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I think MBB to Banking is possible but I’ve seen many many more people do banking to MBB. Reasons for leaving are:

1) don’t like the people / culture of my group very much and feel an extremely strong fit at Bain

2) think like 5% of banking work is interesting / a lot of learning whereas from talking to folks it seems like a much higher percentage of consulting work is interesting

3) ability to work on one project at a time with one team and really focus vs. trying to keep your head above water on 2-4 things at any time

4) not as sold on PE as I was before banking. Consulting likely opens a lot more doors to cool industry exits - I did a personal “research” project looking at where C-level folks in big Consumer and Retail companies started their careers - for those that didn’t start in the industry from the outset, consulting was by far the next most common starting point (Nike CEO, Pepsi CEO, Dominos CEO, etc)

 

Starting FT at a boutique but struck out at Bain this past fall and am looking to lateral at some point. Wondering how the interviews were and are they similar to the undergrad process? I'm guessing you got referred?

 

Hi OP, I have an interview coming up for experienced AC. Is it possible to chat with you about your experience? No worries if not

 

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