Human Capital consultant here applying to MBB. On the chance I don’t get an offer this round, out of the Big 4 which should I target and which practice within each firm should I apply to gain the skill set needed to enter into MBB?

Any advice for someone looking to transition into a full HR Generalist role from Recruiting. I’m currently a Campus Recruiter with about 5 years of HR experience (Coordinator- Higher Ed). I received my PHR certification in September 2020 and sitting for my SHRM-CP in two weeks. I’m having a hard time transitioning into a full Generalist position.

How do physical science PhDs fair in applying to and receiving offers from MBB?

How do they do once they are there? Do they struggle to make the transition?

Has anyone tried to do the Rice online MBA while being a junior corporate associate? Does anyone think this is doable? I want an MBA because I eventually want to pivot from law but the opportunity cost right of completely leaving my position is too much.

What position is the Senior Insurance controllership 1?? Is it equivalent to Asst Manager or Manager? Any answers it would be of great help

What kinds of strategy projects would best prepare you to exit to a clinical stage pharma start-up and support their business strategy through clinical trials / an ipo?

Anyone know of people who switched to the Strategy side of their bank? Obviously there will be a pay cut, but looking to move towards that direction in my career due to interests

Just passed my notary public exam and going for the notary signing agent test next. I would like to gain some experience with the notary public and put the skills to the test. Does anyone have any advice regarding on how to do this? I’m trying to do this as a part/full time gig depending how it goes. I’ve heard good things and money is there. I’m trying to transition out of property management, at least the 9-5pm situation. Has anyone tried the notary signing agent gig, how has it worked out?

If you want good privacy training, check the CDPO cert by Maastricht university.

Seriously! A coworker is talking about her degree in history and she wrote her senior thesis on June Cleaver. How does she work at a B4? Of course, her Dad was the Partner's son's HS football coach.

Advice on taking and passing the SPHR exam?

Junior interning at a small consulting firm.

Should I try to go to B4 or MBB for a full time after graduation or get work experience at small firm then try to transition after that?

Has anybody switched from Deloitte India to Usi?
How was the procedure? Did you quit the India firm and then join Usi or is an internal switch possible?

As a fresher and having completed 2 months at DI I feel that there is no growth for me here. Has anyone felt the same?

Which certifications are considered high value right now?

Is it a bad idea to leave tech and try something else if I want to go back to tech eventually? For context I have the opportunity to move to London and pivot into a new field for me but the job is at an agency. I know I’d want to eventually go back to tech but paranoid it’ll be more difficult - thoughts?

Hi fishes I am fresher from Computer Science. I am allotted salesforce developer profile in my organization. I want to know how good is salesforce developer for career. And how will be it's demand with respect to future. Please guide me I am in a lot of confusions.

An auditor myself, I constantly feel many ppl working at audit look down on ppl working in industry and other practices, which I don’t understand at all. Do they truly believe their job is superior or they just say so to make both you and them feel better about this job?

What should be the package of Azure Devops engineer having 8 years of total experience in IT and 2 years of relevant experience

Hi, my son is experiencing some backlash due to his religious observance conflicting with the military role. Any ideas of how to effectively contend the first amendment with his commander or HR? Thanks!

Help!
Planning on moving to London from New York for with 9mo baby in January. Would love some advice on the following topics:
1) Areas to look for affordable housing in a good area - potentially 2bed within the 1500 range?
2) would you recommend owning a car or would public transport be sufficient?
3) How does child care work (nanny/daycare)?
4) Is there an option to hire help for regular cooking, household chores, etc? If yes, what are the prices charged?
5) how does pay work with a transfer?

Looking for advice for investing in these two options. Say I have $100k by October saved up
1) Put 10k into iBonds and $90k as downpyament and closing costs for a property (I’ll need to put in 20%, already talked to several mortgage agents)
2) Put $0 in ibonds and put all the $100k in the home investing (given it’s a little more of an expensive property, given some other factors - location, size, etc)

Anyone know of going freelance copywriter rates in Tennessee?

Secretly glad October is coming to a close. I have two friends doing "Sober October" and I love them but it's insufferable. They keep saying things like "Ugh this is so hard, I don't know how you ...

Currently at Deloitte at looking to apply to Amazon. Know anyone who is ex-big 4 who would be open to giving advice on application&interviews?

What is everyone’s: (1) billable hours this year; (2) practice group; (3) year; and (4) size of law firm?

Best brands for a large leather briefcase or cary all for every day carry? Preferably leather, nylon or canvas with leather trim is okay. Needs to be able to hold my lunch, 3 section preferred or comparable suze. Looking for recommendations other than Tumi (Alpha doesn't seem big enough).

Advice and tips for a first time rental property investor?

I am 24 saving up for my first property to purchase at the end of 2021 / early 2022 in the Long Island, NY area.

I’d like to save up around $50K in my HYSA for a property <$400K in LI. Does this sound reasonable?

Does anyone have any advice on investing in the LI area (best location, SFH v MFH) or just general first time rental property buying advice?

Thanks all

I cheated this weekend with sweets and rice. I am out of keto. It is so tough to maintain. I have been taught to limit red meat, butter so much...my sub-conscious seems to be getting in the way.

Looking for an average overview of weekly hours in PWM at each level? Any insight appreciated. NYC-based, preferably

What should be ideal salary for the AWS DevOps Engineer having 3.5 YOE having tech stack AWS, Terraform, Gitlab/GitHub , Jenkins/gitlab-runner, Prometheus/Grafana. Seeing the demand as per market.
Pls suggest for service based as well as product based

Changes in the healthplans are going to drive me to spend hundreds in out of pocket early on and I'll meet my deductible whether high or low. Any advice on how to choose a policy?

What level should I apply to if I’m a manager at B4? Considering applying

BCG fishes: If you make a temporary transfer to another office for 12-24 months, will your salary (& taxes) come from the home office or the office that you transferred to?

My friend is recruiting for MBB this summer - he is a vet back at school and grew up around the world. Very interesting background, pretty bright, but he's gotten feedback in case interview practice to work on his moderately heavy accent. Anyone have any advice for him/would be willing to connect with him? US Offices.

What do you think about the new BCG practice on Transformation? Is it a repackaging of TURN or something better?

Is it worth making the time/money investment to make the switch from big 4 FDD to MBB. This would require getting into and paying for a top MBA program and my net worth would be way negative after that. Are the MBB financial returns worth it? Im 26 years old for reference

Anyone from McKinsey Dallas who is willing to chat?

How do physical science PhDs fair in applying to and receiving offers from MBB?

How do they do once they are there? Do they struggle to make the transition?

M fish - is there anyway to defer an offer for medical reasons? I expect not but just curious. Have had a wholly unexpected situation arise and am slated to start in 6 weeks.

I need a mentor to guide me for a job role in MBB. I have 5 YOE (4.5 years in Manufacturing & Automation 6 months in SaaS) any volunteers?

Anyone willing to share their access to casecoach? Any help would be appreciated!

McKinsey 🐟: does your ops practice heavily prefer people with practical experience instead of current operations consultants from other firms? As an ops consultant from another firm, what would be the best way to lateral into mck ops?

Had a final round at BCG last Friday. After the interviews they said that the would release results today. Then I got an email today saying they will only give the results on the next Friday. What could have happened?? I also know some people how interviewed on the same day as mine and got a rejection email today.

Can Mck fish please advise on the role of a sponsor? How is different from role of mentor? TIA

I have my first round interview (phone case) with McKinsey tomorrow. Any tips on what to expect with the phone case? Will there be an introduction (elevator pitch + why McKinsey?) or will they jump straight into the case? It’s only 30 mins.

Looking to apply to MBB at 1-2 YOE after undergrad. Undergrad GPA isn’t bad, but not MBB quality. Will it help if I take the GMAT early and include the score on my app? How high is good enough? 750+?

Does anyone have any insight on what is entailed during an “expertise chat” at McK? I spoke to a recruiter and made it through to the next step. The next step is the expertise chat before progressing to the official first round interview. For reference, this is for their Healthcare Services & Technology practice. TIA

Just won MBB bingo: I just signed a contract with my third MBB firm. Do I get anything for “winning?” 🙈

In my application to McKinsey, do I include past unpaid internships as Work Experience?

Best way to approach networking with MBB if I am planning to apply for roles in Jan 2024 (1 year from now). Do people start with their school alum and get referred to partners?