Consulting Interviews in the Media

The MBB Aren’t Hiring Fewer MBAs – They’re Hiring Different Ones

Jul 2026

Poets&Quants featured Management Consulted COO Namaan Mian in its analysis of how McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are reshaping MBA recruiting rather than broadly reducing hiring. Mian highlighted shifts toward specialist skills, earlier recruiting timelines, and interview processes that increasingly emphasize distinctly human capabilities alongside AI-enabled assessment.