Comments on: Career choice: consulting versus investment banking http://www.tomspencer.com.au/2008/05/18/consulting-vs-ib/ An evolving perspective on management consulting, business strategy and investing Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:11:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: zs http://www.tomspencer.com.au/2008/05/18/consulting-vs-ib/comment-page-1/#comment-67 zs Sun, 18 May 2008 12:56:17 +0000 http://www.tomspencer.com.au/?p=22#comment-67 Good comparison Tom. The only qualifier I'd put around the "numbers focused" comparison is that Investment Banking requires a deeper understanding of Finance (financial engineering, instruments, rigorous company valuation) whereas a Management Consultant is expected to be more of a generalist - in the first few years and certainly at the interview stage of the process. Just the nature of these beasts. I'd be curious which one is expected to be the sharper dresser though, something I focus on at my blog - I may just have to give this one to the Bankers... ;) Good comparison Tom.

The only qualifier I’d put around the “numbers focused” comparison is that Investment Banking requires a deeper understanding of Finance (financial engineering, instruments, rigorous company valuation) whereas a Management Consultant is expected to be more of a generalist - in the first few years and certainly at the interview stage of the process. Just the nature of these beasts.

I’d be curious which one is expected to be the sharper dresser though, something I focus on at my blog - I may just have to give this one to the Bankers… ;)

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