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University of California, Berkeley: consulting and finance club recruiting
Consulting and finance club recruiting at University of California, Berkeley: how the clubs recruit, what their processes ask for, and where to start. The dossier below carries the sourced facts on record for this school, each with its source named. Two calendars run this process, one for consulting and one for finance, and the free Timeline and Targeting level lays both out by class year.
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Sourced facts
Berkeley Consulting describes itself as UC Berkeley's student management consultancy started in 1996, advising organizations from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups and non-profits. The site states members build consulting abilities and problem-solving skills they carry into tech, banking, and public service.
Berkeley Consulting home, https://bc.studentorg.berkeley.edu/ (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200).
The Berkeley Group (TBG) describes itself as founded in 2003, UC Berkeley's premier student-run consulting organization for the social sector. It states it recruits at the beginning of each semester; uses a holistic detailed approach to assess applicants; and runs semester-long projects with about 6-person teams and a custom Statement of Work.
The Berkeley Group home, https://theberkeleygroup.org/ (accessed 2026-10-23; HTTP 200).
General guidance
The guidance below holds for competitive consulting and finance clubs as a category. Confirm dates and steps on the club's own page or with its officers before you rely on them.
- Competitive clubs at most schools recruit once or twice a year, usually early in the fall and sometimes again in the spring. The window is short and often announced only on club channels, so join the mailing lists in your first weeks on campus.
- Club applications usually ask for a resume and short written answers, and interviews usually pair a behavioral conversation with a short case or a market sizing question. Treat it as a first recruiting cycle, because it is one.
- If your school has no consulting or finance club with a real application process, project based experience carries the same weight: student consulting groups, investment funds, case competitions, and research roles.
- Confirm every date and step on the club's own page or with its officers. This dossier adds school specific facts only when an official source supports them.