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Anonymous A

on Aug 28, 2020

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Why Accenture Strategy is considered tier 3? Isn't it growing fast and it has some good projects?

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Sidi

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on Aug 28, 2020

McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 400+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi!

It mainly refers to the organizational level at which their client projects sit. Accenture Strategy still rarely conducts strategy projects at the board level of billion dollar corporations. This is still the domain of MBB. And even at the immediate layer below, where functional executives or business line CEOs need strategic help, you will find MBB and Oliver Wyman / Strategy& / Kearney / Roland Berger more often than Accenture Strategy. This is a global average view - of course in particular markets, the situation might be different.

Cheers, Sidi

Robert

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on Aug 28, 2020

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Hi Anonymous,

On top of what Sidi already mentioned, Accenture is currently undergoing an internal reorganisation and cutting 25.000 jobs - so no signs of growth here...

Hope that helps - if so, please be so kind and give it a thumbs-up with the green upvote below!

Robert

Clara

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on Aug 29, 2020

McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello!

On top of what has been shared before, there was a super interesting article in the Economist about Accenture precisely. Totally recommended

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara

Antonello

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on Aug 31, 2020

McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Hi, tier 3 is about the strategic consulting ranking. Accenture is at the top in many other consulting branches

Best,
Antonello

Ian

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on Sep 01, 2020

Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Hi there,

Sure, they do have some good projects, however this is in the operational space! in terms of their strategic arm, they just don't even compare to the rest in terms of growth, compensation, client level, charge rate, reputation, etc.