How to Decide between Multiple Consulting Companies

Deciding between multiple companies — focus on consulting (Unsplash image)

Are you a student or experienced professional looking to enter the consulting industry? Or do you already have multiple job offers and don’t know which one to accept?

If so, this article is for you. Knowing exactly which firm you want to join is required to know where to apply and necessary when deciding between multiple offers.

In most cases, your gut feeling will allow you to make the right decision. Nevertheless, it’s a good idea to verify your intuitive preference with the result of a more “consulting-like” approach.

The approach proposed in this article consists of 3 steps:

1. Listing your decision criteria (“What do I care about?”)
2. Rating your criteria by importance (“How important are each of my criteria?”)
3. Scoring your target companies (“How does the company do on my criteria?”)

Step 1. List your decision criteria

Start by listing what matters to you (Unsplash image)

First things first: what matters to you when choosing a firm? Try to write down all your job criteria. I’ve listed 10 criteria as a starting point. The first one is project…