Category: Consulting News

How McKinsey Is Using AI in Case Interviews

How McKinsey Is Using AI in Case Interviews: A Conversation with Simone Jacobi, Director of Talent Assessment

Artificial intelligence is changing how consultants work – and increasingly, how consulting firms evaluate talent. To help candidates better understand McKinsey's new AI interview, Management Consulted spoke exclusively with Simone…

Why Most Private Equity Consulting Firms Sound the Same in 2026

Every PE Consulting Firm Says the Same 3 Things. Here’s Why That’s a Problem

Key Insights: We spoke with PE practice leaders at firms ranging from MBB to mid-market specialists as part of Management Consulted's 2026 Top Private Equity Consulting Firms ranking research. We reviewed survey submissions. We…

Healthcare Consulting Trends

Healthcare Consulting Is Entering a New Era: Why Execution, Not Strategy, Is Winning in 2027

Key Insights Healthcare consulting is entering one of its most consequential periods in more than a decade. For years, the industry's biggest challenges were fairly predictable. Providers pursued electronic health…

Top 10 Private Equity Consulting Firms

Top 10 Private Equity Consulting Firms (2026)

Key Insights: Private equity consulting in 2026 is defined by a single, structural shift: the era of financial engineering is over. Hold periods have stretched past 7 years. Entry multiples…

2026 Consumer & Retail Consulting Trends

Consumer & Retail Consulting Is Fragmenting. Here’s What That Means for 2026

Key Insights For years, Consumer & Retail consulting followed a familiar formula. Large strategy firms led broad transformation programs. Boutique firms carved out niche expertise in pricing, branding, or consumer…

What Top Energy Consulting Firms Are Prioritizing in 2026

What Top Energy Consulting Firms Are Prioritizing in 2026

Key Insights The Energy & Utilities consulting market is changing fast and the firms gaining momentum in 2026 are not positioning themselves the way they did even two years ago.…

McKinsey Client Conversation Interview New Behavioral Pilot

McKinsey Pilots New Behavioral Interview Format (2026): What Candidates Need to Know

Key Insights Breaking: McKinsey Introduces “Client Conversation” Pilot in Final Rounds McKinsey is quietly testing a new behavioral interview format in its final round interviews this recruiting cycle. In addition…

Bain & Company Hiring Consultants in Texas for Fall 2026

Bain & Company Hiring Consultants in Texas for Fall 2026 (Austin, Dallas, Houston)

Bain & Company is hiring for Consultant roles across Austin, Dallas, and Houston for Fall 2026. These Bain Texas jobs target experienced professionals and MBA graduates, with applications due August…

2026 BCG Application Deadlines

Breaking: BCG Confirms Undergraduate Deadlines – June 2 (Internship) and July 7 (Full-Time)

BCG has now confirmed its 2026 undergraduate application deadlines: This places BCG’s internship timeline approximately 8 weeks after McKinsey and Bain’s first deadlines (March 29) - a notable divergence within…

McKinsey AI Interview

McKinsey AI Interview Being Piloted As A Part of Final Round Interviews

Key Insights: Originally published December 11, 2025: In a shift that could redefine how top consulting talent is selected, McKinsey & Company has introduced an AI-driven interview as part of…

McKinsey Accelerating U.S. Undergrad Recruiting

Breaking News: McKinsey Expected To Accelerate U.S. Undergraduate Recruiting Timeline, Bringing It in Line With Investment Banking

Originally published December 11, 2025: In a significant shift that will reshape the consulting recruiting landscape (again), Management Consulted has learned that McKinsey & Company is planning to move its…

Consulting Recruiting Disrupted

Consulting Recruiting Disrupted: Why Bain and EY Are Delaying Some Hiring Until 2026

The consulting labor market is facing its biggest disruption in years, and it’s not the headline-grabbing issues like mass firings, shifting salaries, or even the rise of AI. Instead, the…