Summer intern at BCG. I've been told by a few people that you need to spend your first few cases "earning your stripes" to gain staffing optionality or be servile/loyal to a pyramid to gain access to the cooler case work within that PA. It's seemed particularly emphasized at times.

Is this the standard at McK? I'm trying to guage the staffing optionality and openness of McKinsey culture to direct your random walk.

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At both firms the first ~6 months you'll be stuck on w/e.

After that if you're a good performer you'll get what you want

At BCG it may be marginally more challenging - but it's only a marginal difference at best

Bain on the other hand...

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BCG2: M def has more flex. M>BCG >> Bain in flexibility imo (n=30 data points across MBB). The global staffing model is definitely one of the biggest draws and the other two can’t match. I’m sure people at BB have great experiences with flexibility too, but this is what I’ve seen on average.

I changed primarily because I felt anonymous at Mck. Had offers from both Bs but decided BCG on conversations with SO/friends at both.

Real talk, in the long run you will get all the random walks you want if you prove you’re good across any company. You will have very few options if you are a weak performer.

All other promises are mostly marketing, you may get lucky but I wouldn’t bet on it.

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I actually haven’t found this to be the case at McKinsey at all - have had a lot of say on all my cases since the beginning, and have not stayed within a practice area at all (have done a project with a museum, government work, PEPI, etc). I do think being a top performer gives you more optionality though, but I am only average.

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