For junior level lateral hiring, what are the criteria/common profiles for those who got into MBB?

I saw from some posts that MBB mainly lateral hire target school alum. Is that generally true? How can I maximize my chances as a non-target who works in an industry-specific MC role at a Tier 3?

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Think of it this way, there are a number of paths to getting a MBB job

1) MBA from an M7 school (the most common path)
2) From undergrad at one of the 20ish target schools
3) From a referral
4) From a cold application
5) fringe cases (senior leaders at clients/competitors/getting acquired)

Your odds of getting a referral are boosted by going to a target UG or MBA bc you will have people in your network at MBB who can refer you, then once you are referred the recruiting team is familiar with your school and confident in your background.

You can still get a referral as a non-target person, it just might take some extra networking

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