PwC has two quite different consulting routes, and the most important thing on this page is to know which one you're applying to:
- Strategy&, PwC's strategy consulting business, formerly Booz & Company. Closer to MBB.
- PwC Consulting, the wider practice: technology, operations, people, risk and transformation work for large organisations.
They recruit separately. If you want strategy, apply to Strategy&. If you want to work on making big changes happen inside organisations, PwC Consulting is the one.
What PwC Consulting looks for
- Evidence you can work in big teams and with people very different from you. A part-time job dealing with customers counts. So does a volunteering role.
- Interest in how organisations change: a technology rollout you saw, a restructure at a company you worked for, a society you reorganised.
- Strong basics: grades, one page, numbers.
PwC also uses online tests early in its process. Practise them. Plenty of good CVs fall at that stage.