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Depends what you want to do. If tech/Google is where you want to end up then take it. If unsure/don’t want to be in tech then take McK.
Advised a friend who had the same choice and they went with MBB. If you like the type of work at Google and decide to do it later on, you can always become a Strategy Associate after McK but you won't have the same exits after lateralling to McKinsey as an experienced hire as you would after a BA stint.
IMHO the work at McKinsey is more interesting (because it's more varied and you can choose what you do rather than being pigeonholed into a product) and you can always specialise in QuantumBlack within McK if you like tech but naturally you'd know better what you do and don't like. One thing I would think hard on though is that the people you'd be surrounded by would be quite different at both places so think which type of people you'd like more.
What would you say is the difference in corporate cultures between MK and G?
Can't speak about the difference in culture itself (didn't work there and the people I know there didn't work in consulting) but the types of people who go into both is quite different (which I think is a separate point from culture itself). Think about your friends and other people from uni who went to both and which type you'd identify with more.
MBBs, to overgeneralise a bit, are more of a type A overachiever type who don't much care about any individual pieces of the work whereas at G you'd have more people who are less political and more passionate about the work they do (though that applies more to SWE roles than Strat/Corporate). Think also whether you'd be fine not being the core of what your firm is doing (software engineers at Google) but both fantastic choices. What are your plans for the next 5-10 years? Both options limit your choices.
If you want tech, without a doubt take google. Being in a tech company will make it easier to lateral into other role in tech. Also, at McKinsey you might be working on a boring cost optimization case for a midwest manufacturing company. You don't have complete control over the types of projects you do, and many of the projects are not exciting and completely different than what people actually want to do when they join consulting.
The decision gets blurrier if you have an interest in PE/finance, where I'd advise you to take MBB due to the optionality.
Choose Google and relocate to San Francisco. Location is more important in this case and the US is just much better than the UK for your career
I had the same opportunity choice. Mine was a McKinsey ba in the US versus Google strategy and operations in the US. I chose mckinsey in the US. Going back I may have chosen google instead, because McKinsey hours are brutal but also, I can pretty much exit to whatever I want including Google after.
In your case, though, I would definitely have chosen google. Has the above poster said being in the US is much much better for your career, then being in the UK. Unless McKinsey allows you to transfer, which I highly doubt I would choose google SF any day. McKinsey pay in the Uk is significantly less than McKinsey pay in the US and that goes for most jobs. You will also have a lot more opportunities in tech in the US especially in San Francisco
If you don’t mind me asking - how do you pull off the Strategy role at Google? I thought that google didn’t hire at Strategy and Operations out of undergrad
Yes, I get that MBB has a lot of optionality, but it's not all rosy in terms of exit opps. The red carpet isn't rolled out for someone just because they're at McKinsey. It's still competitive to break into a company like Google, even out of MBB. But unless the tech job market is bad, then yes someone with 1-2 years of MBB could definitely get some offers in big tech.
It really depends on how married to Tech you are in this case.
But go to McKinsey. SF is a complete shythole.
You'll be able to get lots of mileage from a McKinsey stint long after you've left in the form of career optionality while you narrow your focus. Google would sort of immediately pigeonhole you into tech or BD roles, which is fine if that's specifically what you want to do.
But both are terrific choices, obviously.
My first ever job offer was from Google (very similar title and location to your offer, Dublin vs SFO). I didn't take it and picked the IB/BB offer which came in a few days afterwards.... to this day I wonder "what if".
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