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I don't have answers to your questions but I doubt you will come back as a "final year" M, regardless of what the recruiter tells you. If you have the right experience and contacts, you may come in as M (could be SC too) and would have to go through the standard 3-4 year promotion timeline. At the very least, you'll have to spend 2 years in the role before you get promoted to SM.
But you also said you reached back out? So did they ask you or did you ask them?
“What have you done for me lately?”
You joined the member firm as M because that’s the US SC equivalent. They may hire you as M1, maybe, depends on your experience. They would likely never hire you as M4 and place you up for promo same year bc that would not set you up for success.
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I’m sorry to break it to you, but member firm experience means little. As an American who has now worked for 3 member firms (4 if you count an internship) , they really don’t care. Also when you’re hired you get brought in at your that level from the beginning. Sure you can early promo, but anyone telling you you can walk in during your last year as a M is lying (this is true for 99% of firms)
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Respectfully of course. Also, you’re coming into a thick bench and tough market - applicants have 0 leverage right now, especially at the M/SM level (a lot of offerings are pretty top heavy right now)