Hi there,

Nice work and good on you for trying to prepare!

In my mind, you can only prepare for the interview stage. Once you get an offer, you can't really prepare in any meaningful way for the actual job.

Expectation is for you as an intern is ultimately to demonstrate a good attitude and a steep learning curve throughout your projects and OTB assignments.

You're not expected to come with a ton of knowledge or skills beyond what you already demonstrated during the interview stage.

As for COVID, it's pretty much back to the client again!

Best of luck!

Hi there, 

I wrote an article on this here: https://www.preplounge.com/en/articles/entry-level-consultant-what-is-it-like

Hope you find it useful!

Best,

Cristian

Hello!

Happy to help here, since I was an intern for McK in Madrid, and then continued full time after graduation. 

Something that surprised me is that what they expect from the intern is to really be one more person in the team, adding value almost from day0. 

As with other consultants, there is no knowledge expectation or anything like that, but there is the expectation that you absorb everything from the very beginning and start adding value soon. 

The great thing is that they will give you a lot of coaching and a lot of training. 

Hope it helps!

Cheers, 

Clara

Hey there ,

It will depend on the project that you are staffed on. For interns they will not expect you to have much advanced knowledge on any topic but have a conscientious work ethic and be open to learn and be coached. Typically most projects do involve some type of modeling and slide design so would be good to brush up your Excel and powerpoint skills 

Thanks 

Ashwin 

There is no standard answer to this as it varies a lot by firm but in my opinion the following is usually true. 

• Interns are usually treated really well and the idea is to make you excited to come back and work in the firm after graduation 
• As a result you should be staffed in a study with a real need and with clear workstreams that you can drive forward. 
• You will also be mentored by the manager and by others to ensure that you are constantly learning and grading during your time there.

All in all companies work very hard to ensure that interns have a good experience at the firm. As a rule interns are not expected to know a lot before joining so the more you can bring to the table through excel and data analysis skills the better it will be for you. 

All the best, 

Udayan