MBB interviewers: Given constant GPA, SAT & UG Program, what increases chance of an industry hire landing a generalist interview: 1-2 YOE at Big 4, ACT, Booz, etc OR 1-2 YOE at Spotify, Snap, Bird...

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Big four—consulting experience is better than industry because you’re seen as more credible (can crack case interviews, know how to do the job, etc). Disclaimer: Im not an interviewer but have referred people and have seen the most success with people who have consulting backgrounds

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I would say you’re at par, the reality is it’ll be a combination of factors which signal “pedigree” if you will.

I’d lean on tech experience more than x consulting, mostly because it’s different and those jobs aren’t as easy to come by as people think. However, depending on the work you do at another firm you may actually be better advantaged if it’s similar enough. You also will have a better start in MBB if you have done consulting before, so that helps too.

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@P1, This helps, thank you! My experience at my consulting firm (one of the ones mentioned in this post) has been in data visualization tools (Tableau, PowerBi) and data cleansing tools like PowerQuery. Basically building dashboards for problems around the same industry vertical. The final round interviews I have in the other space (Snap, Bird, Spotify) sound like roles less technical, and more “Business operations / sales analyst” type. The data analytics roles at those non-consulting firms require actually data science, not the bs data analytics you can get away with in consulting😅. Which is why I’m not quite qualified for them (least to that level).

Only knowing those two things, what would you do if you were in my shoes? Does your recommendation change?

...question should actually read what would look more interesting / attractive, given you’d eventually want to do strategy consulting in retail / consumer goods

@Mck1 interesting, what if the candidate has 1-2YOE at FAANG? Does that change anything? Have a call with recruiter from Apple but long term goal is MBB. Have 1st round with Snap.

@C1 not case ready yet, but do not want to do next project at current firm

Any of those backgrounds can get you a first round. Getting a referral is your best bet though - the majority of EHs come through referrals (at BCG, don’t know about M or B)

Unfortunately yes. But nothing irreparable

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