ZS fish - I have been short listed for a AP role. I am currently a D in the industry. Anyone care to share their experiences, how is the path to Principal and firm culture, talent etc..

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Objectively, APs have selling pressures. If they perform to expectations, path is straightforward, we have too many internal (home grown) middle managers that for external hires the value prop has to be visible. You may feel some pressure there.

The old school portion of our leadership still believes that we are an expertise based firm, the new gen leadership realizes that growth means we need not be experts and can get a foothold in new areas through staff aug etc. if you can help establish how you add value it will be easy.

Talentwise we are comparable to most big shops out there. We have similar profiles as most MBBs as well as Big4, let me know if there are specific domains you want info on.

This is solely my opinion, others may have different perspectives. Meritocracy exists and is the reason I am still here.

Just know what you are getting into, be very open with the folks about your interpretation of the role and they will help.

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It’s a great, growing firm with very good opportunity to grow to Principal level in 2 straight years if not sooner when you join as an AP. Culture and people are the core strengths of the firm. Firm has been hiring people at AP/P level to grow to newer areas. You will enjoy the challenge. One thing to note. It’s a fractional staffing model . This means you will be working on multiple engagements unlike Deloitte. I have couple of colleagues who were D at Deloitte join as AP as well and their experience so far has been very positive. You can LinkedIn them.

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