Investment banking and consulting are the two specializations traditionally thought of as the most competitive MBA career paths. Top-tier firms in both disciplines typically do direct recruitment at the top 5 to 10 business schools. read more
This answer changes completely based on whether you're asking about undergraduate recruiting or MBA recruiting. For undergraduate, my MBB firm absolutely recruits at Notre Dame. I suspect the others do as well, it's a highly ranked undergraduate program in a number of areas. At the MBA level it's a different story. read more
How Elite Business Recruiting Really Works There has been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere about a research paper by Lauren Rivera that describes how elite professional service firms (top investment banks, law firms, and management consulting firms) go about hiring. read more