Best big 4 consulting dept?

When it comes to Big4, the group you're in at the firm is usually more important than the firm itself. So generally speaking Deloitte > EY, but EY Parthenon is dramatically better than Deloitte Human Capital.

Deloitte Strategy & Operations is where you should be aiming for. And in there either focus on corporate or operational strategy.

Europe would be more or less S&, EY-P, Deloitte, KPMG (if they have strategy here?) in broad terms, but obviously depends on practice, partner, capability etc etc.

If you have an offer from EY and want to talk about it offline, more than happy to take a few IMs or jump on a call to discuss. Specifically if you want a breakdown of the groups/offices/regions, as there have been some drastic structural changes (for the better) in the last years.

From a macro view, pretty much depends what group you are looking to go in as apples to apples they are all evenly matched (Deloitte having the largest but also the longest history), albeit KPMG is generally the ugly sister of the group outside of a couple FS practices

In my experience working at a Big4 and competing against other Big4 and MBB's, I would rate Deloitte and EY (if Parthenon) the top in the bunch. I don't run into PWC much and never, ever see KPMG.

If you are at target/near target UG school, 3.5+ GPA, ~700 GMAT and throw 4 years of Deloitte in there, you will be all set for a top 10 MBA program. I know this bc I did campus recruiting and saw these guys on campus / was involved at the firm level.

Previously B4, and currently at a boutique that hires a lot of ex-B4. With a few MBB/T2 hires now and then.

Strategy:

S&/EY-P >> Deloitte S&A > KPMG Strategy

Disagree that Deloitte is top dog here. They just aren't competitive when S&/EY-P pays a solid 40-60% at most levels. If you have a choice, definitely pick EY-P/S&, otherwise you'll regret making significantly less. At my current firm it's easy to recruit Deloitte S&A and ACN Strat but extremely difficult for EY-P/S& because we'd have to pay so much more.

General B4:

Deloitte Consulting > PwC > EY > KPMG > Deloitte Advisory (Deloitte Advisory =/= Deloitte Consulting)

There is not much difference between the 4, although in recent years Deloitte and PwC seem to be pulling away from EY and KPMG. Also, Deloitte is a much more consultant friendly organization with their former CEO a consultant himself. It makes Deloitte a much more consulting friendly organization compared to an audit run B4.