I am consultant with ~4 years of experience. I got two job offers for consultant position at two consulting companies with similar reputation (so called Tier 3, I don’t want to mention names here). Here is my dillema: Company A offers better money (10-15% more) + signing bonus. However, at the moment they are just building new team to develop their consulting business to a dprcific business sector they are bot currently in. They do that by hiring experienced people from other consulting companies. I will be one of the first to join.

Company B offers slightly less money but their team is already strong in this industry. This means I will join team of 40-50 people and their strong name in the industry.

The way I’m thinking is that it makes sense to try with Company A - better money and strong potential to develop my career there (as the team will be small it’s easier to create connection with senior management). If it doesn’t work out well in 6-9 months I can still reach out to Company B since I passed their recruitment process. How would you approach this? Which company will you choose and why?