What kind of projects do Strategy Consultant graduates do in their first year?

While I am not in strategy consulting I work with them closely. You would work on various projects for various clients really. It is possible that you would work on a Commercial Due Diligence for a client to facilitate a transaction or help a business with some strategy initiatives which is more typical consulting work. You would be allocated to a sector and you would become somewhat of a specialist in that field. As an 1st year graduate you would support the data analysis around these projects in Excel and would gain deeper understanding around the day to days and around your sector and clients. As a first year they only expect you to be willing to learn, have basic Excel and Power Point skills and be enthusiastic

Thank you, Bernadett, that's really helpful. Do you also know if in this pathway there are opportunities for professional development beyond the initial training, like extra qualifications?

As far as I know the strategy consulting branch does not offer professional qualification like ACCA. If you apply to Corporate Finance or Financial DIligence which is part of the same department you will be automatically enrolled into the Chartered Accountancy qualification. If you want to stay in consulting you can ask EY to sponsor your MBA after your graduate program; however that is not given to all people interested and granted only in exceptional cases.