McKinsey & Company Is it true you can't buy, sell, or hold stocks at ALL at McKinsey and BCG? Debating whether to take an offer from one of the two. Seems like a pretty bad deal considering the bull run that's happening McKinsey & Company Boston Consulting Group (BCG) .

What are some of your tips to avoid / reduce the impact of spring pollen allergies. I have taken tablets etc but they are just ok. Any alternative therapies / treatments?

What would you all say are the best consulting firms to work at in the federal government space? I’m not sure how many “prestigious” firms (like MBB) have a significant federal practice at all.

Moving from T2 to McKinsey. How do vacation requests work? I have family and friends getting married this fall in weddings delayed because of covid, but I’ll just have started so wanted to get a sense of how realistic taking vacation this fall would be and how to approach taking it (e.g. mention to HR, staffing). TIA!

Is CQF useful to get entry level Quant job?? for non quant undergrad.

Ever since the Ukrainian invasion, I can't sleep well. Anyone else feeling this way?

What is your take on the PROSCI certification (on the company's dime of course)?

In your opinion, which top firms offer the most support for Black accountants?

Does anyone have any advise when it comes to navigating getting help and your firm. I had a tough month mentally. But I reached out to my local bar’s LAP. I’m starting the process of seeing a therapist. But my dreads still here. I’m panicking about being short on hours, falling behind on my cases and explaining to my boss I know I’m behind at work but I am working on it. Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

What’s a good city for solo travel in the US in December?

Other than working with limited funds, what are the drawbacks of working in shelter medicine?

Whats the process of enrolling in this? Anyone did it recently?

For those who have to report on financial performance regularly to either the CFO or related execs: how do you get past the nerves? Honestly my work culture is super chill but I still get anxiety.

Can anyone pls help me in RRP ??

Hello fishess, to join in wipro passport is mandatory like they mentioned in onboarding as my previous organisation(payroll company) it is not mandatory so i dont have a passport and my joining date is april 28th

any suggestions what to do

Currently working on 2 deals, just assigned a third... Good time to start my all water diet for the next month?

Any designers with ~4 years experience in nyc looking? Agency side but work is for a finance client. DM me for info and I’ll pass along books.

McK 🐠 can you work in PEPI practice in any office? Anyone in PEPI in the Midwest offices willing to chat? I’m currently in a T2 firm PE practice.

Hot take: I like our decentralized staffing model because I can work in any industry and it creates less of a “class divide” between offices

Just scored 700 on my GMAT and I feel like a bag of crap. For reference, I put in 300+hrs into my studying, which is overkill but the course I signed up for took this long.

I wanted to use this to strengthen my app to BCG as an experienced hire and possibly for an MBA in the future.

For the MBA programs I'm looking at this score is fine but is this a score that can help my BCG app in a MCOL Canadian city?

I’m exhausted from interviewing and caseing 🥵

Hi all! I was wondering if you can share your experience balancing work and interview prep at the same time? Work has been super demanding and I’m trying to prep for interviews, but I have no time except for the weekends (even then my time is extremely limited because I don’t want to completely ignore my loved ones, and I try to catch up on some sleep here and there).

What are the Top MBAs outside of M7 to land an MBB role?

what are McKinsey’s september start dates?

What is fastest way to improve both structured communication and thinking? Any helpful books or drills?
It’s the one consistent feedback I get while casing , “to be more structured” I’m there for math ability , business logic , creativity.

Have a start date coming up and need to give notice ASAP to make my start date. Just got a call from HR saying I passed my background check but nothing officially in writing. Do I wait or can I give notice tomorrow?

What is first year partner compensation?

Do you always need an MBA to get into MBB?

Is DC a competitive office to get into for McKinsey?

Anyone up to case this weekend?

Waiting for BCG R1 results…. 😕

Moving from T2 to McKinsey. How do vacation requests work? I have family and friends getting married this fall in weddings delayed because of covid, but I’ll just have started so wanted to get a sense of how realistic taking vacation this fall would be and how to approach taking it (e.g. mention to HR, staffing). TIA!

McK/Bain fish, do you guys get free leatherbound notebooks?

BCG versus McK for digital consulting? If we are looking broadly at the digital transformation space, then what are some of the strengths of each of firm as well as any glaring drawbacks?

Looking at Forrester, they are both leaders in the space, but it would be helpful to understand the perception of each.