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…