Would MBB ever move towards a more specialized way of hiring rather than the current generalist method? Physicians with vast healthcare experience for example are intended to know a lot of finance calculations for cases and I think it gives people with a finance background an edge.

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There’s zero “finance” calculations required for cases. It’s basic arithmetic and knowing some definitions.

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I partially agree. Job requires a lot of business sense and the calculations/concepts required for the interview are so basic that I don’t think anyone has an edge.

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I mean, they're a business consultancy so I'd argue that basic business fundamentals should be a requirement regardless of non-business expertise.

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Also none of the cases are that “businessy”; besides knowing the basic profitability framework, the harder math parts aren’t hard because of the business component - just basic obnoxious math. The qual portions of cases are largely common sense if you read the news at all

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As a finance professional before BCG, I’ve never seen real finance knowledge needed for one of our cases. Maybe if you’re on a TURN case but even then I think it’s rare.

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Actually no. Case studies test your problem solving skills and do not require any financial knowledge (as long as you know profit =revenue- cost). If you think case studies and basic math are difficult then you really aren’t ready for MBB. It doesn’t mean that you are not smart or capable, just not a good fit for the job. There are tons of jobs out there that value your clinical expertise. They do have physicians who nailed the interviews though and MBB have a specialty track (but still, you need to have problem solving skills)

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I come from a science background and can assure you I picked up any “finance” knowledge needed over one afternoon (including discounted cash flows, etc). If you think there’s a vast amount of knowledge needed for case interviews, then you’re not approaching them correctly.

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They already complement delivery teams with experts when needed.

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Already exists. MD Contact program at McK.

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Bcg does a blend of this today. Still a pipeline of strong generalist as well as a pipeline of strong industry and functional experts.

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