Recruiting Timeline for MBB and General Consulting Firms

Looking to start getting into the consulting recruiting process as the IB process reaches its tail end, and wanted to get an idea as to what the timeline is like. I've been fairly focused on banking up until now so some what got tunnel vision unfortunately. Would love some insight on the recruiting timeline and general advice when recruiting for consulting

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Hey chalupamonkey, sorry about the delay, but are any of these useful:

  • Internship at Barcap or Oliver Wyman FS what's a better bet in terms of keeping longer term options open for M/B/B consulting and an MBA? ... from a finance internship to consulting or FS consulting to general consulting? M/B/B all participate ... I don't know very much about how OW FS is viewed in the consulting industry. Also, is it easier to switch ...
  • Strategy consulting to PE- Interview in 5 days, Advice requested! Bit of background, I'm an Engagement Manager at a M/B/B consulting firm and wasn't actively ... PE firm contacted me for an interview for an Associate role. I had a "screening chat" and ... Test PE Consulting india mbb ...
  • BigLaw to Consulting (CA) to be that consultants m/b/b have far less job security than big law. Though there may not be many ... Hi everyone, Currently contemplating leaving law for consulting, and any personal / second-hand ... provide some info as to why I plan (or at least give it as thought) to leave law for consulting ...
  • Legit to show email evidence of great work? So, I will be interviewing with M/B/B firm and for one of the projects I received great feedback ... financial savings for my firm. Is it legit to mention about this in case this particular piece of work comes ... and recognition from a C-level exec in my firm. The CFO wrote an email to some of the other senior ...
  • More suggestions...

I hope those threads give you a bit more insight.

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