Office Location Dilemma for FT - Northerner at a Southern School
Hi,
I wanted some input on office location for Management Consulting. I go to a semi-target school in the South and OCR typically funnel students into Southern offices such as Atlanta and Dallas. I heard it would be easier for me to get into these offices (versus Northern) offices because our school has a strong alumni/network there. However, I'm not a huge fan of the South and would rather, if given the choice, work in Northern offices (D.C., NYC etc). I'm a medium strength candidate (3.54 GPA but with strong EC, strong experience, and medium-strong networking connections) so I don't know what offices I should choose. Could I get some objective input from my fellow monkeys?
You'll be swimming upstream; applying to offices other than where you are routed is tough. The main reason is that each office invests in its own pipeline; they don't really NEED look into students from other offices, and local offices aren't happy to have their pipelines poached.
That said, happens all the time as the top schools are pipelines to every office. We reiterate this all the time to candidates, but apply to the office that you are interested in. You'll rank a few, and we have internal processes that are designed to route students. If you try and game the system, it will likely backfire.
It is also usually easy to transfer offices once you've been at the company for a little
My firm's local office does its own recruiting at nearby schools. Like the other poster said, the office wants to fill its own slots, not those of another. I think an easier option would be to get an offer for a Southern office and then switch after 1-2 years. You can always alt-travel up north anyways. Given your location, I'm guessing UT-Austin or Emory, that's probably the easiest path.
Not sure how much the northern offer really matters to you, but I would figure that out before you go down the path.
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