Deloitte vs A.T. Kearney Offers
Hello all,
I recently received a couple of consulting full time offers. My final choices are DELOITTE (Strategy and Operations) and A.T. KEARNEY (Strategy).
I am still uncertain about which one I should pick. Overall the things I care about are:
1. Prestige
2. Business School placement (HBS, Stanford, Wharton)
3. Exposure to client senior management
4. Exposure and connections with Partners at the firm.
5. Overall compensation
My fear is that I will get lost at Deloitte due to the fact that it is a much larger firm. Also I am afraid I might get more exposure at ATK since it is a smaller firm.
If it were you picking: Deloitte or ATK?
Thank you!





I've heard that ATK package
I've heard that ATK package is kinda weak?
Would love some advice on
Would love some advice on this as well currently trying to chose between Deloitte and McGladrey, having similar thoughts based on exposure to senior management verse prestige.
Yeah.. Deloitte is 72.5K
Yeah.. Deloitte is 72.5K (+10K Signing) and ATK is 65K (+8k signing). However performance bonus at ATK is (5-20%) of salary. Not sure if Deloitte might be the same.
Deloitte > ATK imo
Deloitte > ATK
imo
Frank Sinatra - "Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy."
If you really cared about
If you really cared about prestige, top 3 bschools or senior client exposure, you wouldn't be considering either ATK or Deloitte.
Not sure I'd agree with this,
Not sure I'd agree with this, especially with regards to Deloitte. Having done a bunch of proposal work, I know they win some and lose some.
Plus you can really only choose from the offers you have...
deloitte -- big 4 (especially
deloitte -- big 4 (especially deloitte consulting) will likely yield some bonus in the 10%+ range so don't to worried about that.
F. Ro Jo: Not sure I'd agree
Not sure I'd agree with this, especially with regards to Deloitte. Having done a bunch of proposal work, I know they win some and lose some.
Plus you can really only choose from the offers you have...
That's no reason to choose mediocrity, F. Ro Jo.
I know a lot of kids at Deloitte. Deloitte hires a sea of analysts to do grunt work, and whether it's because they can't hack it or they're too busy doing SAP installations, a miniscule fraction get into top 3 schools.
If you look at the overall
If you look at the overall company, yes, Deloitte hires a lot of analysts. However the Strategy and Operations group is the smallest in the firm. From a graph I saw at sell day, Deloitte S&O actually has a 50% placement at HBS, 96% at Kellogg, 95% at Columbia, etc.
I understand I would have to be a rockstar at Deloitte to get into a top 3 b-school. I am jus wondering if ATK would give me better experiences to impress admission committees.
pierrehthys: If you look at
If you look at the overall company, yes, Deloitte hires a lot of analysts. However the Strategy and Operations group is the smallest in the firm. From a graph I saw at sell day, Deloitte S&O actually has a 50% placement at HBS, 96% at Kellogg, 95% at Columbia, etc.
I understand I would have to be a rockstar at Deloitte to get into a top 3 b-school. I am jus wondering if ATK would give me better experiences to impress admission committees.
They will both give you a shot at those schools. The difference between those two names will not affect your chances either way. Other factors such as GMAT matter way more. Focus on things that will actually affect your application. Accept the offer for the company which you felt you had a better fit at.
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pierrehthys: If you look at
If you look at the overall company, yes, Deloitte hires a lot of analysts. However the Strategy and Operations group is the smallest in the firm. From a graph I saw at sell day, Deloitte S&O actually has a 50% placement at HBS, 96% at Kellogg, 95% at Columbia, etc.
I understand I would have to be a rockstar at Deloitte to get into a top 3 b-school. I am jus wondering if ATK would give me better experiences to impress admission committees.
Key phrase: "From a graph I saw at sell day."
I know for a fact MBB doesn't even have a 50% placement at HBS. So Deloitte's either bad at math or cooking the books. Neither would surprise me.
#expenseaccounts, In the BCG
#expenseaccounts,
In the BCG presentation their placement graph showed 67% at HBS. This was a presentation at Wharton. I am guessing this is pretty credible. Hence Deloitte numbers sound about right.
They're probably pretty
They're probably pretty equivalent in terms of b-school placement. Did you have a sense of which culture you liked more? I'd rather go to the firm where I'd get along best with the people.
"Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are" - Fearless Felix
67% is pretty unbelievable.
67% is pretty unbelievable. Doesn't pass smell test to be honest. Wouldn't be surprised if the number is significantly higher than national average... but 67% is a whole different league.... Probably even higher than % for the folks who went to H undergrad.
easy choice
easy choice
which offices? personally i
F. Ro Jo: 67% is pretty
ATK if you want to stay in
the high rate of acceptance,
I think ATK is a bit more
AT KEARNEY all the way
Honestly you should go off
I was at Deloitte and in S&O
23mich: The numbers only
GSAP @ DC is available to
let's assume that deloitte
24837: 23mich: The numbers
chicagoforlife: No. If you
The answer to that is: Your
"As a student, I'd want to
congratulations on your two
To the OP, what everyone has
From a prestige standpoint, I
From a prestige standpoint, I
Also, I think Deloitte S&O
Also, I think Deloitte S&O
Hey Op, we're talking U.S.
Here's some more information
24837: chicagoforlife: No.
From Deloitte´s sell day
Deloitte > ATK; Deloitte is