Seeking perspectives on the MBB in Australia to help make offer decision -
I'm an experienced hire and have received two offers as a Consultant/Associate with final round interviews scheduled with the third firm.

I'm particularly interested in views on practice strengths, office culture and career/salary progression.

McKinsey & Company Boston Consulting Group Bain & Company

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I would ask each firm how much work they have in each industry. A former classmate of mine got stuck doing mining/resources at Bain. I don't know if that was just his luck, or representative of available work.

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Australia is a limited consulting market since it’s full of oligopolies. There are 2 supermarkets (Woolworths primarily hires BCG and Coles primarily hires Bain), 2 airlines, 3 telcos, and 4 banks. Add in the government, Wesfarmers (former owner of Coles and the owner of the rest of remaining major retail), and mining and you have the majority of Australian industry that would hire strategy consulting firms.

Tech, FMCG, Pharma, and Automotive is almost entirely Australian sales offices of global firms, so unlikely to hire strategy consultants.

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Following. Anyone have salary insights in this area?

MBB post-MBA starting salary was A$160k + super a couple of years ago. Might have gone up slightly with inflation.

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