Is it common and doable to switch from Bain/BCG to McKinsey after 2 years, in terms of 1) would that be heavily frowned upon within your firm 2) how receptive would McKinsey be to taking folks from Bain/BCG? I imagine there would be a slowdown in terms of career progression, but does the prestige and exit opps at McKinsey differ with Bain? I feel like from my network they differ a lot :/

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Exit opps and prestige don’t differ in US (ignore what these boards say). Crossover is possible but not common, for both PD and culture reasons. But it’s happened!

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Uncommon enough that there isn’t enough data to answer the rest of your post.

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Unless the firm that you are at does not serve the type of work / industry that you want to do in your region then there is really no point. The marginal prestige difference is usually not worth starting from ground zero to rebuild your network. You will also likely burn some bridges at the firm that you are leaving. The reality is, I have never once seen a job that asked for any subset of MBB firm experience so you really have very similar options globally.

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Not frowned upon at all - just tough to justify giving up sponsorship like B2 said

MBA in and of itself doesn’t advance your career at all, as all of these firms have paths that don’t require one. Salary is the same for a role regardless of degree or background

It’s doable, not super common at entry levels. More likely to see at EM or AP levels. But again it’s not unheard of. And literally no one cares if you do it unless you don’t follow the standard McKinsey way of operating.

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Happens all the time, especially from BCG 🤣

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