Best Junior Internship in the eyes of MBB recruiting?

This question has been asked on here before, but I haven't really seen a clear answer.

Consulting firms love brand names, but how do brand names compare to the relevance of work? Which of these junior year internships would be the best for getting an MBB full-time interview out of a target school:

  1. Tier-2 consulting - (Strategy&, LEK, Parthenon, Deloitte, OW)
  2. Boutique consulting - "the brand name isn't as impressive as tier-2 consulting or top tech"? (Altman Solon, Keystone Strategy, Prophet)
  3. Top tech - technical data science/analytics role which is "less relevant to consulting"? (Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, SpaceX)
  4. Smaller tech - PM/corp. strategy/business analyst role "more relevant to consulting" but "brand name is smaller" (Amex, Lenovo, Duolingo)
  5. Other f500 companies that aren't considered "cool" - corp. strategy/business analyst role (Exxon, Chevron, Pepsi)
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