Function Choices
Placement Compensation
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% of Accepted
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| Function | Number 2012 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 |
| Business Development | 36 | 6.1% | 7.2% | 3.9% | 5.5% | 4.4% |
| Consulting/Strategy | 180 | 30.3% | 33.8% | 31.8% | 30.4% | 28.2% |
| Control/Accounting | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | 0.3% | n/a | 0.2% |
| Corporate Finance/Mergers and Acquisitions | 9 | 1.5% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 5.1% | 18.2% |
| Entrepreneurial Management | 4 | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.3% |
| General/Project Mgmt/Mgmt Development/Rotational Program | 33 | 5.5% | 5.6% | 5.8% | 7.2% | 5.5% |
| Investment Banking | 73 | 12.3% | 11.2% | 14.5% | 11.3% | n/a |
| Investment Mgmt/Portfolio Mgmt | 67 | 11.3% | 9.9% | 8.8% | 9.6% | 10.3% |
| Legal Services | 7 | 1.2% | 0.5% | 0.5% | n/a | 0.3% |
| Operations/Production Mgmt | 8 | 1.3% | 1.4% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| Private Equity | 73 | 12.3% | 8.1% | 9.0% | 9.1% | 8.3% |
| Product/Brand Marketing | 50 | 8.4% | 7.8% | 7.3% | 7.0% | 4.8% |
| Product Development/Structuring | 10 | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| Real Estate | 8 | 1.3% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Research | 7 | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 3.4% |
| Restructuring | 2 | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Risk Management | 0 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.5% | n/a | n/a |
| Sales | 3 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 2.2% |
| Sales & Trading | 6 | 1.0% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 4.2% |
| Other Function Not Listed | 18 | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 2.8% |
The answer of “n/a” is reported when an element (industry, function or location) is being counted as part of another category or when the answer would represent less than 1% of reported offers.


