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McKinsey Hierarchy: Five Roles, Four Risk Tiers
McKinsey publishes five consulting roles. Map them to four risk tiers—analysis, delivery, commercial, equity—plus tenure, pay ranges, and what interviews score.
Firm guides
McKinsey Explained: Firm Structure and What It Means for You
How McKinsey's industry-capability matrix, role types, and partnership model shape the work—and what interviewers score when they hire into it.
Firm guides
McKinsey Deadlines Are Not One Date: How the Clocks Work
How McKinsey application deadlines actually work: rolling vs fixed closes, campus vs national postings, and 2026 cycle dates verified on McKinsey's own pages.
Firm guides
McKinsey Cover Letter: Write a PEI Trailer, Not a Brand Essay
McKinsey's FAQ calls the letter optional; Nordics pages ask for standout and fit. Map one PEI dimension into ~300 words before you submit.
Fundamentals
MBB vs Boutique vs Tier 2: Different Jobs, Different Interviews
How MBB, strategy boutiques, and tier-2 firms differ on project length, team size, travel, exits, and the assessments that gate each path.
Firm guides
MBB Case Interview Prep: A Week-by-Week Firm Calendar
An 8-week MBB prep plan that treats McKinsey Solve and PEI, BCG Casey and CCA, and Bain Sova as calendar constraints, not firm trivia.
Getting started
LinkedIn vs Resume: What Consulting Recruiters Actually Use
How firm portals and LinkedIn Recruiter search differ, what must match exactly, and a 60-minute profile rewrite with before/after examples.
Fundamentals
Is Consulting Right for You? Evidence Over Personality
A partner's self-test for consulting fit: ambiguity, feedback, travel, and hours, with firm pages and B-school data on pay, tenure, and exits.
Fundamentals
Insurance to MBB: Pay Math and the Precision Tax
Compare actuary and underwriter pay with McKinsey's posted Associate band, then see which insurance habits earn case points and which cost them.
Fundamentals
Generalist vs Specialist Consulting: Interviews and Ladder
How McKinsey, BCG, and Bain split generalist and expert tracks—and why the interview exam and promotion currency differ. Prep for the track you join.
Fundamentals
Between First and Second Round: Translate Feedback Fast
How to read first-round feedback, map what interviewers compare next, and run a 7–10 day plan so round two is not a rematch of round one.
Getting started
Fastest Way to Learn Case Interviews in Two Weeks
Scored spoken reps with a fix between them beat more reading. A 14-day hour plan for an interview in two weeks, and what you cannot compress.