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 […]

Bain: Company Profile

Overview Bain and Company is the MBB firm most closely linked to the private equity market. It also has a stronger focus on consumer strategy and retail than other firms like BCG who may focus efforts on corporate development. Bain is known for being the most collegial of the three main consulting firms, and the […]

BCG: Company Profile

Overview Boston Consulting Group or BCG is defines itself around its reputation for innovation. BCG has the optimal resources for providing on-the-job training at different technical levels. It equips employees with the skill-set to solve problems in new, ingenious ways, specifically tailored to the client. This is the thinking behind BCG’s off-shoots that deal with […]

MBB Consulting: Why McKinsey, Bain and BCG lead the way

McKinsey, Bain and BCG lead the consulting industry. Almost 40% of Fortune 500 CEOs are MBB alumni and rarely has a graduate been known to decline an MBB job offer. Having MBB on your CV is a sure fire way to a free MBA. At the firm level they get all the best contracts. Very […]

McKinsey: 4 Strategies That Make it The Best

For several decades, McKinsey has been the world’s leading management consulting firm. McKinsey has consistently been named the most influential private company around the globe and its alumni run the most powerful institutions in the world. It currently has 30 Rhodes Scholars and 6 Olympians on its staff. Hopefully that’s a taster of the sort […]

What are Boutique Management Consulting Firms?

People often forget boutique consultancies. When graduates confess that they want to go into consulting, people think MBB, Big 4 etc. However, just as many go into the plethora of boutique consultancies that have popped up in almost every industry. Granted, lots of graduates were unable to get into the bigger brand names. But many […]