MBA Placement for mid/back office jobs at BBs?

There are a couple of prestigious BBs at my school doing interviews for non-front office positions. Would the name brand still be a big advantage for M7 MBA admissions even if it is in Operations, Risk, or a regular finance role or do MBA adcoms not treat it the same because it's not IB/S&T?

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