FAANG to MBB pipeline?
Looking for some thoughts on this.
For context, 3.87 GPA currently Finance & Strategy at a FAANG company.
Lets say I’m looking for an exit to MBB, how viable is that switch and is it common?
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I'm a bit curious regarding your motives for this approach. The general consensus for those in MBB is that FAANG is the golden exit, and you're looking to do the inverse.
More to the point, consulting as an industry has been hit quite hard in the past 1-2 years with many firms on a net neutral or even negative hiring as of late (there's another post that spoke to how 25% of interns are receiving FT offers as compared with the long-run average of 80% in the past). The contacts I spoke with in North American offices have stated that there are minimal/frictional hirings for 2024 and this may improve as the economy rebounds for 2025.
Your approach makes sense, I’ve always enjoyed consulting work but struck out on interviewing for internships during school.
Ideally want to end up in some sort of VC or Growth firm close to investing since I found a lot of interest in that space. Do you feel staying in FAANG Finance will pose a better strategy for this path?
I can't weigh in too much, I have limited visibility of the VC space. I think it will depend on the function you want to specialize in within the VC firm. Even in consulting, if you enter a firm that has limited VC or PE exposure or if your client portfolio is leaning elsewhere, it'd make the jump difficult. Of course, there are specific teams like the PIPE /PEPI teams at MBB you can try to target, but that all depends on external factors and hiring needs.
Hopefully, others who've made similar jumps can comment on FAANG to MBB or FAANG to VC directly. I have seen a few folks within my network do FAANG -> MBA -> VC, but not sure if that route makes sense for your situation.
On a separate note, I'm curious about the FAANG Finance & Strategy teams. PM me if you're up for a few questions.
Thanks for the reply. I’m definitely open to MBA since Im sure with a FAANG and decent GPA background I can get into a decent one
INSEAED and MIT have very strong entrepreneurship resources with case competitions, incubators and clubs for these types of things. I'm sure you can do some research and find some great options through the MBA route.
Sounds good, Ill keep my eyes peeled .
Excited to recruit FT for MBB from a semi-target in this job market… worth a try anyways, can’t control the economy.
Your best bet would be to go back for the MBA or to hope that the market heats back up to the level where they did a lot of lateral hires.
Why don't you just pivot into the S&O/bizops team in your FAANG? That's literally the exit that everyone at MBB wants. Unless you really want to stay in consulting long-term, not sure why you'd want to lateral to MBB.
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