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What exit opps are there after 1 year tenure?

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Most recent answer on Jan 21, 2024
The best answer (on Jan 19, 2024) is from:
Edoardo
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Bain & Co | PE & VC | I helped 50+ professionals to break into consulting and reason on their next career steps!
Edoardo
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gave the best answer on Jan 19, 2024
Bain & Co | PE & VC | I helped 50+ professionals to break into consulting and reason on their next career steps!
Hi! So let's start by first principle thinking - if you feel like you are in serious burnout and you are not feeling somehow ok with staying there, simply take a break and possibly leave. Your career is going to be 40+ ... (read entire answer)
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What are the advantage of working in consulting vs working at big companies (e.g FAANG, or consumer giants)

Corporate MBB tech
Most recent answer on Dec 30, 2023
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Francesco
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Francesco
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Hi there, Q: I am curious to know which would be the advantages of a career in consulting vs. a corporate one and vice versa. The main advantage I personally see in consulting is the broader exit opportunities. Most peo ... (read entire answer)
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Does consulting gives better compensation than tech and corporate?

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Most recent answer on Jan 20, 2022
The best answer (on Jan 18, 2022) is from:
Adi
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Adi
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gave the best answer on Jan 18, 2022
Accenture, Deloitte | Precision Case Prep | Experienced Interviewer & Career Coach | 15 years professional experience
Compensation will depend on the country/office, type of firm, level and practice (Management Consulting, Tech, Digital etc). So there is no blanket answer. Broadly speaking, Consulting pays well than Corporate but not n ... (read entire answer)
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Exit Options Tier 2 vs. Big4

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Most recent answer on Apr 04, 2021
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Francesco
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gave the best answer on Apr 03, 2021
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Hi there, In general Tier 2 will offer better options for strategy positions in corporates, but it also depends on the specific role you are targeting. It also depends on what you mean by Tier 2 ;) I would perso ... (read entire answer)
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corporate strategy interview, what shall I prep

Corporate Corporate Strategy
Most recent answer on Jun 30, 2020
The best answer (on Feb 28, 2020) is from:
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Luca
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BCG |NASA | SDA Bocconi & Cattolica partner | GMAT expert 780/800 score | 200+ students coached
Hello, They usually focus on the fit part and then they could give you some brain teasers or a small business case (generally a market sizing). Prepare aso some questions to be asked to your interviewer in the final ... (read entire answer)
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Corporate -> Consulting. Any secondment opportunities?

Corporate
Most recent answer on Apr 18, 2020
Anonymous gave the best answer on Apr 18, 2020
From my knowledge secondment only happens one way - MBB associate or consultants go to certain corporate (or NGO, other big insitutions) for 6-9 months then come back to MBB. I've never seen or heard of the other way fr ... (read entire answer)
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B2B Market Sizing

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Hi, In general, you have two options of including different use cases in your market sizing (b2b. commercial, etc): Calculate the private use first and then make an assumption re b2c / b2b ratio. E.g. calculate t ... (read entire answer)
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on Jul 05, 2018 on Jul 05, 2018
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Head of Staff: CEO office or associate at McK/BCGBain?

BCG career choice CEO consulting Corporate MBB McKinsey or
Recent activity on May 03, 2018
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Hi Anonymous, Interesting question. I believe it completely depends on where do you see yourself in 3-5 years, how much you want to keep options open vs specialize early and on the actual growth opportunity of the PE ... (read entire answer)
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