McKinsey & Company Bain & Company Is it okay to say in an interview with a competitor of your current consulting firm that you wish to leave your company because it has value issues (at least as per your perspective)?McKinsey & Company Boston Consulting Group Bain & Company

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As long as you word it in a nice way. Don’t ever really harshly put down your own company. You can be clear about your concerns and what’s wrong, but just don’t trash them

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If you’re from McKinsey your interviewer may be thinking about this unprompted anyway. A lot of bad press lately. Raising it yourself may be benefit - depending on what the issues are and how you word it.

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What do you mean when you say value issues

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Not staying to the values listed on the website and communicated at every single bigger event

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I’m intrigued based on your title and that eliminating the obvious firm here.

I love the idea of someone interviewing with McK and using “value issues” as their reason for jumping ship there

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Why on earth would it not be?

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I would just think about phrasing. Since they don’t know the backstory and it’s hard to give justice to something like that in 60 seconds, you don’t want to come across as bashing a prior firm or overly negative. If you do it well it’s actually a great answer.

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The other thing about values issues is that a lot of the values themselves are common amongst the MBBs. So phrasing would be important so that you’re not simultaneously portraying that you may not be a good fit at the company you’re interviewing for!

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Given the three firms you named - I’d honestly make sure you do your homework. A lot of them do work in the same spaces, but one of them just gets more attention than the other two.

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Yeah and it’s one of the better ones to say. Companies really like to feel like you are a good fit for them culturally because it’s the strongest indicator of success and job satisfaction.

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No I'd avoid even with careful phrasing. I usually focus on WHY you want to JOIN the firm you're interviewing rather than than why you want to leave current job (can't avoid but to come up with something negative, and that can do harm than benefits). Even when interviewer went deep on why I want to leave current firm, I answer with something positive like seeking growth and learning opportunities that can be offered in new firm (again not mention anything negative about current firm).

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Personally, I wouldn't recommend saying something negative. Just focus on your objective why you want to switch companies. They may be direct competitors but they more concerned with the people they are accepting for the firm.

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