A Guide to The Big 4 Accounting / Consulting Firms (Incl. Rankings & Salary)

Who are The Big 4? Why do people call them that? And which one is the best to work in? “The Big 4” are Deloitte, EY, PWC and KPMG and they are grouped together because they’re similar in size and are generally equally able to provide a wide array of business services including audit, assurance, […]

Consulting Exit Opportunities

The exit opportunities are one of the biggest attractions to working in consulting. Exit opportunities are broad and plentiful. Although consulting lacks the sky-high salaries of investment banking, it offers just as much of a career booster. Although exit opportunities from MBB are famously the best, they are fantastic after working at any strategy consulting […]

How to Beat the McKinsey Digital Assessment (2020)

Over the last three years, McKinsey has developed their ‘Digital Assessment’ with the help of Imbellus. This was initially presented alongside the PST. More recently, it has completely replaced it as the preliminary application assessment to test logic, innovation and clarity of thought. Since its inception at McKinsey, BCG has developed its own pre-interview test […]

How to Talk like a Consultant

Consultants use a lot of jargon. It only takes a few weeks in the industry and you will be using every abbreviation and piece of insider vocabulary in the business. From “top down” to “boil the ocean” to “deep dive”, consultants have a shortcut for everything. These phrases are used across all sorts of consultancies […]

Huron Internship: How to Qualify, Apply, What to Expect & Is It Worth It?

Huron Consulting offers applicants an opportunity to embark upon a high-level internship.  A Huron internship differs from most management consultancies in that the firm specialises in niche areas of management consulting, including life sciences, healthcare, and various technology sectors. According to Glassdoor, past interns at Huron Consulting regard this company as an ideal workplace. Read […]

Is A Career in Consulting Worth It?

A running joke in the consulting industry says that new entrants can gain between 5-7 kgs in their first three months until they learn to control themselves at hotel buffets. But putting all the free food – and jokes – aside, is a career in consulting really worth all the effort and money that goes […]

Bain Internship: How to Qualify, Prepare & Apply (And Is It Worth It)

The Bain & Company internship is a great opportunity for aspiring management consultants like yourself to enter the world of consulting.  Bain tops the ranks of both Glassdoor and Vault 50 and has been selected by its employees as the Best Place to Work. Having a Bain internship on your CV is a big plus. […]

What Is Strategy Consulting?

Did you know that the first strategy consulting firm was established by a chemist from MIT? When Arthur Dehon Little started his firm in 1886, little did he know that he was pioneering the path for what would eventually be a multi-billion dollar industry.  Strategy consulting is a niche that provides strategic advice and guidance […]

A Guide to The Big 4 Accounting / Consulting Firms (Incl. Rankings & Salary)

Who are The Big 4? Why do people call them that? And which one is the best to work in? “The Big 4” are Deloitte, EY, PWC and KPMG and they are grouped together because they’re similar in size and are generally equally able to provide a wide array of business services including audit, assurance, […]

The Best Business Strategy Consultant Firms (Top 10)

The “Top 3” strategy consulting firms (MBB; McKinsey & Co, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Co) are the elite. They offer the most prestige if you start a career there. However, there are more factors than prestige to consider when deciding what firm you actually want to work for. Travel requirements and opportunity, culture, […]

McKinsey: Company Profile

Overview McKinsey is widely considered the world’s most prestigious consulting firm. It regularly works closely with c- suite executives in all industries, as well as governments around the world. McKinsey usually applies their token “McKinsey Way” of problem solving to provide meaningful results for clients. This is a strategy passed all the way down from […]

Working at McKinsey: What its Really Like

This article is a Q&A with Florian from StrategyCase.com. Florian worked at McKinsey before founding Strategy Case to help applicants optimize their chances at McKinsey, BCG and Bain. How did you find doing things “The McKinsey Way” and was it difficult? Doing things the McKinsey way provides a nice framework and point of reference for […]

Perfect your CV for Consulting Applications

Your CV is likely to be the most important component of your consulting application. Former McKinsey consultant and creator of the YouTube channel Firm Learning, in this article, Heinrich Rusche shares his best tips and strategies to help you create a CV that meets the highest standards of the leading consulting firms.  Overarching format Independent […]

Networking for Consultants

Networking. A chore? Flattery? Enjoyable? Most people identify networking to be similar to the first two, and many will certainly not find it enjoyable. It is, therefore, unfortunate that networking is such a crucial skill to develop and use in one’s professional life. If it can be learned to view networking in a different, positive, […]

How to Present like a Consultant

Consultants are famous for their magical abilities with PowerPoint. You won’t find a consultant who has worked at the Big 4 or MBB who is not adept at making slides and presenting with Microsoft’s software. But why are their slides so good? The obvious reason is that consultants’ PowerPoints have to be. Consultants earn their […]

How to Answer Market Sizing Interview Questions: With Examples

Market sizing questions are the test of a consultant’s mettle. They are classic interview questions. In the case study interview, the interviewer is bound to ask you to make an estimate of a market size. Don’t be intimidated by market sizing. The numbers are big, but the logic can be simple! Market sizing questions literally […]