Lesson 1 of 2 Last reviewed 28 September 2026 10 min

The firms, the timelines, and the languages

Offices by country, local firms, how and when hiring happens, languages, and entry titles.

Firm processes and online tests change from year to year and differ by office. Use this to prepare, and confirm the exact current steps on the firm's own careers page.

Key takeaways

Mexico: McKinsey, BCG, and Bain (Mexico City and Monterrey), plus Kearney, Oliver Wyman, and Roland Berger (Mexico City).
Colombia: McKinsey (Bogotá and Medellín), BCG, Bain, Kearney, and Oliver Wyman (Bogotá).
Falconi, a Brazilian management consultancy founded in 1984.
Integration Consulting, a strategy and management consultancy with offices in São Paulo, Mexico City, Santiago, and Buenos Aires, as well as Europe and the US.
Visagio, founded in 2003, with offices in Brazil and Australia, which combines management consulting with technology.

Checked on 2026-09-28

This lesson was checked against the sources listed at the end, official pages first. Firm processes change between offices, roles, and years, so use it as a guide and confirm the details in your invitation and with your recruiter.

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Global firms by country (official office pages, checked 2026-09-28)

Brazil: McKinsey (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Belo Horizonte), BCG and Bain (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro), Kearney, Oliver Wyman, and Roland Berger (São Paulo; Roland Berger since 1976), and Strategy& (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro).
Mexico: McKinsey, BCG, and Bain (Mexico City and Monterrey), plus Kearney, Oliver Wyman, and Roland Berger (Mexico City). Bain says its Mexico City office also serves Central America and the Caribbean.
Colombia: McKinsey (Bogotá and Medellín), BCG, Bain, Kearney, and Oliver Wyman (Bogotá).
Chile: McKinsey, BCG, and Bain (Santiago).
Argentina: McKinsey, BCG, and Bain (Buenos Aires). Arthur D. Little lists Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico.
McKinsey also lists offices in Lima, Montevideo, Quito, Panama City, San José, Guatemala City, and Santo Domingo, and BCG has an office in Lima.
Deloitte, EY (including EY-Parthenon), KPMG, PwC, and Accenture work through member firms or offices in each of these countries. For example, KPMG Brazil lists 21 office cities.

Latin American firms (from their own websites)

Falconi, a Brazilian management consultancy founded in 1984.
Integration Consulting, a strategy and management consultancy with offices in São Paulo, Mexico City, Santiago, and Buenos Aires, as well as Europe and the US.
Visagio, founded in 2003, with offices in Brazil and Australia, which combines management consulting with technology.
C&M Consultores in Colombia and Peru, and Montblanc Consulting in Santiago.
We have not reviewed the interview process at these firms. Read each firm's careers page.

How and when hiring happens

Bain Brasil, 2026 cycle (its press release of 28 July 2026): applications closed 30 August 2026, an online test ran 2 to 7 September, and case interviews followed in September and October, two online and two in person. Roles: Associate Consultant, Associate Consultant Intern (6 to 12 months), and Summer Associate Consultant Intern (8 to 12 weeks, for students in their second-to-last year at schools outside the city of São Paulo).
BCG Brasil: applications closed 9 September, with online tests on 11 and 12 September. The test lasts 75 minutes, with 10 GMAT-style questions, 10 business case questions, and 42 English questions. Associates must graduate by July 2027; interns between December 2027 and July 2028.
McKinsey Brazil lists a Business Analyst Intern role in São Paulo lasting 8 to 12 months, for students graduating from about December 2027 to mid-2028. McKinsey's pages did not load in our latest check, so confirm the dates on the posting.
BCG Mexico runs two Associate recruiting processes a year, each timed to the start of a semester; its international page gives them as January to March and August to September. BCG Brasil describes two cycles, February to April and June to September. In Buenos Aires, Santiago, Bogotá, and Lima, BCG hires Associates year-round in two campaigns (February to March and August to September), and Summer Associate applications close in November for an internship from May to July.
Long internships during the degree are a common route in, especially in Brazil. Academic years differ: in Chile, Argentina, and Brazil the university year starts around March (for example, the University of Chile's 2026 year runs from 2 March 2026 to 29 January 2027), so graduation dates, and therefore start dates, differ from the Northern Hemisphere.

Language

Brazil: McKinsey's Business Analyst Intern posting asks for English and Portuguese. BCG Brasil says one part of its test and part of one first-round interview are in English, which suggests the rest of the process is in Portuguese.
Mexico: BCG Mexico runs its online case in English. A BCG Mexico program for women in 2024 asked for native or fluent Spanish plus business English.
Expect to use both languages: Portuguese or Spanish with clients, and English for tests and some interviews. Practice cases in both.

Entry titles seen

McKinsey Brazil: Business Analyst Intern, Junior Business Analyst, Business Analyst, and Fellow Associate. McKinsey in Spanish-speaking Latin America: Business Analyst Intern, Business Analyst, Junior Associate, and Associate.
Bain Brasil: Associate Consultant, Associate Consultant Intern, and Summer Associate Consultant Intern.
BCG Brasil: Associate, Intern, and the Black@BCG program. BCG Mexico: Associate (graduates with up to 3 years of experience) and Consultant (MBA).

Entry titles by firm (what the firms call the first consulting job)

Entry titles by firm (what the firms call the first consulting job)
Firm	Bachelor's or master's entry	MBA entry	Where we checked
McKinsey & Company	Business Analyst (fellow and intern roles also exist)	Associate	mckinsey.com student career pages
BCG	Associate (Senior Associate for many PhD students)	Consultant	careers.bcg.com early-career and job pages
Bain & Company	Associate Consultant	Consultant	bain.com hiring-process pages
Roland Berger	Junior Consultant	Read the job posting	rolandberger.com job postings
EY-Parthenon (US)	Associate Program	Consultant Program (check eligibility)	ey.com US EY-Parthenon career pages
KPMG (UK)	Strategy Graduate Programme (per a 2019 KPMG brochure; check the current posting)	Read the job posting	kpmgcareers.co.uk
All other firms here	Varies by country and team	Varies by country and team	Read the job posting for your office

So-what

Titles differ by office and country, so always read the posting for the office you apply to.

Last reviewed: 2026-09-28. Sources, official pages first. "Reported" means a secondary source, not the firm or government itself.

Bain Brasil: 2026 selection process for students and recent graduates (press release, 28 July 2026, in Portuguese) (official): https://www.bain.com/pt-br/about/media-center/press-releases/south-america/2026/bain--company-abre-inscricoes-para-processo-seletivo-voltado-para-estudantes-e-recem-formados/
BCG Brasil: application process (in Portuguese) (official): https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/locations/brazil/application-process
BCG Mexico: careers (official): https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/locations/mexico
BCG: International opportunities, application timing and languages by country (official): https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/locations/united-kingdom/international-opportunities
BCG Mexico: Women@BCG boot camp (2024) (official): https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/locations/mexico/womens-boot-camp
BCG: Offices (official): https://www.bcg.com/offices/default
Bain: Offices (official): https://www.bain.com/offices/
Bain: Mexico City office (official): https://www.bain.com/offices/mexico-city/
McKinsey: Careers in Brazil (official): https://www.mckinsey.com/br/careers/careers-in-brazil
McKinsey: Careers in Hispanoamerica (official): https://www.mckinsey.com/locations/south-america/careers-in-hispanoamerica
McKinsey: Business Analyst Intern, Brazil (job posting) (official): https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/search-jobs/jobs/businessanalystintern-37776
Kearney: Locations (official): https://www.kearney.com/about/locations
Oliver Wyman: Americas locations (official): https://www.oliverwyman.com/our-expertise/global-locations/americas.html
Roland Berger: Brazil (official): https://www.rolandberger.com/en/Locations/Brazil/News/
Roland Berger: Mexico (official): https://www.rolandberger.com/en/Locations/Mexico/
Arthur D. Little: Locations (official): https://www.adlittle.com/en/locations
Strategy& Brasil (in Portuguese) (official): https://www.strategyand.pwc.com/br/pt.html
KPMG Brazil: Offices (in Portuguese) (official): https://kpmg.com/br/pt/about/offices.html
EY-Parthenon Brazil careers (in Portuguese) (official): https://www.ey.com/pt_br/careers/parthenon
Falconi: History (in Portuguese) (official): https://falconi.com/historia/
Integration Consulting (official): https://www.integrationconsulting.com/
Visagio (official): https://www.visagio.com/
C&M Consultores (official): https://cmconsultores.com.co/en/
Montblanc Consulting (official): https://montblancchile.com/en/home/
BCG: Brazil, a changing world is a historic opportunity (November 2025) (official): https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/a-changing-world-is-a-historic-opportunity-for-brazil
BCG: Shifting dynamics of nearshoring in Mexico (September 2024) (official): https://www.bcg.com/publications/2024/shifting-dynamics-of-nearshoring-in-mexico
Brazil: Lei 11.788 of 25 September 2008, the internship law (in Portuguese) (official government source): https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2007-2010/2008/lei/l11788.htm
Brazil Ministry of Foreign Affairs: work visa VITEM V (official government source): https://www.gov.br/mre/pt-br/embaixada-varsovia/visto-de-trabalho-vitem-v
Mexico INM: visa by job offer, FAQ (in Spanish) (official government source): https://www.gob.mx/inm/documentos/preguntas-frecuentes-para-solicitar-visa-por-oferta-de-empleo
Chile National Migration Service: temporary residence for paid work (official government source): https://serviciomigraciones.cl/en/residencia-temporal-permit/subcategories/remunerated-activities/
Banco Central do Brasil: about Pix (in Portuguese) (official government source): https://www.bcb.gov.br/estabilidadefinanceira/pix-sobre
US Geological Survey: Chile minerals (official government source): https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/chile
Universidad de Chile: 2026 academic calendar (in Spanish) (official): https://uchile.cl/presentacion/asuntos-academicos/pregrado/calendario-academico/calendario-academico
Reported: UN ECLAC, critical minerals and the energy transition (December 2024): https://www.cepal.org/en/insights/critical-minerals-energy-transition-and-electromobility-economic-development-opportunities
Reported: Mexico Business News, Bain on discount retail growth in Mexico (June 2026): https://mexicobusiness.news/ecommerce/news/mexico-discount-retail-set-8-annual-growth-bain-company

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