FIRM GUIDES
Understand the work, choose the right entry role and prepare for the interview. Start with ten widely recognised consulting employers.
10 firms
McKinsey recruits into generalist consulting as well as specialist, implementation, transformation and technical roles. Start by choosing the work you want to do: the entry route and assessment can differ across these tracks.
Generalist consulting · Implementation · TransformationBCG has consulting opportunities for students, advanced degree candidates and experienced professionals. Its recruiting pages are organised by location and candidate background, so start with the office and pathway that match your application.
Business strategy · Client problem solving · Industry and functional expertiseBain’s general consulting track begins with broad client work before later specialisation. It also recruits into technical and other professional roles, each with its own selection process. Choose the role first, then use its office-specific application guidance.
Generalist consulting · Business analysis · Client recommendationsDeloitte’s consulting roles span business transformation, technology and operational change. The practice and country matter: a strategy-focused opening, a technology role and an assurance position can involve substantially different work and selection exercises.
Business transformation · Technology · Operational changeStrategy& is the strategy consulting business within the PwC network. Its work includes corporate choices, growth and transactions. This profile focuses on Strategy&; broader PwC consulting, operations and specialist teams have distinct recruiting routes.
Growth strategy · Deals strategy · Corporate strategyEY-Parthenon’s US careers page covers Strategy & Execution, Deals and Corporate Finance. These are different work areas within EY-Parthenon; broader EY consulting is another route. Read the sub-service line carefully before choosing a vacancy.
Strategy and execution · Deals · Corporate financeKPMG’s consulting opportunities cover customer and operations work, corporate services and people, and risk-related disciplines. Programme content varies considerably: choose the client problems and technical skills you want to work on before comparing roles.
Customer and operations · People and finance transformation · Risk and regulationAccenture’s consulting work connects business change with technology, industry expertise and implementation. Its careers site separates job areas and local programmes. A strategy application, a technology role and a consulting graduate programme need different preparation.
Business consulting · Technology transformation · Organisation and changeOliver Wyman’s entry-level consulting route welcomes applicants from different academic disciplines. Its broader careers offering also includes specialist businesses such as actuarial and engineering work, so distinguish the general consulting role from those paths.
Management consulting · Industry expertise · Analytical problem solvingKearney’s services include strategy and growth, operations and performance, procurement and transformation. Its US careers guidance distinguishes Business Analyst, Senior Business Analyst and Associate entry points according to prior education and experience.
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These ten are a starting shortlist, not a ranking or a complete market map. Strategy& and EY-Parthenon are covered within their wider firms. Office, team and role matter when comparing opportunities.