Consulting recruiting, reimagined

The playbook they already have. Now yours.

Breaking into consulting takes more than ambition. It takes a system — structured prep, strategic networking, and real practice under pressure.

Free to start · No credit card required

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Which firms are you targeting?
Strategy/MBB
McKinsey
BCG
Bain
Big 4 Consulting
Deloitte S&O
EY-Parthenon
Strategy&
Strategy Firms
Oliver Wyman
L.E.K.
Kearney
3 firms selected
McKinsey
No Contacts
0 contacts
0 chats
BCG
Building
2 contacts
0 chats
Deloitte
Active
3 contacts
1 chats
AT
Alex Thompson
McKinsey · Associate
Relationship strength · 3 of 5
AI

Your client is a pharmaceutical company. Operating margins have declined from 22% to 14% over two years. How would you approach this?

I'd approach this as a profitability problem. Let me structure it around Revenue and Costs separately…

AI

Good structure. On the cost side — what specifically would you want to understand first?

Clarify
Structure
Analysis
Synthesis
Close
Season Planner
Moderate pace · 5 weeks out
12
tasks this wk
Mon3
Case rep
Tue4
Outreach
Wed5
Case rep
Fit story
Thu6
Light review
Fri7
McKinsey
R1
Ramps into review the day before each interview
CaseFitNetworkResumeFirmApps
Case68
Fit45
Network72
Resume81
Firm55
Apps60

Personalized for your target firms, timeline, and background.

The Problem

Consulting recruiting rewards those with a system.

The students who break in — regardless of school — ran a disciplined system. Playbook gives you that system.

Whether you’re at a school with a strong consulting pipeline or building one from scratch — this is how you do it right.

Doing It AloneWith Playbook
Scattered case practiceAI Coach, structured and on-demand
Cold outreach with no trackingNetwork tracker with follow-up reminders
Googling firm culture the night beforeFirm Intel — live briefs and interview reports
Rebuilding your resume from scratchConsulting-specific templates and feedback
Improvising fit interview answersStory bank mapped to what firms actually evaluate
No sense of pacingSeason planner, built backward from your interview dates

Whether you’re at a target school or not, most students are figuring this out with a spreadsheet and good intentions. Playbook gives you the system.

What’s Inside

Everything. Structured.

Six tools. One system. Everything the consulting club curriculum covers — built for the student who never had one.

The Full Curriculum

Eight tracks covering every stage — from consulting basics to advanced case prep. The consulting club curriculum, written for the students who never had one.

2 of 8 tracks · 18%
01Consulting 101Complete
02Recruiting MechanicsIn Progress
03Resume & Cover LetterNot Started
04Networking MasterclassNot Started

Your Connection Engine

A purpose-built CRM for consulting recruiting. Track every contact, log every coffee chat, and know exactly how well-networked you are at each target firm.

Firm Coverage
McKinseyActive3 contacts · 2 chats
BCGBuilding1 contact · 0 chats
DeloitteNo Contacts

Your Personal Case Partner

An AI interviewer available 24/7 — no scheduling, no no-shows. Practice cases, get scored feedback, and improve faster than you would with a book.

AI

Where would you start your analysis?

I'd focus on the cost side first…

Structure
4/5

Resume That Gets You In

Start from a consulting-ready template or upload your own and get line-by-line AI feedback calibrated to one-page, action-verb, quantified-result standards.

Before

Helped with financial analysis

AfterSTAR-C

Led cost model that identified $2M in savings, reducing overhead by 18%

Never Miss a Deadline

Track every application across every firm with deadline alerts and status tracking. Full Cycle members also get a season planner that schedules cases, chats, and fit reps backward from their locked interview dates.

Researching
BCG
Applied
McKinsey
7 days left
Interviewing
Deloitte
R1 Scheduled
SPRINT

Your Story, Sharpened

Build a story bank mapped to the PEI dimensions firms actually score — leadership, personal impact, entrepreneurial drive — and practice behavioral interviews with AI feedback.

Story Themes
Leadership
Teamwork
Analytical
Failure/Growth
Ambiguity
Personal Drive
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Your Progress, Made Visible

Watch your readiness score grow in real time.

Six dimensions. One radar chart. Every case you practice, every contact you add, every coffee chat you log — it all moves your score. You always know exactly where you stand and what to do next.

  • Case Skills
  • Fit Storytelling
  • Networking
  • Resume Quality
  • Firm Knowledge
  • Applications
CaseFitNetworkResumeFirmApps

The Process

Three steps. One recruiting season.

Take the diagnostic

Answer 8 questions. Get a personalized readiness score across 6 dimensions and a plan built for your timeline.

Follow your plan

Cases, networking, applications, fit prep — structured and sequenced. Everything the consulting club curriculum covers, built for someone without one.

Convert your interviews

Lock in interview dates and prep the way top candidates do — new reps early, review mode the day before. Full Cycle members get a planner that rebuilds their week around those dates automatically.

Your recruiting season is counting down.

Start with the free plan. No credit card required.

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