Updated October 2026. By Dr. Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant The six consulting resume examples below cover six common routes into McKinsey, BCG, and Bain: an undergraduate, an engineer, an investment banker, a PhD, an MBA candidate, and a physician. Each one fits on a single page. Each comes with notes on what a screener reads…
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Updated October 2026. By Dr. Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant McKinsey doesn’t require a cover letter for most roles. Its recruiting team says so in plain words: “for most positions and programs, we do not require cover letters.” So the real decision isn’t how to write a McKinsey cover letter. It’s whether yours adds something your…
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Updated October 2026. By Dr. Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant. A BCG internship is a paid placement on a live BCG case team, and the one you can apply for depends on your degree and your office. Undergraduates and non-MBA master’s students about a year from graduation apply for the Summer Associate role, and MBA students…
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Updated November 2026. By Dr. Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant A Bain internship usually means one of two paid programs: the Associate Consultant Internship (ACI) for bachelor’s and master’s students, or the Summer Associate program for MBA students. The ACI is for students with one summer left before graduation. In the US, Bain pays ACIs a…
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Updated October 2026 · By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant A consulting resume template for McKinsey, BCG, and Bain is a one-page, single-column document with six fixed sections: header, education, professional experience, leadership, skills, and one optional personal line. Every bullet on it follows the same pattern: action verb, what you did, quantified result. That structure…
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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.
