Heading to Columbia for an MBA in the fall and unsure on IB vs. consulting. Any advice on how to think about which one to recruit for?

Currently work in big tech corp dev / strategy, will recruit for tech as well as either IB or consulting.

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Are you in a blend of corp dev/strategy or one or the other? Both of those are pure exits from IB or Consulting among other things (startups, etc).
If your current job is a blend then either choice would be ok, if your job is one or the other then I’d think about what you want your 2nd job out of the MBA to be and which role between IB/Consulting will get you there.

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It’s a blend! Honestly I just see the MBA as an accelerator from a junior role to a more senior one.

I am doing my MBA at Columbia and recruited for IB. Sorry not sure I understood your Q. Are you saying you want to understand Consulting vs IB or how to prepare for IB?

I think there’s a couple things to consider:

1. IB as a path cannot be lateraled into after B-School. It’s pretty much your last opportunity to do it. The field has very few entry points.

2. Are you interested in a VC/PE/HF/AM/Buy-Side role at all? IB places much better in there than even MBBs would from my understanding.

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