Hi all, I currently work for a specialised boutique consultancy. I have 4 years of experience (no MBA) and I have decent chances of being promoted to Manager in 6-12 months.
6 months ago I have applied for a Tier 2 consulting company, for the specific practice within my area of expertise, and I have received an interview invitation for the “Analyst 2” level, corresponding to 1-1.5 years of internal experience.
Apparently, this company hires at the “post-MBA” level (e.g. McK Associate / BCG Consultant etc.) candidates from boutiques that are at least manager.
I have successfully passed the first couple of interviews (still a few to go), but I am wondering whether it would make sense to accept such downgrade just to move to a Top Tier firm in this moment of my career.
Further, the start date would likely be late 2019/beginning of 2020 —> close to my potential promotion to Manager.
Do you think it would make sense to accept this offer, if I am successful in the interview process?
I thought about re-negotiating the position, yet I already know of people that were in my situation (with a very similar profile) and did not manage to secure a post-MBA level offer.
Thanks for you advice :)