Management consulting is consistently one of the highest-paying careers in the corporate world. Entry-level consultants at top firms earn salaries that exceed many senior industry roles, while partners can make multiple millions per year. But high pay is not primarily about prestige. It is a function of economic value, scarcity of talent, and extreme working…
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Between efficiency promises and reality Artificial intelligence is widely regarded as the most significant transformation of consulting work in recent decades. Within just a few years, large language models have entered everyday project work, from market analyses and presentation drafts to internal knowledge databases. Hardly any other technology has been rolled out so quickly and…
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Updated June 2026 · By Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant If you have a McKinsey final round coming up, you have probably seen the headlines. McKinsey is adding an AI interview, and half the internet is telling you to drop everything and learn prompt engineering. That advice is mostly wrong, and following it can…
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The Hidden Difference Between Success and Failure Case interviews don’t reward hours logged. They reward how you prepare, how you think, and how deliberately you build the skills firms actually test. Every season, you’ll find two candidates who both grind through their case prep, read the same books, and block out the same study hours.…
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The best case interview books for 2026 are The 1%: Conquer Your Consulting Case Interview (modern theory) and The 1%: Case Interview Workbook (realistic practice cases). Case Interview Secrets by Victor Cheng remains a useful starter, while Case in Point by Marc Cosentino is the book I’d actively warn you away from. Its framework recitation…
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Florian spent five years at McKinsey as a Senior Consultant and is a highly experienced consulting interviewer and problem-solving coach. Having conducted interviews with hundreds of candidates, he understands exactly what top-tier firms look for in successful applicants.
He founded StrategyCase.com to make top consulting careers more accessible by providing tailored, up-to-date insights into the recruiting process. Recognized as the most successful case and fit interview coach, Florian has helped his clients secure 700+ offers at MBB, Tier-2 firms, Big 4 consulting divisions, in-house consultancies, and boutique firms over the past four years.
He is the author of “The 1%: Conquer Your Consulting Case Interview,” “The 1%: Case Interview Workbook,” and “Consulting Career Secrets”, all available on Amazon.
