Kearney 2028 Summer Business Analyst Application: Dates & Resume

Applying to Kearney for summer 2028? Kearney's undergraduate internship in the US is the Summer Business Analyst Intern, for students in their junior year. Check your resume below, then read when Kearney takes applications, what to send and what happens after you submit.

A student working on a laptop on the sunlit porch steps of an old wooden campus house in late summer, a printed cover letter on a clipboard beside them, bicycles leaning on the railing behind. — For summer 2027, Kearney's US Summer Business Analyst Intern applications closed Aug 23, 2026.

Key facts

Last deadline: For summer 2027, applications opened around Jul 21, 2026 and closed Aug 23, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Central.^5,7
Who it is for: Undergraduates in their junior year, so summer 2028 is for students graduating in 2029.¹
Offices: The summer 2027 intern role was only for the Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Toronto offices.^1,2
Practices: You rank Kearney's practices in the application, from the General Practice to Strategic Operations, Digital & Analytics and Private Equity & Principal Investors.^1,5
Documents: Plan on a resume, a cover letter and an unofficial transcript. US postings take .doc or .pdf files.⁵
Work authorization: Kearney cannot consider Business Analyst candidates who need visa sponsorship now or in the future, including STEM OPT extensions.¹
Pay: The summer 2027 intern base salary was $8,300 a month, for a 10-week internship with a dedicated mentor.^1,2

Kearney programs on the tracker

Live from the Intervyo tracker, so the dates update as Kearney posts them.

2028 Summer Analyst Program: Dates not announced yet
2028 Full-Time Analyst Program: Dates not announced yet

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Kearney posted its interview dates with the job: for summer 2027, virtual first rounds ran Sep 9 to 15, 2026 and virtual final rounds on Sep 25 or Oct 2, 2026. A separate Chicago PERLab Summer Business Analyst Intern 2027 posting had a Dec 1, 2026 deadline.^1,6

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What the Kearney online application looks like

Mark the summer window
For summer 2027, Kearney's US intern posting opened around Jul 21, 2026 and closed Aug 23, 2026, with the interview dates printed in the posting. Expect summer 2028 to open in late July 2027 and close in late August.^5,7,1
Check the offices
The summer 2027 intern role was only for Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Toronto, a shorter list than the full-time Business Analyst role. Check which offices the summer 2028 posting covers before you plan around one.^1,5
Rank the practices
The application asks you to rank Kearney's practices, such as Consumer Industry and Retail, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Strategic Operations and the General Practice, which works across industries without specializing. Rank the one you can talk about first.^1,5
Write a cover letter for your first choice
Plan on a one-page cover letter, a resume and an unofficial transcript. Name the practice you ranked first and the office you want, and say why.⁵
Straight after you submit
Expect the first-round invitation from a Kearney recruiter in the weeks after the deadline. Some offices send an online test first, so watch your email in late August.^1,6,9,13
Then two rounds of interviews
Kearney's consulting interviews are four to five behavioral and case interviews, run by consultants. For summer 2027, both rounds were virtual and fell within about six weeks of the deadline.^3,1

What the application asks

Office Required: One of the offices on the posting; for summer 2027, Chicago, New York, San Francisco or Toronto.
Practice ranking Required: Your order of preference across Kearney's practices, inside the form.
Resume Required: One page, .doc or .pdf.
Cover letter Plan on one: One page, for your first-choice practice and office.
Transcript Plan on one: An unofficial copy is fine.

The offices and practice ranking come from the summer 2027 posting; the document list comes from Hacking the Case Interview's reading of the 2027 postings. The form sits behind a login, so check each field when you open it.^1,5

Kearney resume checklist

One page, saved as a PDF or .doc, with no objective or summary line.
Education first: school, degree written out, a 2029 graduation date, GPA to two decimals.
Experience newest first, every bullet starting with a verb and ending with what changed.
At least one bullet on an operations, cost or data problem you worked on.
Leadership over membership: what you ran, fixed or built.
An interests line with one or two specific, real passions.
A one-page cover letter naming the practice you ranked first and why.
An unofficial transcript ready to upload.
Every line true and yours, and ready to talk about for a minute.

What to put on it

Kearney says it looks beyond application forms and scores to the person, so the resume and cover letter should show what drives you as well as what you did. Put Education first while you are a student, then experience, leadership and skills. The examples below are Intervyo rewrites of common resume lines, not questions from the form.^3,4,14

Education: School, degree, graduation month and year, and GPA. First on the page while you are a student.
Experience: Internships and jobs, newest first, each bullet saying what changed because of your work.
Leadership and activities: Roles where you owned an outcome, plus a real interest or two.
Skills and interests: Excel, data tools, languages and the passions you would talk about in an interview.

Example questions and how to answer them

Experience bullet"Rewrite this bullet: "Helped the operations team with inventory.""^14,5

1Start with a verb for what you did yourself: mapped, counted, modeled, redesigned.
2Name the operations problem in plain words.
3Add scale with one defensible number.
4End with what changed.

Tip: Kearney is known for operations, cost and supply chain work, so an operations bullet with a number reads as close to the job.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Mapped reorder points for 350 parts at a regional HVAC distributor and flagged 40 that ran out more than twice a quarter; the new reorder levels cut stockouts by a third in two months.

Education line"Rewrite this education line: "Purdue, IE, 3.5, May 2029""^14,1

1University and location on the first line.
2Degree written out, with the expected graduation month and year.
3GPA to two decimals with the scale.
4An optional line for honors or relevant coursework.

Tip: Summer 2028 interns are juniors, so most will show a 2029 date.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, expected May 2029. GPA: 3.52/4.00 Relevant coursework: Supply Chain Systems, Operations Research, Engineering Economics

Skills and interests"Rewrite this interest line: "Interests: running, cooking, travel.""^3,4,11,14

1Pick the one or two interests you could talk about for five minutes.
2Make each one specific.
3Add a detail that shows commitment or a result.
4Cut anything generic.

Tip: Kearney asks about your passions in interviews, and recent behavioral questions have asked about hobbies. A specific interest line gives the interviewer an easy, real opening.

Example answer, written by Intervyo (not a real candidate)

Interests: marathon running (Chicago Marathon 2025, 3:41); cooking regional Mexican food for a 12-person supper club I host each month.

From cover letter to interview"Why Kearney, and why that practice?"^4,5

1One sentence on what draws you to consulting.
2One reason specific to Kearney, such as its operations work or a conversation you had.
3Why the practice you ranked first, tied to a class, job or project.
4Close on the office you chose.

Tip: Kearney says it is not looking for the candidate with the most consulting buzzwords. Keep the cover letter and your spoken answer specific and in your own words.

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How long to hear back after the online application

Kearney prints its interview dates in the posting, so the wait is short and fixed. For summer 2027, first rounds started about two and a half weeks after the deadline.^1,5

Sep 2026 (summer 2027)
Summer Business Analyst Intern, posting
Virtual first rounds Sep 9 to 15, 2026; virtual final rounds Sep 25 or Oct 2, 2026. A recruiter emails invitations to schedule.¹
Aug 2026
Analyst, Chicago
One sitting with an associate and then a partner an hour later, each a behavioral and a case. Less than a month in all.⁸
Sep 2025
Analyst, San Francisco
A skills test, two back-to-back case interviews, then a final round of behavioral and case questions, in less than a month.⁹
Sep 2022
Business Analyst, Chicago
Applied online; two rounds and an accepted offer in one to two months.¹⁰
Oct 2018
Summer Business Analyst, New York
A resume and cover letter drop, a first round on campus, a second round at the office, and an offer call about four hours later.¹²

For summer 2026, the deadline fell in September 2025 and first rounds started Oct 6, 2025, so the calendar moved about a month earlier for summer 2027.⁶

Best guessExpect summer 2028 first rounds in early to mid-September 2027 and a decision within days of the final round. If you hear nothing by the first-round dates in the posting, a short note to your campus recruiter is reasonable.

What happens after the online application

Online applicationYou are here
This page. An office, a practice ranking, a resume, a cover letter and a transcript.^1,5
Online test (some offices)
Some offices send a timed online test before interviews; San Francisco (2025) and Dallas (2021) processes included a skills test.^6,9,13
First-round interviews
Two interviews, usually one behavioral and one case, with associates and managers. Virtual for summer 2027.^1,6,10,13
Final-round interviews
Usually two cases and a behavioral interview, with a partner among the interviewers. Virtual for summer 2027.^1,10,13

Summer intern vs full-time Business Analyst

Both roles shared a deadline and interview dates for summer 2027 and 2027 starts. The intern role is for juniors and covers fewer offices.

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