

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A lot of cool start ups are MBB only.

At the one I work at, of our PM’s that came from consulting (which is a minority), 100% are MBB. Of our strategy team that came from consulting, 95% are MBB

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Yes opens doors to interviews , not getting the job

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This is the right answer

Just pe, or if you are at McK president of an NFL franchise lol

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Lol. I bet he has much less power and authority then when he was McK. Lol

Def, lots of buyside/other super competitive stuff tend to only interview ex-MBB if they’re hiring consultants (obv you can network past this but that takes effort)

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very few opps that are truly closed to non-MBB, but MBB makes getting any consulting exit easier (you’ll hear back more often, you’ll benefit from any subconscious bias towards MBB during interviews)

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This is the right answer

No

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There are better places to work at with WLB and learning. Also your skills open door, companies don't in my experience.

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Yes

Why?

Mega fund PE (investing team) hires very few consultants, and among the few got hired, 99.99% are MBBs. UMMs hire a bit more Tier 2 Consulting PE team folks.

Generally yes -evidence: look at the # of job ads for consulting exits where they specifically state experience from MBB only as a condition. I’m ex big 4 and this is a material reason for my move.

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