Which is more prestigious: McKinsey or Goldman Sachs?
McKinsey Pros:
McKinsey
McKinsey Cons:
Not Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs Pros:
Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs Cons:
Not McKinsey
If anyone could provide insight, that'd be awesome!
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Can’t tell if joke. If not, McKinsey has more prestige, but that is not what you should be basing your choosing off of.
Both cream of the crop. Wanna do banking? GS. Wanna do consulting or something more holistic/not finance oriented? McKinsey
I know it's not one of the options you've listed, but I have a few good prestigious alternatives.
The Colorado Bridge in LA is known as Suicide Bridge and has a great reputation. Would be a very prestigious place for you to jump off of.
Alternately, the Golden Gate Bridge has a long history and is well known across the world. Would be another fantastic place for you to end it all.
I'm from California so that's all I can pitch in - if anyone else has good recommendations please jump in.
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nice.
Great post, I would consider accepting both offers for now and reneging on one later so you can put [Ex-McKinsey] or [Ex-Goldman] in your LinkedIn title
reneg on both and put both in your title..?
You couldn’t get into Bear Sterns? Better luck next recruiting season
Won't matter with all the acne on your face
One is financial transaction based the other is (normally) more operations based. Whatever floats your boat.
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