All Consulting Internship slots full for the Summer?

Hey anonymous,

Let me just add to this conversation that in some markets there are also inhouse consultancies, that can be mapped to the Tier 1 / 2 / 3 logic, e.g. in Germany / US / China often Siemens Management Consulting (now Strategy unit of Siemens Advanta Consulting) is seen similar to a Tier 1 (MBB) consultancy with competitive salaries until the EM level.

Best

Simon

Hi Anonymous,

I agree with Srihari, they would have not invited you for interviews if there were no chances for you to get an offer. If that was the case, they would have waited more to give you a reply and then mention they are currently full, and propose to meet later on or the year after. What may have happened is that some of the firms may be unsure about the amount of projects they will sell in the summer, and not having them confirmed they prefer to keep open positions, in case they indeed sell the projects. It is not unusual for consulting firms to change the number of new hires substantially in few months, at least in certain geographies.

In general it is likely that will be more challenging for you to receive an offer if there are fewer slots; however, that would also depend on the number of people you will compete with you during the rounds. In any case, if your performance is excellent, it is very unlikely they will not take you for the internship even with very few or no slots available, as an investment for a potential future hire.

Best,

Francesco

Hey!

Concerning the time frame, it's not unusual to receive the offer about 1 month before the start of the internship, so I don't think that all slots are full for the summer. However, I can tell you from experience that in general it is quite hard to get a summer internship because of the high number of applicants and the low number of slots, at least for MBB, but I assume it is similar to OW, S& etc. Probably at Deutsche Bank Inhouse consulting you will have the highest chance, but this is just my gut feeling based on experiences of me and people I know. And if you are a really good candidate, you still have good chances either way.

Anyway, you got invited to the interviews, so congrats on that! Take the opportunity to get some connections, make a good impression to get the summer internship or maybe another position in the future.

Good luck and let me know how it went!