What is the level of difficulty to get FAANG interviews (strategy roles) coming from a Tier 2 strategy house (Strategy&, Oliver Wyman, LEK, ATK, etc)?

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Acn strategy here, have had interviews with Amazon, Netflix, Google and MSFT in strategy roles for all of them. Mix of referrals and cold drops

Post UG. Started getting these interviews 1-2 years in. Most of them are “entry level” into FAANG but they required 1-3 years consulting experience. True managerial roles with direct reports at tech companies would require a lot more experience like 5-8 years

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