The Kearney fit interview is not a behavioral interview. It’s a culture-fit screen wearing behavioral clothing. Kearney recruits aggressively against three specific cultural traits — humility, grit, and collaboration — and the questions you’ll face exist primarily to reveal whether you embody those traits, not to test storytelling polish. Candidates who treat the fit interview…
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Updated May 7, 2026 | By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant Kearney was founded by Tom Kearney, the first partner James O. McKinsey ever hired. After the founder of McKinsey & Company died in 1937, the firm split into pieces. Tom Kearney took his half, renamed it A.T. Kearney in 1947, and built it…
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Updated May 6, 2026 | By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant The Oliver Wyman application process averages one month from submission to offer, per Glassdoor-reported data. It includes four steps: CV plus cover letter submission, online numerical assessment, first-round interviews, and final-round Super Day. The single largest source of preventable rejections is the numerical…
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Updated May 6, 2026 | By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant Oliver Wyman vs McKinsey…If your only goal is the maximum-prestige consulting brand on your CV across every audience, choose McKinsey. If you want to work on the strategic problems that actually move money inside global banks, insurers, and asset managers, consider choosing Oliver…
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Updated May 6, 2026 | By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant Oliver Wyman pays competitively with MBB at every level, but the headline number obscures a structural detail that determines whether you’ll out-earn a McKinsey peer or fall $50,000 behind: which side of the firm you’re on. The financial services practice pays bonuses of…
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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.
