+45 Deloitte S&O vs. LEK 28 5y
+45 Forgo fp&a, get MS...... economics consulting -> MBA -> MBB? 9 6y
+45 2nd tier consulting company in a "Hub" city vs 1st tier (MBB) in a satellite (regional) city // (in Asia) 8 3y
+45 CPA with 3 years of audit experience at Big4. Now wanting to switch to Strategy consulting with an MBA in Strategy/Consulting. 9 8y
+45 MBB/Tier 2 Recruiting at Top 15 MBA 12 9y
+45 Military- Too old for Consulting/ IB? 17 9y
+45 JP Morgan Operations v. ZS Associates Pharma MC 35 11y
+45 Thoughts on EY's acquisition of Parthenon 40 9y
+45 2 weeks to prepare for a BCG case interview 15 3y
+45 GPA for STEM Degrees 42 8y
+45 Deloitte ERS salary 40 6y
+45 Does consulting really give the toughest interviews? 29 12y
+44 Strat Consulting life in Dubai 40 5mo
+44 Switching from IB to Consulting 24 11mo
+44 Rejected from MBB and very disappointed. 12 3y
+44 Indian HS Senior deciding universities in Europe 16 2y
+44 GPA for tier 2/tier 3 firms? 12 6y
+44 Am I making a bad decision by taking my T2 FT offer and not re-recruiting for MBB? 10 6y
+44 Accenture MC or ATK 17 6y
+44 Messed up final round MBB, now picking from Roland Berger, ZS, Cornerstone Research, and F500s 14 6y
+44 Is Wharton undergrad worth $30,000 more per year than USC? 18 5y
+44 Leaving MBB to join Uber as Ops Manager 15 7y
+44 Examples of Internal Consulting Groups 37 5y
+44 What is typical turnover at MBB like? 31 9y
+44 Where are Europe's highest consulting salaries? 39 6y
+44 UChicago vs . Dartmouth 18 6y
+44 Retail Management vs. Booz Allen Hamilton 23 10y
+44 Who does the most pure strategy work? 16 9y
+44 Medicine to Consulting 20 10y
+44 Relocating to London? Anyone from? 31 6y
+44 How could I get an MBB offer from a top 5 MBA b-school? 23 12y
+44 Q&A: Peking University Professor / Global PE Investor / Former Alwaleed Exec 35 5y
+44 MBB: The Target School Advantage 37 6y
+44 STEM PhD to MBB-- What's the Point? 20 3y
+44 Big Four TS/TAS and Major? 24 6y
+44 Retail Hates The Middle Class 8 14y
+44 Deloitte Consulting vs IBM Consulting by Degrees 42 8y
+44 IQ and Consulting? 48 15y
+43 Rx Consulting- Potential Mid Career Switch from Debtor Side to UCC work 5 1y
+43 RX Consulting Internship — how? 20 1y
+43 Capital One or Oliver Wyman 23 3y
+43 Harvard grad + MBA without a job. 22 3y
+43 The end of my (undergrad) McK journey 24 4y
+43 Is the work-life balance at MBB (and other MC) worth the interesting work? 16 5y
+43 Change in Bain titles 30 5y
+43 Bain or BCG for Summer Internship?? 21 6y
+43 What is "over-prepared" ? 13 8y
+43 If you could ask a CEO one question to understand quality of his business what would it be? 38 6y
+43 Can someone explain what post MBA MBB exit opportunities are really like? 14 6y
+43 Strategy& vs. BCG 37 6y
+43 Q&A: S&T>>MBB 18 10y
+43 2year MBA failed all MBB interviews 22 11y
+43 Q&A - Corporate Strategy at a F500 company 64 11y
+43 Lets Talk MBB exit ops post MBA 31 3y
+43 Unsatisfying Internship Offer 28 6y
+43 Does it matter which city I apply to? 47 5y
+43 Opinions on Offers? 31 4y
+43 cfa for consulting? 34 4y
+43 Pre-mba salaries + bonus 30 16y
+42 Is my career over? 15 2mo
+42 Reflections 1+ year out from MBB + Informal AMA? 11 1y
+42 any advice for what to apply for if not consulting? 19 2y
+42 Bain September deadline 149 2y
+42 Is it possible for an Indian to pursue consulting in Germany/France? 26 2y
+42 Sh*t Canadian Salaries have me feeling Demotivated 32 8mo
+42 Oliver Wyman- Dark Horse? 19 2y
+42 Strategy& Deals vs. Oliver Wyman? 39 4y
+42 Lateraling into MBB help! 13 6y
+42 Exploding Offer Decision McKinsey vs. BAML IB 12 6y
+42 Accenture Strategy vs. Deloitte BTA vs. EY TAP 18 7y
+42 Just Received McKinsey Offer - Happy to Help 30 7y
+42 Vault Rankings Discussion Thread: Thoughts? 62 3y
+42 PwC Salary Offer Letter Delay 27 8y
+42 How easy is it to transfer offices within a firm? 37 6y
+42 Bain Houston vs. Monitor NYC 32 6y
+42 Consulting vs. TAS vs. Audit in Big 4 17 11y
+41 Shall I retake A Levels I did 5 years ago as I keep getting rejections? (London) 20 2y
+41 Consulting - is it worth it? 22 2y
+41 I can’t seem to network right 16 5y
+41 Thoughts on Economic Consulting? 18 3y
+41 Bain BEL Interview 65 5y
+41 CFA and/or CAIA of value for consulting? 11 6y
+41 Bain Boston vs BCG New York 18 6y
+41 A&M vs. LEK 19 6y
+41 Ask me anything: Consultant at MBB 31 6y
+41 What internships do Management consulting firms like to see for FT applications 17 6y
+41 McKinsey New Ventures Specialist? Anyone have information on this role? 12 7y
+41 EY TAS (OTS) to Parthenon-EY 27 6y
+41 MBB vs Fundamental Investing Asset Manager: Learning, Pitfalls and Exit Ops 12 11y
+41 Do's and Don'ts when Starting in Consulting 39 3y
+41 McKinsey: Difference between Consultant and BA? 105 8y
+41 First Year at Bain- Q&A 46 13y
+41 GPA for MBB 42 9y
+41 Human Capital Consulting - Insights? 28 3y
+41 How to move from MBB to PE 46 14y
+41 Does Anyone Recruit at the University of Washington? 35 4y
+41 Consulting Outside of MBB...how hard to get in, how good are exit ops? 27 6y
+40 What is your experience at LEK? 15 8mo
+40 MBB Pay progression 23 10mo
+40 BCG financials not adding up 18 11mo

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