Currently a first year analyst in a B4 Strategy shop. I want to make the move over to PE, but obviously coming from B4 cards are stacked against me. I want to position myself as best as possible. Just curious if anybody has some success stories making the transfer, and if there's any type of engagements PE shops will value more other than M&A DD ( Working on getting some under my belt). Any advice is appreciated!
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Lateral to a better consulting firm or go to a BB/EB.
-Consultant who went to PE
I figured I'd hear something along those lines, appreciate the repsonse. Curious where you started from, how much time you spent in consulting, and what type of work you were doing?
T2 consulting, mix of F500 C-level strategy and PE DD. Was a real slog recruiting from T2 so from B4 I have to imagine the juice is not worth the squeeze. MBB and T2 are hiring like crazy and those jobs are pretty fun so worth checking out. Banking sucks but EB/BB is on edge what I'd pick given it's relevant to the job. If not BB/EB I wouldn't bother.
Definitely will check it out, I didnt really apply for consulting roles, just got recruited for one and it worked out so definitely open to look at the other firms. How long did spend in consulting before making the switch?
2-3 years for me but started recruiting practically 6ish months in and it took me about a year to find a job of the quality I desired
Though just now re-reading your post, if by B4 strategy you mean Parthenon or S&, don't worry about lateraling to MBB unless you are hell bent on recruiting for a firm that only recruits MBB like H&F or Francisco or whatever
I'm about 6 months in and was gunning for investment roles out of school but got an offer and here I am, so I'm finding myself in the same position. Not at EYP or S& which I know have way more DD engagements but not really focused on a certain shop like that.
Guess I should start applying because it might take me a while and throw some applications at MBB and Tier 2 saying that I didn't apply in college. So if the PE roles don't bite could have another consulting stint to get me there
Made the move from MBB. You can go from B4 strategy (assuming you're talking about S&, Parthenon) to PE. However, it'll be a more limited sphere of funds that'll be open to you, as a large portion of the 'consultant-friendly' funds don't look at consulting candidates outside of MBB. So as the above poster said, either lateral to MBB (I don't think lateralling to banking makes much sense as you would have to start over in tenure and spend 1-2 years before recruiters believe you've build the banking skillset) or just recruit from your current firm.
Appreciate the advice. How long into consulting did you make the switch, and what type of work did you do before you made the switch? Would definitely rather go straight to PE, so definitely want to try to get the best experience possible for it now at my current firm.
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