Is it possible to negotiate your consulting level when joining a firm post MBA? I did ~2.5 years consulting (analyst > sr analyst) then left right before I got promoted to associate. Left to a Chief of Staff role (1 yr) then did strategy & Ops at the same company (1.5 years). Getting my MBA beginning fall 2023 and thinking of doing consulting again after I graduate but I think I would be coming in at the level I was before I left which is off putting for me.

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You’ll likely come in as an associate (normal post mba role), and with what’s listed above, that 100% makes sense. At least at Kearney anyway, likely the same at MBB

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Is the firm you were at for 4 years paying for your MBA? And is it a top 10 MBA? I've seen people return as manager after that.

If you're going to a new firm, then a promo hire seems extremely unlikely unless you go to a random boutique instead of the usual suspects who recruit a lot of MBAs. You are not the first person to go consulting-mba-consulting, and it isn't clear you merit some sort of exception.

I got my mba with one year of work experience and came in as a senior consultant. It’s been some clowning around lemme tell you lol the imposter syndrome is wild. Shoot your shot

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