How did you guys break into your industries? What're the biggest qualitative differences between MBB Consultants and Big Four Consultants?

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Pretty sure comp is quite different

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I saw in an earlier post that pwc and Deloitte MBAs were offered 145 and 135...I did interview with McKinsey for a hot second and they were offering 130-140 for associate level, so I imagine the salaries r the same. They have to be, u have to compete in the market

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Damn , why isn't there a feature to edit posts :) even if it is just to correct grammatical errors

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From what I've heard it's jus strategy vs not strategy. I think MBB and big 4 strategy are pretty similar work wise and compensation wise. But the culture/bonuses might be better at MBB

Big 4 strategy vs. MBB strategy is similar work and bother recruit from just the top 10-15 MBA schools. I would argue culture is better at Big 4...

Read many benchmarking studies...comp is $10k off (MBB higher) but bonuses at MBB are higher until you get up a few levels and it evens out

I think all of them are about the same at the MBA entry level ( MBB May pay slightly higher but ACN/D has higher sign on)...where it starts diverging between MBB and Big 4 is at the M level and above

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