Guides to the consulting interview
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Practicing Cases Alone: What Works and What Degrades
Four of the six dimensions a case is scored on survive solo practice and two degrade without a second person. Which is which, why, and the substitutes for both.
Consulting Resume 2026: Six Bullets Rewritten in Full
Six consulting resume bullets rewritten with the arithmetic shown, the CV criteria four firms print, and a complete one-page template, nothing held back.
Harvard MBA Consulting Recruiting 2026: 19% In, 21% Out
HBS publishes that 19 percent of its incoming class came from consulting and 21 percent of the leaving class went back. The cost, the calendar, the gap.
INSEAD Consulting Placement 2026: The Returnee Split
INSEAD publishes hires per firm with the returnee count in brackets, plus a recruiter table marking on-campus attendance. Read both before you target firms.
London Business School MBA Consulting Recruiting 2026
Consulting took 40 percent of the LBS Class of 2025, the largest sector. Full-time recruiting runs in the autumn term and internships follow in the spring.
BCG Case Interview 2026: How to Prepare for All Rounds
A BCG case interview is a business problem solved out loud in a 45 minute slot. The stages BCG names, how its rounds run by office, and how to prepare.
Bain Case Interview 2026: Two Tests, Two Different Rule Sets
A Bain case interview arrives after one of two different assessments, with different rules. The calculator rule, the two published cases, and the marking gap.
LEK Case Interview 2026: Seven Steps, Two That Collide
The LEK case interview is seven numbered steps, and two of them pull against each other. What that tension asks of you, plus what the firm never publishes.
Oliver Wyman Case Interview 2026: What the Firm Marks You On
Oliver Wyman calls the interviewer your client. It also publishes six worked cases, a 26-question test, and a one-year bar on reapplying. All of it here.
Case Interview Videos Published by the Firms Themselves
The firms film their own recruiters and consultants. Which videos exist, what each one is for, and the only two durations the embedded players actually state.
Consulting Interview Prep Timeline: Built From Your Email
Generic eight-week plans are wrong for at least one firm. Two published figures anchor a real calendar, and both of them arrive by email rather than on a page.
Free Prep Resources the Firms Publish, and Their Limits
Six full cases with answers, thirteen free modules, one vendor practice test, and a university clinic you may not be eligible for. The inventory and its limits.
Last Minute Case Prep: What the Final 48 Hours Are For
Two days out, the right action depends on the stage. One firm says no preparation is needed for its assessment; another publishes the clock its cases run on.
McKinsey Case Interview 2026: The Complete Prep Guide
McKinsey case interview prep: the two interviews the firm names, the four themes with its published questions, its four free cases, and a preparation order.
BCG vs Bain 2026: Ten Gaps That Should Change Your Prep
Ten differences read from BCG and Bain pages on 30 September 2026: two worked Bain cases, a 60 day reply promise, and a market figure that does not close.
McKinsey vs BCG 2026: What Each Firm Actually Publishes
What McKinsey and BCG each publish about themselves: entry titles, two 8 to 10 week internships, screen clocks, travel limits, and six numbers against one.
Accenture Case Interview 2026: The 90-Day Retake Rule
Accenture publishes a 72 hour assessment window, an automatic pass threshold and a 90 day lockout. Three postings from one week name three different routes.
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.
Analytics Cases 2026: Why Precision Decides the Money
A churn model at 60 percent recall and 20 percent precision loses $2.916 million. Recall sets the size of a program and precision decides whether it pays.
Consulting Aptitude Test 2026: Name Your Test Publisher
Your consulting aptitude test is a named product with a published fact sheet. Identify the publisher, read its real timing, and work three items we solved.
Investment Banking HireVue Questions 2026: Worked Answers
Five worked answers for a recorded banking round, the two minute one attempt rule Deutsche Bank publishes, and the 30 minute stage Goldman Sachs names.
Consulting Assessment Practice 2026: What Free Tests Buy
The four publishers behind consulting screens give practice away, and only one scores it. Plus the firm-built screens nobody sells, and where the gain stops.
BCG Levels 2026: Six Rungs With Interlocking Bands
BCG filed 648 certified salaries this year. Six consulting rungs, from a $110,000 Associate floor to a $276,500 Partner ceiling, and every boundary shared.
BCG X Case Interview: The Coding Test BCG Publishes
BCG publishes a BCG X selection process in one country only: an online coding test, then technical interviews with case studies and live coding. Read closely.
Why Bain in 2026: Answer With the Firm's Own Numbers
Bain says it advises about 80% of the largest private equity firms, checked 29 September 2026. Build the answer on figures like that rather than on culture.
Why BCG in 2026: Answer Against Its Published Lists
BCG publishes five values, seven competencies and a 16-industry footprint, checked 29 September 2026. Build a Why BCG answer that reads against those lists.
Why Oliver Wyman 2026: Answer With Its Six Criteria
Oliver Wyman publishes six evaluation criteria and an 11-industry list, checked 29 September 2026. Use both to build an answer that fits a 15-minute fit call.
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.
Big 4 Consulting Firms 2026: What Each One Publishes
Deloitte, PwC, EY and KPMG read from their own reports: $224.4b across four fiscal years, and only two of the big 4 consulting firms give a consulting figure.
Bridgespan 2026: The Consultancy That Files a Form 990
Bridgespan is a 501(c)(3), so its accounts are a public document. Its Form 990 reports $91.6 million of revenue, 430 US employees and a $5.3 million deficit.
MBB 2026: One Word, Two Rungs, $82,000 Of Difference
McKinsey, BCG and Bain filed 1,201 certified applications this year. What each firm publishes about itself, and where their six ladders stop matching.
Capgemini Invent Case Interview: 45 Minutes, Five Criteria
Capgemini Invent US publishes a 45 minute case, five criteria and a full sample prompt. Its UK graduate route has no case at all. Sweden names six steps.
Capital One Case Interview 2026: Complete Prep Guide
Capital One publishes a full practice case with solutions, a case video, a 30-minute mini case and the Power Day. Worked math, a drill method and a prep plan.
CapTech Consulting 2026: The Work, The Pay, The Rounds
CapTech sells four technology service areas from eight offices, printed a base pay band in 47 of 130 live openings, and publishes its own Power Day guide.
Chicago Booth Case Book: Which Club Actually Owns It
Booth hosts two consulting clubs. One is Evening and Weekend only, the other an empty page. Neither serves a case book. We checked both on 30 September 2026.
Darden Case Book: The School Disclaims Its Own Club
UVA prints a clause on the club's page saying the club is not part of or an agency of the University. So a Darden case book is not a Darden publication.