To be considered for NGWL Europe, you must:

• Be based in or have strong ties to Europe.
• Be a bachelor’s, master’s, PhD, or MBA student graduating no later than 2026 OR a professional with up to eight years of work experience.

To apply, please submit the following by March 26, 2025:

• Resume in English. This should include details of your education and grades, work experience, extracurricular activities, and achievements.
• Your preferred office location (based on geographic or industry ties) OR business function (based on industry experience). When you apply, you will choose up to three office locations or business functions that will review your application (see the next bullet point for the list of participating offices/practices). We advise you to make your choices based on geographic or industry ties (e.g., you have studied or lived in the country), or you have work experience in the industry. You should also be fluent in the local language.
• Transcripts including grades (depending on your preferred office/function).
• Offices and business functions requiring most recent university transcripts (e.g., Masters): Budapest, Bucharest, Lisbon, Prague, Warsaw, Zagreb, McKinsey Digital (Lisbon), Orphoz, Client Capabilities Network
• Offices and business functions requiring all university transcripts: Athens, Geneva, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Zurich, McKinsey Digital (Italy, Madrid, Switzerland), Transformation, Global Energy & Materials (GEM), Private Capital (Italy, Madrid), Risk & Resilience, Quantum Black and Leap, Strategy & Corporate Finance (Italy)
• Offices and business functions requiring high school and university transcripts: Amsterdam, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Germany (Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart), Helsinki, London, Luxemburg, Lyon, Paris, Stockholm, Oslo, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Growth, Marketing & Sales, Private Capital (BeNeLux, Germany), Operations, McKinsey Digital (BeNeLux, Germany, Vienna), Strategy & Corporate Finance (Germany), Social Sector, Healthcare, and Public Entities (SHaPE)

As part of the application process, you will be asked to complete an online digital assessment that will last about 110 minutes. This does not require any preparation or prior business knowledge. More details will be shared after submitting your application.