How do LEK and ATK compare to the Big Four and MBB? Do they offer better exit opps than Big Four consulting?

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I'd put them on par or slightly above Deloitte S&O, we tend to recruit at similar schools. LEK does a lot of DD work from what I hear...not sure about ATK. A top performer at S&O likely has similar exit opps to ATK or LEK but I think its easier to stand out at the smaller firms.

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I'm sure LEK does a bunch of good work, but know them more for PE due diligence (particularly sell-side). They're originally a bain spinoff, as is parthenon. Agreed ATK has reputation for ops, have never seen/heard them at clients

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You should ask some b-school or undergrad friends where they're interviewing or know of people going. My understanding is that they are similar to Deloitte S&O/S&/OW, with some differences between them for exit opps (e.g., ATK better known for operations, LEK has a slight edge in PE, S& has some of the Booz sheen remaining, Deloitte for retail, etc.)

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At the end of the day it comes down to your innate skills, who you know, and who the people in your network know. Because we're consultants, we naturally obsess about jockeying for position and gaining the nth advantage in the market. But probably upwards of 80% of your exit opps are determined by the bullet points on your resume rather than the brands. The correlation you see between firm "prestige" and exit opps have more to do with strong ex-consultants, at least at that point in time, coming from that firm.

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Bain1, how hard would it be to get into LEK? Top 10 MBA but not necessarily top 5

LEK is definitely big in DD. ATK is strong in retail/consumer practice. Also has an Ops rep which is a big part but think the share of business is very similar to peer firms. Primarily benchmark against BCG and McKinsey. Don't compete with Bain often give their high PE-drvien focus. Agree with S&1. Exit opps really depends on your reputation.

I would check the employment reports of schools, which will list employers where students placed. I saw LEK at undergrad (think top 30ish undergrad) and not at MBA (a top 10-12 school)

Associate 1, PE due diligences are definitely a minority of our work (maybe 15/20%, not really sure and varies by office). Would agree that supply chain and some other ops areas are not our strongest

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