Consulting — MBB and Big Four Firms Expand Sophomore Internship Pipelines for 2026, Signaling Intensified Early-Career Talent Competition

Consulting · 2026-04-21

TODAY'S SIGNAL — The consulting talent pipeline is the dominant theme today. McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte, EY-Parthenon, and PwC are all running dedicated sophomore summer internship programs for 2026, a coordinated industry move to lock in top talent a full two years before graduation. This is not new in isolation, but the breadth of firms now competing at the sophomore level — spanning both…