Interviewed at Deloitte for manager role and got an offer for senior consultant instead. Is it normal practice to offer one level down. Should I push for manager position and negotiate? Tia.

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Generally big D is hesitant to bring people in directly at the manager level because they don’t have experience with D’s processes and a network. They are doing you a favor in giving you time to adjust and then get promoted quick

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As long as the money is right I’d say it’s good. Why take on more responsibilities when you can cruise for a bit? It’s better to take some time to get used to the consulting life (Intel OP) and be a solid promote than a struggling new hire. If you get a bad rep from your first project it might be hard to recover esp coming in as a mgr. good luck 🍀

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Thanks!

Yeah what's the point of having me interview as manager then if they have to do me a favor later.🙂

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If you interviewed for M and got offered SC, the interviewers collectively turned you down for M and decided yes to you as SC. They would be EXTREMELY unlikely to reverse this through negotiation. Salary etc. they might negotiate on to a certain point, but they are not likely to overturn the interviewers’ decision on level.

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Without consulting experience, coming in at the M level would be tough. If the money is right, come in as an SC, quickly establish that you can do the job, then you’re on a great trajectory. Having a mediocre to not great first year as a manager will throw your trajectory off (in both comp and time to promotion).

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I came in as an SC (here here but going up this year). PPMD brought me in and wanted me as an SC and he’s been a great mentor and I’m not in a rush since I work on what I want and the money is good. I’ve met 3 others that came in with a little more exp than I did as Managers and they are still struggling in their second year and regretted coming in at that level. It’s mostly that they get outpaced and don’t have a strong enough network. If those aren’t concerns of yours, then go for it!

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What level are you operating at Intel? If senior consultant equivalent level then it makes sense

manager in a consulting firm is a very different role from manager in industry.

coming in as a senior consultant is probably a good idea.

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It is irrelevant which position you interviewed for. Level is determined based on what the interviewers marked you for after the interview. Only if a PMD clamoring for you and badly wants you on their project, you may have a shot of getting the level changed.

Like others said here, take it if you like the money.

Same happened to me at D 6 years ago. I’d been an M at my previous firm for 2 years and got offered SC. I took the offer because D is better than where I came from and I’m glad that I did. I got promoted to M within 2 years but felt that being an SC coming in was easy.

If the money is right, take the SC. You’ll appreciate it. First time at big 4 I was pushing for SM. Was a little insulted when brought in as an M. Money was well into SM territory so I took it. Service line was new to me and I would have had a much harder time without an SM mentoring me. You’ll see once you get in why. If you perform at the M level then great. Nobody is going to hold you back. You’ll be promoted quickly.

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