How common is it to go from BA to AP at McKinsey in under 4 years? I feel like I see so many 19 year olds on LinkedIn who are a level below partner at the big M.

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You can do it but you have to be really damn talented. “So many” seems like a stretch, but time (like all consulting firms) and expectations (unique nuance of our performance model) moves at lightning speed here. I was standalone on projects 6 months in.

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Amazing that you’re standalone on projects 6 months in. I’m at a tier-2 strategy house, 6 months in.. and it seems they don’t trust us to even run short client 1-on-1 meetings, leaving it to the post-MBA levels.

Wish the expectations were more similar to McK. Want to grow faster.

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I’ve seen a few around the 5+0 year mark, but they are absolute rockstars

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Mck1 / 2 - can I ask how easy / hard it is switching around the firm? Like from a solutions half client engagement role to a full generalist one?

Whats the tole exactly?

The ones who are lighting fast are rare as a share of their BA cohort, but less rare as a share of their AP cohort (since those tend to make it further, faster)

Also, what does it take to be a rockstar at one of these firms? I mean everyone is smart for the most part, so what gives those people the “edge”?

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