Updated September 2026. By Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant Tier 2 consulting firms are the strategy firms that sit directly below McKinsey, BCG, and Bain: Oliver Wyman, L.E.K. Consulting, Kearney, and Roland Berger as independents, Strategy&, EY-Parthenon, and Monitor Deloitte as corporate-owned strategy arms. The problem with that answer is that it treats a dozen…
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By Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant. Updated September 2026. AI consulting jobs come through three separate doors: a firm’s AI-native unit such as QuantumBlack or BCG X, the generalist consulting track that staffs AI projects, and enterprise implementation roles at Accenture and the Big 4. Each door has a different skill bar and a different…
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By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant · Updated September 2026 The boutique consulting firms worth joining share three things: a defensible niche, an alumni trail you can verify in ten minutes on LinkedIn, and pay benchmarked against MBB rather than against the local market. Economic consulting firms like Analysis Group, strategy boutiques like OC&C and…
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Updated July 2026 · By Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant The Revolut interview process runs five to six stages over roughly four weeks, and for strategy, operations, and business analyst roles the stage that decides your offer is the problem-solving interview: a 30 to 40 minute, candidate-driven business case. Revolut publishes the stage count and…
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Updated July 2026. By Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant, 5 years at the firm, 700+ candidates coached to offers. Case interview coaching is expensive, so the real question is not: is case interview coaching worth it in general? It is whether expert diagnosis, instruction, and calibration will materially change your preparation and outcomes. Coaching…
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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.
