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IB vs MBB for PE?

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Metal native
  04/23/14
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provocative personal credit line sanctuary
  04/24/14
MBB is for people who couldn't cop IB at top schools
Nudist hairraiser theater stage marketing idea
  04/23/14
No
arousing magenta tanning salon sweet tailpipe
  04/23/14
(dude who neither went to a top school nor copped a good job...
Nudist hairraiser theater stage marketing idea
  04/23/14
No
arousing magenta tanning salon sweet tailpipe
  04/23/14
(dude who neither went to a top school nor copped a good job...
charismatic death wish pit
  04/23/14
lol no seriously, just no.
ocher private investor
  04/23/14
I agree. Most people who get MBB are the people who just did...
Hideous purple knife national
  04/23/14
No
arousing magenta tanning salon sweet tailpipe
  04/23/14
So you are saying faced with an offer from GS in M&A and...
Hideous purple knife national
  04/23/14
Said more clearly, those who want PE are the ones who go for...
Honey-headed razzmatazz associate university
  04/23/14
I dunno man, this pumo's argument of "no" is prett...
Nudist hairraiser theater stage marketing idea
  04/23/14
(dude who neither went to a top school nor copped a good job...
charismatic death wish pit
  04/23/14
i dont have time or energy to get into this with you but I w...
arousing magenta tanning salon sweet tailpipe
  04/23/14
shit dude. bet you're 6'4 and slay tons of pussy too, pumo
Nudist hairraiser theater stage marketing idea
  04/24/14
(dude who neither went to a top school nor copped a good job...
charismatic death wish pit
  04/23/14
that's the same for every single PE firm except Bain capital...
Honey-headed razzmatazz associate university
  04/23/14
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Metal native
  04/23/14
u don't understand what either job entails. would u rather h...
Honey-headed razzmatazz associate university
  04/23/14
LOL oh JJC...
razzle-dazzle background story organic girlfriend
  04/23/14
i work in PE. i figured u and OP were JJC.
Honey-headed razzmatazz associate university
  04/23/14
(JJC)
razzle-dazzle background story organic girlfriend
  04/23/14
(retard)
soul-stirring candlestick maker pervert
  04/23/14
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Metal native
  04/23/14
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cyan electric furnace heaven
  04/23/14
Big 4? European fund?
ocher private investor
  04/23/14
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cyan electric furnace heaven
  04/23/14
*nods head*
ocher private investor
  04/23/14
as much as ppl rag on them, the accounting/auditing guys wer...
cyan electric furnace heaven
  04/23/14
I'm not shitting on them broheim
ocher private investor
  04/23/14
not you, but ppl who are generally like can i lateral from a...
cyan electric furnace heaven
  04/23/14
i could go from audit to pe? how the fuck is this possibl...
Impressive Salmon Kitchen
  04/23/14
uh yea, the fact that you dont know this is shocking
cyan electric furnace heaven
  04/23/14
dude I work in PE and this is definitely the exception and n...
Honey-headed razzmatazz associate university
  04/23/14
you make PE sound so fucking exclusive, plenty of Ohio state...
cyan electric furnace heaven
  04/23/14
Are the Big4 hires in PE generally ex-auditors to do more op...
apoplectic box office
  04/23/14
they tend to be more experienced in that area, but once you ...
cyan electric furnace heaven
  04/23/14
do they work at prestigious PE firms
Impressive Salmon Kitchen
  04/24/14
Former IBD guy here with lots of MBB friends. Unless you get...
Sticky Liquid Oxygen Rigor
  04/24/14
Former MBB dood here. 1) PE hires quite a bit from MBB (E...
blathering den regret
  04/24/14
cr, when most people say PE they mean investment side. Ops s...
Sticky Liquid Oxygen Rigor
  04/24/14
Fair, friend
blathering den regret
  04/24/14
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Impressive Salmon Kitchen
  04/24/14


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Date: April 23rd, 2014 9:57 AM
Author: Metal native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431140)



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Date: April 24th, 2014 12:34 AM
Author: provocative personal credit line sanctuary

.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25436457)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 10:47 AM
Author: Nudist hairraiser theater stage marketing idea

MBB is for people who couldn't cop IB at top schools

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431269)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:07 AM
Author: arousing magenta tanning salon sweet tailpipe

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431352)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:13 AM
Author: Nudist hairraiser theater stage marketing idea

(dude who neither went to a top school nor copped a good job)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431371)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:49 AM
Author: arousing magenta tanning salon sweet tailpipe

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431538)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 1:07 PM
Author: charismatic death wish pit

(dude who neither went to a top school nor copped a good job)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25432040)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:53 AM
Author: ocher private investor

lol

no

seriously, just no.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431561)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 12:41 PM
Author: Hideous purple knife national

I agree. Most people who get MBB are the people who just didn't get GS, MS, JPM front office roles or did an internship in banking and realized they are not fit for it for more than a few years and therefore favor the portability of MBB experience. You have to be fucking retarded to sign up for flying all over the country / clocking 75 hour weeks for 70-80K when you can get 20-40K more in your first year to do the same type of monkey work, with no travel, gaining massive compensation upside compared to consulting over the long term [gelf: dude whose done both].

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431854)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 12:46 PM
Author: arousing magenta tanning salon sweet tailpipe

No

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431886)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 12:52 PM
Author: Hideous purple knife national

So you are saying faced with an offer from GS in M&A and an offer from McKinsey, you would choose McK? That is like kids who choose MIT over Harvard for UG. Some people do it, most don't. And the one's that do believe in STEM in the way that people going to McK at the expense of a legit IBD usually fancy themselves to be future entrepreneurs in stupid shit like tech or consumer products.

But again, the compensation structure alone means you have to be a legit dumb if you are going to lean in over the long term not to take finance. BB VP vs. a MBB project manager is a six figure spread in comp. At the associate level it can be high five figures.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431932)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 12:57 PM
Author: Honey-headed razzmatazz associate university

Said more clearly, those who want PE are the ones who go for IBD.

Sure there are people who choose MBB, but they aren't going to go for PE because they know thats not the trajectory consulting takes. Just like how MIT people are not going for IBD, they're probably looking for tech jobs.

I'm agreeing with you I'm just rephrasing it for others.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431970)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 1:04 PM
Author: Nudist hairraiser theater stage marketing idea

I dunno man, this pumo's argument of "no" is pretty convincing. Sounds like he knows his shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25432024)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 1:07 PM
Author: charismatic death wish pit

(dude who neither went to a top school nor copped a good job)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25432044)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 3:21 PM
Author: arousing magenta tanning salon sweet tailpipe

i dont have time or energy to get into this with you but I went to HYPS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25432850)



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Date: April 24th, 2014 11:38 AM
Author: Nudist hairraiser theater stage marketing idea

shit dude. bet you're 6'4 and slay tons of pussy too, pumo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25438041)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 1:07 PM
Author: charismatic death wish pit

(dude who neither went to a top school nor copped a good job)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25432042)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:01 AM
Author: Honey-headed razzmatazz associate university

that's the same for every single PE firm except Bain capital which has an operational strategy.

how is this news to you JJC?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431320)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:16 AM
Author: Metal native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431378)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:21 AM
Author: Honey-headed razzmatazz associate university

u don't understand what either job entails. would u rather hire a nurse or a doctor for a possible surgeon position?

the nurse is like the consultant. offers advice and nothing gets done because the strategy itself is the end goal. very little finance, almost all powerpoint and graphs and strategy.

the doctor is the banker. its all transactional. deals happen and PE is all about deals. its a natural fit. u should do some more reading on each job and industry.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431391)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:52 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle background story organic girlfriend

LOL oh JJC...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431558)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:57 AM
Author: Honey-headed razzmatazz associate university

i work in PE. i figured u and OP were JJC.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431582)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:58 AM
Author: razzle-dazzle background story organic girlfriend

(JJC)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431590)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 12:03 PM
Author: soul-stirring candlestick maker pervert

(retard)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431622)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 12:15 PM
Author: Metal native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431705)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:54 AM
Author: cyan electric furnace heaven



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431566)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:55 AM
Author: ocher private investor

Big 4?

European fund?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431569)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:56 AM
Author: cyan electric furnace heaven



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431576)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:56 AM
Author: ocher private investor

*nods head*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431579)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:58 AM
Author: cyan electric furnace heaven

as much as ppl rag on them, the accounting/auditing guys were a huge help

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431591)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 11:59 AM
Author: ocher private investor

I'm not shitting on them broheim

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431595)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 12:00 PM
Author: cyan electric furnace heaven

not you, but ppl who are generally like can i lateral from audit to IB dont really have a need to. they can just kick it in their chill jerbs and then recruit for PE directly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431605)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 12:21 PM
Author: Impressive Salmon Kitchen

i could go from audit to pe?

how the fuck is this possible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25431737)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 1:55 PM
Author: cyan electric furnace heaven

uh yea, the fact that you dont know this is shocking

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25432317)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 1:57 PM
Author: Honey-headed razzmatazz associate university

dude I work in PE and this is definitely the exception and not the norm. also u prob work at a shit PE firm.

i was at a top 3 BB and could only land mid market.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25432330)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 2:38 PM
Author: cyan electric furnace heaven

you make PE sound so fucking exclusive, plenty of Ohio state po dunk grads working in PE, its just a fucking job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25432600)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 2:41 PM
Author: apoplectic box office

Are the Big4 hires in PE generally ex-auditors to do more operational due diligence sort of work?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25432624)



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Date: April 23rd, 2014 2:46 PM
Author: cyan electric furnace heaven

they tend to be more experienced in that area, but once you are hired you do the same shit as the other associates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25432660)



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Date: April 24th, 2014 5:39 PM
Author: Impressive Salmon Kitchen

do they work at prestigious PE firms

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25440283)



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Date: April 24th, 2014 1:16 AM
Author: Sticky Liquid Oxygen Rigor

Former IBD guy here with lots of MBB friends. Unless you get staffed on some lucky PE-related MBB projects (Bain tends to have more of these), you have very little hope of getting into PE from MBB. Skills don't translate and PE is all about pedigree.

Top PE shops love pedigreed IBD groups like Goldman TMT, JP Lev Fin, etc. Interviews literally start 3-6 months after the job starts so lol at anybody who thinks the work experience seriously matters. It's all about pedigree and networking, and a guy stuck in flyover land doing 2x2s has neither in the eyes of top PE shops.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25436668)



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Date: April 24th, 2014 1:39 AM
Author: blathering den regret

Former MBB dood here.

1) PE hires quite a bit from MBB (EDIT: really for ops)

2) Mostly they want Analysts- and very top performers at that

3) They take very top performer associates. Once you hit manager or junior partner you have angled yourself to become an exec somewhere... not PE

4) PE ops people in particular tend to be MBB for obvious reasons (what the fuck to former IB guys know about turning around companies?)

5) If you want to be the dood identifying and buying targets, I agree with the gentleman above me: IB is a much better way to go.

I worked with some Bain Cap people and the entire team from the VP on down were former MBB. Of course, they were ops.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25436749)



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Date: April 24th, 2014 3:26 AM
Author: Sticky Liquid Oxygen Rigor

cr, when most people say PE they mean investment side. Ops side is not seen as "PE PE".

Top MBB can go to ops side like KKR Capstone pretty well. But that's not the LBO model world of investment PE.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25437077)



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Date: April 24th, 2014 10:42 AM
Author: blathering den regret

Fair, friend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25437787)



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Date: April 24th, 2014 10:03 PM
Author: Impressive Salmon Kitchen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2549871&forum_id=2#25441561)