300+
Real interviews conducted by our coaches
Not mock cases. Real candidates, interviewed and scored at leading consulting firms, for real offers. That is the bar we train you to.
Consulting interview preparation
They’ve sat across the table. Now they’re in your corner.
Prepare with the people who made the hiring decisions. Seniors from leading consulting firms train you against the real bar.
Who is The Shortlist
Every candidate wants to make the shortlist. We draw it up.
Consulting interview preparation led by seniors from leading consulting firms.
Our coaches interview candidates, score them, and sit in the room where offers are decided. Now they prepare you for that room.
By the numbers
The people who decide, in numbers.
2to10years
Of consulting experience across our coaches
Seniors from leading consulting firms, from those who sat your interview not long ago to those who now run the panel. You are matched with the experience your round calls for.
The room has changed
The filter is not talent. It is preparation.
There are fewer positions and stronger candidate pools. Frameworks alone no longer set anyone apart, because everyone walks in with the same ones. What separates an offer from a polite rejection now is how you prepared, and who you prepared with.
Fewer positions
Firms are hiring more selectively, and every seat is contested.
Stronger pools
The field is better read and better rehearsed than ever.
Frameworks are not enough
Knowing them gets you in the room. It no longer gets you the offer.
Two services
Learn the craft, then prove it.
Service one · Learn the craft
The Playbook
The taught craft, tailored to your background and target firm.
- Live insight on who is hiring, and for what
- Case frameworks, technical and fit training
- The recruitment process, stage by stage
Service two · Prove it under pressure
The Room
Observed practice with a senior who scores you against the real bar.
- One to one cases for your firm and practice
- Observed and scored on six dimensions
- A written scorecard within 24 hours
Learn through The Playbook, then prove it in The Room. Either can be taken on its own.
Why The Shortlist
Everyone else teaches you how to take the test. We are the people who set it.
The hiring
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We know the bar because we apply it
Our coaches are the ones who score candidates.
The feedback
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Scored the way panels score
Six dimensions. Where you would be cut.
The market
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Insight that moves with the market
Who is hiring, and what they test now.
The tailored
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Built around you, not a casebook
Your firm, your practice, adjusted as you go.
The interview is the only stage you control.
You’ll know what the people across the table are looking for, and how to make sure they see it in you.