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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd really take advantage of your career center. i have an MBA from a top 5 school and the career center seems pleased to work with alums.  And alums are happy to network and do informational interviews. That's one of the benefits of going to a top school!

Can't help you on the function focus front. I do management consulting with an industry concentration so end up touching on a number of functional areas. [/quote]

BCG?

Are the hours as crap as I hear? I'm thinking of giving a run at the interview, but I'm hearing a lot of misery out of the DC office.[/quote]

Same question - can someone who has BTDT comment on the hours and travel at McK, BCG as well as Deloitte, PwC etc. consulting in DC? I have friends in consulting at these firms in NYC and they are usually off in Ohio/Texas/wherever 4 days and home on Friday with long hours overall. They all say the DC consulting market is "better" -- meaning that a lot of the clients are fed gov't or companies in MD/Va so they feel their DC colleagues end up traveling less and thus having shorter hours/more time at home because their lives aren't planned around flight delays etc. How much of this is true and how much is "grass is always greener"?[/quote]

In my experience, and I haven't worked for all firms of course, there's two tiers of consulting firms in DC: those with groups focused on federal, those with groups focused on general mgmt/strategy. Those in federal seem a mixed bag - some good hours, some shit. Those in strategy all have bad work life balance. Bain is perhaps known as being the best there, but as with all mgmt consulting firms, it won't be 40 hours. Rumour has it Bain is opening a new office in DC. Don't know if its true, but I've heard about it through some guys at Carlyle - and those dudes are connected.

In any case, my experience is that it all depends on your partner. Good partner? You get decent hours. Newer partner who is trying to make a name.... expect hell. Most of my friends have left consulting for this reason (myself included). [/quote]

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