I'm holding an offer for Associate with LEK but holidng out for an interview with Bain next week. I may be forced into making a decision before I hear from Bain (this is only first round and the 'official' LEK dealine has already passed...).Would be great to know any info on LEK, esp how they're viewed outside the consulting arena. A lot of LEK-ers seem to have been with them long-term - is this a sign that they're less attractive to employers in industry or just that they're a top-notch firm to work with?

So I take it noone has much to say about LEK - should that be considered an answer in itself? I've been pretty impressed by them during the recruitment process but I'm now looking for some objective perspective...

never heard of themfrom the website the company looks well american though

LEK are heavily quantitative in approach, more so than MBB(B); outside of consulting they aren't well known, but then a lot of excellent consulting firms out there dont have that immediacy and yet alumni do very well for themselves. A good launch point of you are interested in a more quant orientated career move - IB or PE would be a natural progression from LEK.

They are actually one of the most up and coming strat houses out there. Would agree that they are quite quantitative.Also they are one of very new non-US founded strategy consulting firms.

I haven't heard of a consultancy being that strict with deadlines before. Once they've made an offer, they really want you and will usually wait. Tell Bain as well, they might be willing to speed the process up for you.

90 ish % of their work is repeat business from clients with whom they have longstanding arrangements, and a lot of this is private equity. They are very highly regarded by their clients, but awareness is less once you move outside of the sphere in which they operate. Into, for example, the university students that populate this board.Clients include the majority of the big PE firms (although the really big deals have gone quiet now), banks and corporates across multiple industries. Life sciences, financial services, airlines and a few others are v strong. They do a level of modelling far above that which you will see at most other firms, ie if required they will model a whole rail system for the UK, complete with train times and numbers of trains and numbers of passengers etc. Revenue growth over the last year has been well above average for the industry by all accounts. People join and leave as much as anywhere else. Analysts typically leave to private equity and VC type roles after a few years.I doubt many people would choose LEK over Bain right now, but this is very much a function of brand and awareness - the job is exactly the same. The difference is that Bain has clients A&B and LEK has clients C&D

Very interesting post D.