Updated July 2026 · By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant The realistic preparation time for McKinsey, BCG, or Bain interviews ranges from 50 hours (for candidates with business backgrounds and prior case practice) to 150 hours (for career switchers with no business exposure), typically spread across 6-12 weeks. The single biggest variable of how…
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Updated June 2026 · By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant The Accenture Digital Assessment is an online screening test that graduate and entry-level consulting candidates complete through Accenture’s Discovery Portal after the application stage. It has two timed sections, a Situational Judgment Test and a Numerical Reasoning Test, runs about 60 to 90 minutes,…
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By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant. Updated July 8, 2026. How to practice case interviews alone? Does it even make sense? The short answer is yes. But, it depends on the how. Most candidates who practice case interviews alone get worse, not better. They grind 40 cases in their bedroom, repeat the same broken…
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By Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant · Updated July 2026 Working at McKinsey in 2026 means roughly 55 to 70 hours in a normal week, two to three days a week at a client site, and a job where AI now does most of the research and first-draft slide work that used to fill…
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Updated October 2026 · By Dr. Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant McKinsey Solve is McKinsey’s online, game-based screening assessment. In 2026 it runs up to three timed games back to back (Red Rock Study, Sea Wolf, and Sustainable Future Lab), and the length on your invitation, 65, 85, or 95 minutes, tells you which ones…
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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.
