We seek excellent candidates from a wide range of backgrounds to help us solve our clients' most critical business issues. McKinsey & Company is a challenging and vibrant place that requires work on difficult problems that often have no easy answers. But it is also a distinctive and fun environment for top talent to learn, experiment, and grow.

We are able to maintain our high level of professional skills by virtue of a rigorous selection process, followed by intensive, ongoing development and personal coaching after hire. McKinsey consultants are all outstanding university graduates, and more than half have completed at least part of their studies or previous professional life abroad.

When a candidate joins the firm, one or sometimes several partners take on the job of overseeing his or her development, from orientation to ongoing skills development across a broad spectrum of training opportunities. Work at McKinsey is team-based: new colleagues are coached and their development is supported by experienced team members while they work on our clients' most challenging business problems.