Transition from deloitte advisory to McKinsey, how realistic? Was recruiting a bit with MBB during college (almost at my 1 year now at deloitte), had strong experiences/credentials but never pursued hard enough. Looking to apply now, any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!

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It's always possible, but 1 year of experience without an MBA makes it harder.

What type of Advisory work?

Experience in Digital Controllership, Analytics, or Transactions would help, but experience in compliance or audit work would be pretty useless.

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Lol RIP. Try to transition into a different type of project in the next few months. Learn VBA, Python, Power BI, Tableau, SQL, etc.

Theres lots of free resources and training through Deloitte, plus, it could help you automate a lot of BS work in the meantime. It takes time to get on cool projects, but Advisory has a lot of them. In my experience, most of them wanted people who weren't "too green" so you might just have to self learn cool stuff to make moves.

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Context: now I’m pigeon holed into something I’m not really enjoying at all and actively networking to move to the next step

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Frankly, it isn't realistic for generalist roles. Yes, it is technically possible, but the odds are thoroughly stacked against you. That is doubly true nowadays due to less hiring and more consultants (with better backgrounds, more experience and more relevant work) on the market. Unless an MBB partner is a relative or close friend who owes you a big favor, your best bet is to work for a few years, get into a top MBA and try from there.

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We’re all imprisoned in cages without doors!

Anything is possible, you’ve gotta believe, work hard and be persistent

I know someone moved to Mck from DTT in our analytics area

I agree with M1. Generalists have a few years of experience. Maybe try for BA roles, but the better approach is spend a few years at Deloitte (at least 2 years) before applying to other firms. Going to top MBA program, will definitely improve your chances. I know folks that left Deloitte for Mckinsey, but had significant amount of work experience + MBA.

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