Is it common for MBB to hire experienced hires from Big 4 consulting? Or impossible to make that jump?

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I made the jump from B4 last year. Multiple people in my onboarding class were doing the same.

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Very much possible

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I’m in interview process w 2 MBBs; 2 years out of school. So yes, definitely doable.

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Very possible but coming in as an experienced hire is also different from just coming in as a generalist. Do you just mean lateraling in from whatever level you’re at?

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Very possible. Just make yourself interesting and also be sure you really understand what it is and what the work entails. A lot of people even in consulting (maybe outside of strategy) want MBB for the prestige with little idea of what it really means in terms of the hours, types of cases, etc.

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Definitely not impossible or I wouldn’t be here

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Yes - you can hop from anywhere. It all happens. Both downlevels and laterals. Recommend focusing on being successful where you are, learning what strategy work entails, and figuring out what makes you interesting compared to everyone else applying to do the same. So many people want to make the jump with no clue what the work even is or how it’s different from a run of the mill b4 advisory type role.

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Yes, does happen. T2, Accenture, and Big 4 are the traditional lateral recruiting feeders.

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I don’t know if common is the right word but it definitely happens.

Big 4 like strategy& and parthenon or other consulting service lines? Im curious as well

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