Which position I should apply given my experience background?

Hi there,

This can vary from an office to another one. I know people who were in a similar situation as yours, most of them joined BCG as an Associate (entry level position), a few of them in other offices joined as Senior Associates. In general, I feel that you might fit in a Senior Associate & BCG or Senior BA & McK, but this can vary depending on the office to which you are applying!

In all the cases your seniority would be calibrated after you pass the interviews, and before your receive an offer!

I hope this helps!

Mehdi

Hi there,

You will likely come in entry-level (I.e. Business Analyst at McK, Associate at BCG). However, there is a chance you could swing Senior Business Analyst (McK) or Junior Consultant at BCG.

I highly recommend you leverage this question as a networking "excuse"! Make sure to talk about this with the recruitment team and various people with whom you network.

If you sincerely believe in the experience you have picked up at the BIG 4 (that will be high value for MBB) and have solid grades, extra-curriculars etc, I would stronglty recommend to build on this and maximise your starting position at MBB. Too often I have seen candidates lack self belief and settling in for less than what they deserve. But be careful to not be arrogant or be overly optimistic.

Good luck!

Hi,

Just to give you more examples on these kind of cases.

1. For your experience level, you would still be an entry level candidate for MBB.

2. Typically people moving from other big consulting firms to MBB join a lower level than their current role. E.g. A Senior Manager in Accenture Strategy would find acceptance as an EM only in MBB. I had 2 colleagues of mine in Accenture Strategy who were SMs but ended up joining as EM in Mckinsey, now both are APs.

3. People with MBA, no consulting experience but lot of industry experience can either join as consultant or Associate in Mckinsey. Have seen many examples.

4. Have seen Partners in Big 4, join Mckinsey as AP where-as there are Partners in Big 4 who have joined as Partner in Mckinsey.

So bottomline is depends on the tenure of prior work experience, the quality of the experience and also the need/urgency of the role that has to be filled in the target consulting firm.

Thanks

You can try to apply to Junior Assosiate, but it's not for sure and it might be discussed separately.

GB

You can aim for Junior Associate, but there is no guarantee. It probably makes sense to spread your applications and negotiate for the best. This could give you some leverage in the discussion with each of them.

One of my best friends was in exactly your position. If you have done consulting at a big 4 and ideally have received a promotion/top performer then Junior Associate would be a suitable position.