Does regional office location affect exit opps for McK?
I'm at a school that gets strong recruiting for MBB for a Southern office (think Miami/Dallas/Houston), and I was wondering if not being in one of the "core" cities (NYC/Boston/SF) would impact exit opps in any way. I've been told that, with McK's global staffing, the office location itself does not matter at all--so, for instance, if I was more interested in high-tech type work, I could just get staffed on the same projects as the SF/Silicon Valley folks. Is this true? What impact would this have on, say, making the jump to PE? Also, does the same apply to Bain + BCG? Search gave mixed answers.
So, given that, would you recommend taking a shot at the more competitive offices for the better/more relevant cases, or is it better to "play it safe" with the local Southern office? Does anyone else have any experience with this?
I am not sure about the US, but I was under the impression that once they make you an offer, you can chose your home office?
pretty sure thats not true in the U.S. I think you go to final rounds at your office and that office decides. You can switch offices at the offer stage, but you would have to repeat final rounds...
Yeah, when I was cross-offered at MBB, I wanted to switch regions at one of the places I was offered, and I had to re-interview, but it was much less strenuous, i.e. you've proven you're capable of doing the job, are you an asshole or not? I don't remember having a serious case.
I've known plenty of people from the McKinsey southern office that ended up anywhere anyone else would, megafund PE, corp strat, banking, whatever. The McKinsey name is so well-regarded that any differences in offices is just a rounding error in an exit-opps situation.
General comments: McK = McK, outside the firm it really doesn't matter which office you were in. On a pure numbers game, only a small % of analysts are housed in the major city offices - NYC is largest, followed by Chicago. Boston and SF offices are suprisingly small, analyst classes are fewer than 10 per year.
Exit opps: It will be easier to break into PE coming from a major city office than a regional (think Chicago, SF, NYO), but that's mostly due to proximity to the recruiting process. You also see more Chi, SF, and NYO alums simply due to the numbers game (see above).
Staffing: Despite the global staffing model (which technically exists), McKinsey is basically a feudal society. House of Lies has a somewhat accurate depiction of how it works - a partner basically has his preferred team of EMs, associates and BAs, and prefers to staff the same people over and over. Doesn't mean you'll be working with the same partner for your entire tenure, but staffing decisions is more based on who you've worked with before and who wants to work with you than any other factor.
Given that reality, would you, in my position, take a shot at the more competitive offices (NY, Chicago, SF) for the more relevant cases/closer recruiting or "play it safe" with the local Southern office?
Apply to the office where you're most likely to get an interview. Getting the interview the toughest part.
Wtf, this is absolutely not true. They probably only hire one out of every 30-40 they interview. At target schools, they select around 1 out of 5 to interview.
^agreed..not to mention the fact that quality of people is also generally higher after selecting the interviewee pool (i.e you can't just beat out some randos who applied when you're interviewing to get the job, like you can in getting the interview)
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