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Big 3 vs Big 4 Consulting: How They Differ (2026)
Big 3 vs Big 4 consulting compared: services, salary, prestige, exit options, and which one to target as a candidate in 2026.
Apr 28, 2026
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Big 3 vs Big 4 consulting compared: services, salary, prestige, exit options, and which one to target as a candidate in 2026.
Apr 28, 2026
Bain & Company is a consulting firm. Bain Capital is a $215B private equity firm. Same founder, different businesses. Here's the full comparison for 2026.
Apr 13, 2026
BCG Summer Associate is the MBA-focused 10-week internship (~$13K–$18K/month). Here's the Casey filter, the 80–90% return rate, and how it differs from McKinsey and Bain.
Apr 13, 2026
McKinsey runs two internships: Summer BA (undergrad, ~$6K/mo) and Summer Associate (MBA, ~$13K/mo). Here's the difference, the 2026 pay, and the 80–90% return-offer math.
Apr 13, 2026
Strategy consulting is a subset of management consulting focused on CEO-level direction. Here's the real difference, which firms do what, and which pays more.
Apr 13, 2026
Seven types of consulting firms in 2026: MBB, Tier 2, Big 4, tech, boutique, economic, HR. Selectivity, pay ranges, and exits compared.
Apr 13, 2026
Bain & Company is the smallest of the MBB with ~$7B revenue and ~18,400 employees. Here's what makes Bain different: ESOP ownership and results obsession.
Apr 13, 2026
BCG is a global strategy consulting firm with $13.5B revenue (2024) and ~37,000 employees. Here's what BCG does, who it competes with, and how it hires.
Apr 13, 2026
Consulting recruiting events are tracked. Info sessions, case workshops, coffee hours, and DEI events all feed the applicant file. Here's which ones matter and how to show up.
Apr 12, 2026
MBA consulting recruiting runs from admit spring through second-year fall. Here's the pre-MBA, M1, and M2 phasing for MBB and top firms — with the prep windows most admits miss.
Apr 12, 2026
Undergrad consulting recruiting runs across all 4 years. Freshman diversity programs, sophomore coffee chats, junior summer internships, senior full-time. Target, semi-target, non-target paths.
Apr 12, 2026
Detailed comparison of MBB (McKinsey, BCG, Bain) vs Big 4 consulting (Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG) — salary, exit opportunities, interview difficulty, and which to target.
Apr 1, 2026
MBB consulting means McKinsey, BCG, and Bain. Compare pay ($110K-$220K), selectivity (~1%), exits, and how to break in from any school.
Apr 1, 2026
The best questions to ask your consulting interviewer — organized by round (first round, final round, partner). What to ask, what to avoid, and how to customize by firm.
Mar 15, 2026
How to network into McKinsey, BCG, and Bain from scratch — cold email templates, informational interview scripts, and how to convert conversations into referrals.
Mar 7, 2026
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