Why does MBB do most of its hiring out of MBA and not undergrad?

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I’d imagine it’s a tougher sell for clients if most junior resources are 22-23 yr olds vs 28-30 year olds

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MBA grads tend to have more maturity and experience that comes from getting your butt kicked in the real world for a few years

Not to say undergrad hires don’t. It’s just harder to come by when you’re 21/22
I’ve always been impressed by MBB undergrad hires I’ve met, very polished for their age

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The main reason - MBAs more likely to stay around until partner

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They do most of it out of UG...

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BCG is diamond shaped - with As at the bottom and Cs more represented

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People out of MBA typically have strong work experience, adding an extremely valuable data point over someone coming straight out of UG

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MBA hires are typically much more capable than UG hires (although our BA’s are phenomenal, it’s just hard to replace 4-5 years of work experience especially off the bat). Especially when it comes to being standalone and ownership of projects.

Also working the same job for half of what MBA folks make is a hard value proposition (BA’s make 90k and Associates make 180k). They can make that salary with much less hours elsewhere

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Actually, I think I would agree with all of that. A few thoughts

Intellectual horsepower - I went to a top 10 school and majored in a stem field and think that’s some pseudoscientific Ivy League horn-tooting. People either think hard about a problem and actively put in effort to solve it, or they don’t. I find it quite hard to draw a difference between the average BA’s and ASC’s on this metric from my experience.

“Being coachable” seems to be another way to say “malleable to McKinsey culture” - in my experience, having an outside prospective can be valuable and bring more client impact than just everyone walking and talking the same way.

It's a lot harder to get in out of undergrad than out of MBA.

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Actually our hiring is 1/3 BA, 1/3 Asc MBA, 1/3 Asc PhD/JD

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Industry expertise, MBA networks (UG vs. MBA is different), client readiness

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