Hi everyone! I received two offers from EY-Parthenon (Milan) and ADL (Wien) both as Strategy Intern role, and as far as I would like to go to ADL in Wien (It would be the first job experience abroad for me), I want also to hear from you experts what would you take into account for a final decision since:
-I want to grow into strategy consulting
- My goal is to break into MBB in 1 or 2 years
Thank you everyone, and I hope you can answer me!
Hi there,
Congratulations on the offers!
Both companies can lead you to MBB. If you want a real, data-based answer on which one could lead to a higher chance, you can do the following:
You may also want to investigate which are the likely industries where you may work. If a company specializes in exactly what you want to cover, it could make more sense to choose it, even if the chances of an MBB transition are lower.
You can find a few more tips here for a similar question:
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If you want to do extra due diligence, contact Alumni of your university (not current consultants) that worked in those offices (bonus if they worked for both companies). You will learn more in a 30min call with them than with any online research you may do.
Best,
Francesco
Better to reach out to people working in each of these offices through LinkedIn or your network and understand the kind of projects they are doing and if it excites you. Both are good strategy firms and have a decent brand.
Thanks
Ashwin
Hi - congratulations on getting the offers!
For what its worth, EY-Parthenon has better brand recognition (I've never heard of ADL - although I am Australia based so ADL may be strong in certain European markets)
Hi there,
Congrats on both offers!
EYP is going to be the strong global brand. However, other things matter as well - culture, team, exact role, expected progression, type of work, etc.
Make sure you make your decision based off of which role you will thrive in…not the one that might maybe possibly increase chances of maybe getting into MBB sometime in the future.
I don't have much information on ADL, my perception is that it already passed its prime a long time ago. My understanding is that they are not doing much in the field of strategy right now and more on more regular “management consulting” and technology type of work, in particular for Telecom.
Regarding EY-P, should be a better option - it is a good brand at this point and has good people in Italy - but be careful to which team you are being hired, as they are using the EY-P brand for restructuring and integration work, which is not exactly strategy.
For Europe and Middle East, ADL will be a pretty good brand name en route to MBB.
In fact, it was my first internship in consulting, and it allowed me to later break into BCG and McKinsey. For other markets, EY-Parthenon will probably be a stronger brand.
Cheers, Sidi
Hello!
Congrats! indeed it´s a hard one, since in terms of brand EY is better, but you want to go abroad (and it makes a lot of sense doing so, particularly in a DACH area country, that can open doors).
The great thing is that both are great and you wouldn´t be making a mistake at all whatever you choose, that should lift some of the pressure off your shoulders.
Having lived both in Vienna and Milano, I can tell you they are in my top3 European cities :)
Hope it helps!
Cheers,
Clara
Hi there,
I'd say both offer you the same sort of prestige.
I'd prioritise based on whichever you feel is going to help you do your best over the coming two years or so. The important thing is to make sure you develop a unique value proposition within the coming period to then make the transition easier into MBB.
Best,
Cristian
