Hey everyone, I'm originally from the South and got a great opportunity out of college to move and work as a fixed income trader at a major investment bank in New York. It's a top firm and I've learned a lot about working in markets and doing some technical work for clients too. I went to a top 10 school and got great grades to get where I am thinking that this would be my passion for life, but after a year of doing this I realize its not what I like.
I learned about consulting late in college and was always interested in it. I got a chance to sit down with someone a few years older than me last week who works at one of the MBBs and after speaking with them and doing research and basic casing prep over the last month, I'm sure I want to get into consulting. The project based work for clients in my current role at an IB is a lot more interesting than the daily trading I do, so I want to go to a creative problem-solving environment like Bain, BCG or McKinsey.
I have two main questions. Is a year of experience in my current role and my background overall enough to apply to MBB firms? And in the next few months are these firms even hiring people with prior work experience like myself?