We recruit one cohort each fall. New consultants join one of three teams (strategy, marketing, or design) and are placed onto real client engagements from there.
Online application goes live. Apply for one or more teams.
Our executive board provides a rundown of the application process in-person.
Meet our members and get to know them in a more casual group setting.
Two parts: a behavioral conversation and a team-specific case or portfolio review.
New cohort announced. Onboarding begins the next week.
Tell us a bit about you, why Bear, and which team you're most excited about.
A series of conversations with members about how you think, work in teams, and what you'd want to work on.
A short case oriented around your team of choice (Strategy / Marketing / Design) with the executive members.
Any UCLA undergraduate, any year, any major. We've had consultants from CS, design, business economics, public affairs, English, materials science. We look for interest, not major.
No. Most of our cohort has none. We onboard everyone with the same core training in research, frameworks, and storytelling before placing you on a project.
Yes. You can rank Strategy, Marketing, and Design on the application, and we'll route your interviews accordingly.
Roughly 4–6 hours a week during a project (but this number fluctuates). A weekly team meeting, a client check-in, and async work.
We hold one main recruitment in fall. Occasionally we open a small winter or spring round if a team has capacity. those get announced on Instagram.