Candidate profiles
Firms publish more about backgrounds than candidates expect: which doctoral paths a workshop admits, which entry title opens to which degree, which programmes exclude MBAs outright. These guides collect that, and are equally clear about the thing no firm publishes, which is a different case for a different background. Where that claim appeared here before, it was wrong and has been corrected.
8 guides.
PhD at an MBB Firm 2026: Seven Paths, Three Admitted
McKinsey files seven degrees under one advanced-degree label and admits three to its workshop. BCG names six and bars the MBA. Bain refused every method tried.
Best MBA for Consulting 2026: No Two Count The Same Way
Twenty-six MBA programs publish a consulting share and no two count it the same way. Every denominator named, plus what the degree actually buys in job title.
Engineering Consulting Cases 2026: The Second Door
McKinsey publishes a separate assessment for technical roles. One engineering firm publishes a worked case whose own arithmetic has an error we recomputed.
Case Interviews in a Second Language 2026: Nine Offices
One firm publishes a language requirement for all nine of its offices and names a level for one. Only two of ten firms say what language an interview runs in.
Consulting Career Change 2026: No Fixed Hiring Period
Roland Berger publishes that there is usually no fixed hiring period, and tells rejected candidates what to bring back. Two facts that change a switch plan.
Experienced Hire Cases 2026: Two Portals, One Login
BCG runs separate student and experienced portals on one login. Roland Berger says experience can start you higher. What the case itself asks is unpublished.
PhD Consulting 2026: Where a Job Talk Replaces the Case
Four economic consulting firms publish a doctoral track. One runs a 90 minute seminar on your job market paper and no case, and one prints a pay band.
Consulting Without a Business Degree 2026: Half the Firm
Can you get into consulting without a business degree? Roland Berger publishes that half its consultants come from engineering, science or the humanities.