Boutique Consulting to MBB, Tier 2

Hi,

Several points here:

• It's quite difficult to get to a PE firm after consulting (I mean investment roles. Ops roles are easier to get). Investment banking will be more relevant. But MBB will definitely be more beneficial than Tier 2.
• It's hard to get a PE job after MBA without a prior job at PE. At Harvard, even people with prior PE background are struggling with getting a post-MBA PE offer
• Networking is the king. If you know someone from the PE firm - your chances to get an interview are much higher.

Best

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Hi Anonymous,

it is difficult to answer without knowing the name of your future firm. In general terms:

• You should get an idea of whether it is possible to move from your future employer to MBB/2nd tier looking at the list of alumni of the company who managed to make the transition. LinkedIn should be sufficient to do that. If you realise this is possible, the best thing to move would be to find a referral through those contacts.
• The MBB brand definitely helps for PE - it is difficult to find a consulting brand that is better. Obviously you need to develop experience in the sector to be attractive for a PE fund
• To understand if you have chances to move from your future employer to PE directly, I would still need to look at LinkedIn and see if such transition was done by previous employees.

You can find some additional information on referrals at the following link:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mbb-referral-1933

Hope this helps,
Francesco