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WSG founder Stephen Turban breaks down the McKinsey Business Analyst role: what BAs actually do, 2026 pay, the Solve and PEI funnel, and the path to an offer.

WSG founder Stephen Turban maps the BCG internship application: the Summer Associate funnel, the Casey chatbot, the fall sophomore window, and what converts.

WSG founder Stephen Turban breaks down Monitor Deloitte careers: what the strategy arm pays, how its interviews run, and how undergrads actually get in.

WSG founder Stephen Turban breaks down the undergrad path to management consulting: the timeline, the case interview, GPA bars, and how to actually get an MBB offer.

WSG founder Stephen Turban breaks down the McKinsey PEI: the dimensions it tests, how to build your stories, and exactly what to say and not say.

WSG founder Stephen Turban breaks down how to build a consulting resume that gets interviews, with a checklist and real before-and-after bullet examples.

WSG founder Stephen Turban shares 10 case interview tips from MBB recruiting: structure over frameworks, mental math, and how to actually pass.

WSG founder Stephen Turban breaks down the BCG Casey chatbot interview: the format, the question types, the video pitch, and the prep plan that actually works.

WSG founder Stephen Turban shares a consulting cover letter template with a full example that got interviews, plus the structure and mistakes to avoid.

WSG founder Stephen Turban explains McKinsey salary in 2026 from Business Analyst to Senior Partner, with base, bonus, and total comp at every level.

WSG founder Stephen Turban ranks the top 10 consulting jobs for undergrads in 2026, with the role, eligibility, and how to apply at each firm.

Most candidates I coach show me a prep stack of 15 different tools two weeks before their first round.

McKinsey Solve is the gamified pre-interview assessment every McKinsey candidate has to pass before getting a case interview.

Here is the exact 6-step LBO walkthrough interviewers want to hear, including what to say at each stage, what they are testing, and the mistakes that make candidates sound over-rehearsed.

Almost every candidate has studied DCFs. You’ve built one in Excel, memorized the formula, maybe even watched a few tutorials. But explaining it out loud, under pressure, in a way that actually sounds credible? That’s where most people fall apart. I’ve seen the same pattern over and over: candidates usually know the steps, but they struggle to explain why the steps matter.

BCG full-time myself here in the US. I did it from a non-target school outside the States, with no on-campus recruiting and no alumni pipeline to lean on. During recruiting, I was casing with candidates with 4.0 GPAs from target schools who got cut in the first or final round. I've also watched candidates from non-targets, with no consulting club on campus like myself, walk out with offers from BCG. If you're reading this, you're probably trying to figure out where you actua

What I've put together here isn't a ranking of firms by prestige. It's a practical breakdown of the 15 undergraduate consulting internships that are worth targeting in 2026. I'll cover what each program actually offers, how competitive it really is, and what you need to do differently to have a real shot.

Every year, I get the same message from students a few weeks before their MBB interviews. They’ve spent months preparing: downloaded the frameworks, worked through the casebooks, and watched every YouTube video. Yet, they still aren’t sure if any of it is actually working.