Work at a top office for MBB as of 6 months ago.
I’m consistently impressed with the undergrads, but the MBAs (excluding HS) just seem so under-qualified in comparison. The tiering as far as I can tell: HS >> W >>>> m7.
Is this a common experience?
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how are you impressed or unimpressed by them? is this based on their work product or the prestige of their schools/previous jobs
Both. They are some of the weakest contributors to group discussion & work output. I’m not a prestige hawk, but most come from second rate companies & top 10 undergrad
Ahhh yes
Probably because MBB MBAs are random diversity hires. Post-MBA diversity hires are worse than undergrad diversity hires because they're doubling up on the bar being lowered. They had a massive advantage getting into business school and then within business school they have a massive advantage in recruiting. Getting into a good undergrad is still competitive for random white or Asian woman. Getting into business school is not for them.
Don’t speak the truth too loudly. People aren’t ready for it.
“Diversity bad, give me bananas” - you
Even Harvard has some really ridiculously variable quality in their admits. Stanford GSB is the only one that consistently impresses in my experience.
People usually get MBAs because they’ve either stalled in their career and need a bump or because they want to transition into something new. In both of these cases, they’re obviously not going to compete effectively with some fresh college grad who’s already been prepping for the job through internships and training between classes.
If the people from my m7 who are at MBB right now are any indication, this is very true.
Think this is true for many MBAs but should also highlight, in my experience, the banking ppl from my “T5” were sharper than the MBB people. Small-ish sample size and just my opinion.
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