Cybersecurity has evolved from a technical IT concern to a core strategic risk facing modern organizations. Boardrooms increasingly treat cyber risk the same way they evaluate financial, regulatory, and operational risk. As digital infrastructure expands through cloud computing, APIs, SaaS tools, and interconnected supply chains, the attack surface grows rapidly. Many companies therefore rely on…
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The question of whether artificial intelligence can truly perform professional consulting work has moved from academic curiosity to practical urgency. Businesses, prospects, and even consulting firms themselves are experimenting with autonomous AI agents in hopes they might eventually replace or augment human consultants. But recent research from Mercor, a research and expert-marketplace startup, suggests that…
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The Illusion of Progress in AI-Assisted Prep You’ve been practicing cases with ChatGPT for weeks. Your responses sound polished. Your frameworks look comprehensive. You feel like you’re improving faster than you ever did with traditional prep methods. You’re probably not. The ease and speed of AI-assisted preparation creates a dangerous illusion: the feeling of progress…
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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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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.
