jaw5xs wrote:
I'm just curious about what back ofice experience looks like to MBA programs. For example, I worked in Operations for 1.5 years and switched over and worked in a finance role for another year. Both with Morgan Stanley. I was also a team lead in the Operations group.
I also have experience in politics and real estate afterwards but for this particular experience I have, I'm just curious how they will look at it.
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I think front office work is preferred to back office work but that's not to say back office work is a bad thing, particularly if you spin it right in your essays/resume. Schools likely are more interested in what you did in the back office (i.e. what leadership responsibilities you had, etc.) Assuming part of the reason you want an MBA is to move to the front office you can discuss this as part of the "why an MBA" question found at every school.