Hello, I'm trying to move into Big 4 Advisory as an industry hire and just did my first phone screen. The group is interested in interviewing me but I would have to disclose that I am interviewing to my current manager at my current job as they are our auditor.
As this puts me between a rock and a hard place, how do I go about this? Could I get fired on the spot for something like this? I can imagine those in consulting have heard stories of situations like this so I would love to hear some thoughts on how to best approach.
One last point to clarify- I am interviewing for an Advisory group at the Big 4 firm, NOT a Audit service line. The Big 4 only serves as my firm's auditor which makes this an odd (and likely very rare) scenario.
It's fairly unlikely that they would fire you for interviewing. Honestly it depends a lot on your relationship with your manager. You just need to go in and have an honest discussion with him/her if this is something you really want to pursue. If you can't work up the cojones to do that, then maybe you go to another Big 4 firm where you wouldn't need to disclose.
So op, what's your relationship with your manager like? would (s)he want what's best for you and your career?
I do have a good relationship with my boss but the issue is that I'm very new in terms of reporting into him. If I had earned my stripes in time it would make sense.
Does anyone know how I would even evidence disclosure? This one is a big grey area.
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