Fellow partners, did any of you join MBB as an MD/Partner (direct admit)? I am at a point in my career where I really need to think about my next steps and would like to get some advice from people who have been through this process. Thank you.

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This is a good approach. I may go to MBB as partner rather than stay at B4 as Director. Thanks for the idea.

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1st one for sure. 2nd one may be.. because the client are sticky with the company I work for and we do good work here. We r also market leaders so the customer will switch only if I have something great to offer

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Dude you’re not leaving your current firm and taking a large client to a new firm.

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I don’t have this experience personally, but at BCG this happens for two reasons:

1) You bring a genuine depth of expertise in a niche topic which is growing and our pipeline of PL/Principals won’t be able to fill it (always preferred option)

2) You are going to bring in a big client straight away and grow the pie

Do you meet one of these criteria?

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