Accenture Systems Integration vs Capital One Business Analyst

I'm a engineering student in Texas. I'm trying to decide between a job at Accenture as an SI Analyst and Capital One as a Business Analyst?

I was wondering what people have heard about both position? My ultimate goal is to go to B-School and move to a Tier 1 or 2 Strategy firm.

The jobs pay roughly the same and are both based out of the same location.

 
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shirking:
Had friends who did both Capital One BA and Accenture SI internships last summer. My general impression is that the types of projects you'd get at Capital One are more directly relevant to getting an MBA than the projects of an SI analyst. That said, I've heard the culture at Capital One can be atrocious - high turnover, more focused on getting new, fresh talent than training and retaining existing talent.

I've heard this too, from people who interned there or have worked there. It's not that you get pushed out, but that there is very little support for career development. From what I've heard, the program has simply gotten too big.

 

The capital one culture comment is pretty unbased...the only people that really get pushed out are those who are under performing. Many of the people that leave actually come back.

 
kra5050:
The capital one culture comment is pretty unbased...the only people that really get pushed out are those who are under performing. Many of the people that leave actually come back.
Echoing pnb2002's comments, by high turnover I meant nothing more than the rate of people leaving is quite high. I've never heard of them having any sort of up or out policy, but I know for fact that they go on hiring binges when business is booming and generally don't care to nurture their employees.
 

Yeah there are hiring binges. And there is a disconnect between new hires and people that have been there a while due to the newly revamped analyst development programs. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by do not nurture older employees though?

 
shirking:
"Very little support for career development." Training is minimal. Their resources are more dedicated to bringing in analysts for their new development programs and less to helping those analysts grow within the company.

Pretty much what I meant as well. The sense I got was that they hire a huge number of BAs without setting up the proper infrastructure (in terms of training, mentoring, etc.) that is necessary. My impressions are based on two interns who worked there this summer (both of whom are not going back) and one full-timer who has been their over a year.

 

"Very little support for career development." Training is minimal. Their resources are more dedicated to bringing in analysts for their new development programs and less to helping those analysts grow within the company. Hopefully that's subject to change, my impressions are just from a current analyst who's been there just over a year.

 
shirking:
"Very little support for career development." Training is minimal. Their resources are more dedicated to bringing in analysts for their new development programs and less to helping those analysts grow within the company. Hopefully that's subject to change, my impressions are just from a current analyst who's been there just over a year.
This is complete and utter BS. There is literally an entire portion of the organization dedicated to training. Want to learn SAS? Sign up and take a free class. Want to learn more about credit bureaus? Sign up and take a class taught by someone with 20 years consumer credit experience.

The only way you wouldnt get training you thought you needed (or even were just interested in) is if you werent being proactive.

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

With that said, going back to the OP's question, I would still pick COF over ACN SI if the goal is to move to a Tier 1 or 2 strategy consulting firm after getting an MBA. The types of projects you would get are more relevant to a strategy consulting firm role (based on what I know). Plus, the program is well-regarded in terms of selectivity / prestige--they often compete for the same pool of people as Tier 2 strategy consulting firms at top caliber schools.

 

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