MBB Interview Offer, worth taking with new job?
Would appreciate some honest feedback on this. Normally I'm pretty good at navigating this kind of stuff, but I'm honestly unsure what to do in this situation and would appreciate some advice from anyone with more experience navigating this.
I'm a recent college grad about to start at a "upper Tier 2" (I hate that terminology, but you get it) office. Think LEK, Kearney, Oliver Wyman. Very excited about it! Set to start in mid-August.
I just received an email offering me a first round at an MBB firm in the same city (big market city) to start in September - I must've applied to ages ago. I'm very, very torn.
On the one hand, I could never get through this process quickly enough to receive an offer before I start, so I'd be going through a series of interviews where my options are 1) not get an offer or 2) get an offer, and either i) decline it because of timing, and feel bad or ii) accept it and cause a massive stir. Feels like all bad outcomes. Besides, I'd have to spend the last few weeks of my final summer doing case prep.
On the other, it feels silly to forgo a better opportunity, with better compensation, better exit opps, etc. over a company that I haven't even worked at (I interned elsewhere last summer). Part of me will feel silly if I try to exit to MBB in two years, when I could have done it right now. Why not give the interview a shot and figure it out from there?
Would love to hear from anyone with a little more corporate experience. My main two questions are: is there a notable enough prestige difference between "upper Tier 2 firm, big city" and "Tier 1 firm, same big city" to warrant any of this? And, secondly, how much of a stir would leaving a job after one month/ two months cause? I come from the IB world, where this would ABSOLUTELY be wildly unacceptable, but I've heard some conflicting things.
Thanks! Any and all input appreciated
Happens all the time, do whatever you can to further your position
Take the interview 100%. MBB bump in prestige will follow you for life and it’s a big enough difference to warrant trying. If you get it, never even put the T2 on your resume and it’s a blip (youll have maybe finished training). Will be awkward to leave but they won’t remember your name in 2 weeks. Play your own game
This... my manager (junior partner) recently left our consulting practice after being here for ~3 years. Barely anyone batted an eye (despite clearly being one of the more well-liked seniors). In large consulting firms, we're all just a number outside of the senior partners.
Have been in a similar situation and can only recommend doing the MBB interviews. Might suck now to ruin your "last" summer, but future-you will be forever grateful that you did it. Would not worry about "causing a stir" at the T2, as everyone will understand it.
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