Having looked at MBB and some other consulting firms (eg: A&M) cyber practices, teams and offerings, I'm getting the impression that despite seemingly paying better the level and quality of the cyber capabilities in MBB is significantly worse than in the big 4. Is it just me or do other people see this as well?

I get the feeling the salary differentiation is due to MBB work hours compared to big 4 and the fact that they get a lot of lucrative board work as cyber is a 'side kick' to other LoS.

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I’ve interviewed with McKinsey and BCG and gotten worse pay offers than at Accenture. I don’t think they value the cyber people the way they do strategy consultants.

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They were both very different interview processes and honestly neither of them made a whole lot of sense. One had me take the same coding exam they give to their programming hires and the other seemed to be confusing hiring a cyber risk specialist with an organizational risk specialist.

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I am an alum from one of the teams you're talking about. This is accurate.

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Makes sense, thank you for your input

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