Hey all, I’m at B-school and trying to make a decision. My goal is MBB, unfortunately struck out after receiving 3 interviews for internship. I did however land Kearney. Need to decide if I should accept or recruit outside consulting.

My plan is to rerecruit in the fall regardless. My issue point is that I’m sponsored by Deloitte and accepting will invalidate my sponsorship. Is Kearney that much better than Deloitte where it’s worth it? Or should I try a new industry

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It doesn’t make sense to give up Deloitte sponsorship to work at Kearney.
Go recruit for a strategy position for your internship and then retry MBB full time

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How much more does Kearney pay than Deloitte? Does that delta yield a higher NPV than the scenario with the sponsorship for the time period that you intend on staying in consulting?

I’ve always perceived them to be on the same tier. I imagine their exit opps are the same. Just look at in terms of ROI.

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Would you want to work for Kearney full time and give up sponsorship? If so, take it.

If not, go work at another industry for the summer and try again in the fall.

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Would probably keep the sponsorship if you liked Deloitte and the work you did there. If not, becomes a different discussion

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Keep the sponsorship

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It doesn’t make sense to give up Deloitte for Kearney…

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Comp progression is much higher at Kearney. But if OP is looking to stay a year or two and dip, it would not make sense, especially with the sponsorship.

Is this 150k sponsorship? If So don’t give up

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If it’s taxed like income then I would imagine many school expenses could offset like travel and home office. I hope you have a good cpa.

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Keep your sponsorship, man. B-school loans don't pay themselves

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A different perspective here:

1. Difficulty of interviews and bar to getting an offer isn’t very different across these strategy firms

2. If you struck out at mbb, and landed Kearney, I think it probably says more about the luck you had with with Kearney interviewers than anything else. You can reinterview in a few years, but chances are you will strike out again. All strategy firms are completely sold out and are hiring anything and anyone that moves, there has never been a better and easier time to get in than NOW

3. Coming from D, you will be down-leveled. If you stay, make a Manager in a couple years, you will be slotted into a post MBA role at MBB and T2, maybe with some tenure credit, but this will shorten your runway to the next level and can be an accelerating path to forced transition

4. I would think long term. If you plan to stay in consulting for 4-5 years or your goal is to make Partner, NPV of your lifetime earnings at Kearney will greatly outweigh your earnings at D

Overall, I don’t think D is a clear option. If I were you, I would accept K, focus on getting a full time offer and try MBB for full time again. If you get an MBB, take it. If not, you can potentially make Partner in 6-7 years and make more money at K than you ever will as a D Partner.

Your priority should be to negotiate with K for additional money to help offset the lost sponsorship.

Good luck

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Are you only recruiting for strategy? Why not banking or tech?

Alot of ppl have left D for mbb (and big tech) in '21. This will prob continue. If you end up back at D, doors aren't closed for mbb or tech but at that point maybe your life circumstances will have changed.

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Thanks for the feedback everyone! My only hesitation with Deloitte is that our salary growth is much smaller and our time to partner is also longer. both of those things I feel outweigh $100k in the long run

Switching from D to tier 2 shops like Kearny is very easy I’d say.

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I received an offer at S& too now and decided I’m going to take S& or Kearney. I’d like to maximize comp so not sure which is better in the long run

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