Career & Application at Oliver Wyman

Hey there,

I will speak out of personal experience here as I live and work in Dubai and have many friends working in consulting.

Salaries in Dubai for MBB, OW, RB, and the comparables range around USD 70-80k/year net (as you won't pay any taxes) for a BA level. That's roughly equivalent to AED 25k/month.

For lower-tier firms such as KPMG, Deloitte, PWC, etc, the salaries are roughly 40% lower, so around AED 15k/month.

Feel free to reach out if you wanna know more about consulting in the Middle East!

Regards,

Gianmarco

Hi,

I could draft an answer where I say it all depends and totally comes down to you - and that is always true. However, that kind of answer would not help you.

I would not be concerned about compensation. IMHO, you answered the question yourself, consulting is a stepping stone for you into PE VC BIGTECH s/ MBA being a bonus.

I d pick Strategy& in LDN. Being able to immediately work on CDD in PE will help you to discover a plethora of different industries and you will get to experience how different funds "tick". I had done a lot of PE at Bain too and it was quite common for people to go ahead and take some time off (10+2 etc) and do an internship in PE. Some of my former PE colleagues at Bain ended up working at funds across Europe (small local funds up to the top-10 funds) along with top MBAs. For headhunters you will be a prime candidate and there is a chance you may leverage your Strategy& partners' network and develop your own network to get PE interviews.

OW - nothing to say against that. A contra argument would be your interest - you mentioned that you d not be interest in the public sector work. This could be detrimental. If you want to make a good exit and get into top MBA schools, your CV, essays, recommendation letters, interviews need to reflect this. This is only possible if you totally immerse yourself in your job and go above and beyond. And at least I could only do that if I had passion for what I was doing on the job.

Best,
Denis

Hi there,

First, I would absolutely reach out to HR just to glean anything you can from them.

Second, I would be careful to not set specific expectations. Rather, you will be better services if you are ready to receive any case type, prepared for market sizing, AND prepared for brainsteasers. It's risky to try to predict and prepare rather than just learning how to be flexible!

Just to support this view, the second sentence you get when you arrive at the OW Amsterdam site is "We currently offer consultancy services across all industries, covering a wide range of capabilities"

Hi there,

I would take these factors into consideration:

1. After shifting to the pricing per movie, the sales and marketing cost will increase, because now we are not seling a package, but single movies, hence single movies need to be promoted.
2. When we have a package, there is a tendency to binge watching, so you end up watching movies that you not necesserily like. With per movie pricing, the customer will be more cautious, and probaby the consumption of movies will reduce.
3. DVD-player and similar will come in much more closer competition. A DVD you buy and you can keep it whereas a movie on Netflix you can't possess. So you'll have to compete in price with DVDs.

Factors 1&2 will increase the price, but at the same time your price should be lower than your competitor's from factor 3.

Hope it was helpful,

Cheers,

GB