Students
Arete Career
Build a portfolio of real work.
- A project built from your CV and target role
- Competitions judged by professionals
- One portfolio link you can share
First project and first competition free, then £6 a month
Start freeArete Career + Solve & Hired by Arete
Real work,
instead of a CV.
Students build a portfolio of real work on Arete Career. Companies meet junior talent through a real problem on Solve & Hired. The portfolio connects the two.
Companies hiring juniors
See how your next hire works.
- One real problem, built around your junior role
- Meet up to five finalists in about three weeks
- Their work, decision record and a live Q&A
Pay when you hire. Your team makes the decision.
Start a Hiring ChallengeStudents from these universities have applied to and taken part in Arete.
Build your portfolio, one project at a time
From where you are
to work you can share.
Pick a role to see an example. Your own experience and target role shape the projects you receive.
An example for an aspiring investment analyst. Your own report shapes your starting point.
01
Understand your starting point
Your CV, target role and career report
02
Choose what to develop
Make and defend an investment recommendation
03
Build a project
An acquisition memo with an EV-to-equity bridge
04
Share your portfolio
Your work and written decisions, in a link you choose to share
Your CV helps personalise your career report. You choose what to publish in your portfolio.
550+
applications to our first Consulting Career Hackathon
15+
universities
6+
countries
Arete x Blackmont Consulting Career HackathonHired on the day
At the hackathon we co-hosted with Blackmont Consulting, Blackmont hired a finalist on the day of the final.
Our first final was judged by professionals with backgrounds at McKinsey, EY and Morgan Stanley.
Judges and mentors in our network have worked at
Arete Career
Work you can
point to.
A project built for you.
From your own CV and the role you want. It shows what you can already do and builds what's missing.
Competitions with real judges.
Present your thinking to professionals, and get feedback on how you reasoned.
A portfolio you keep.
Your projects and decisions in one link, shared like your LinkedIn.
Northfield × GreenCrateIllustrative examplePart 1 / Retention diagnosis
What would make this acquisition work?
58% leave within three months
I would start with retention. Revenue growth alone does not show whether GreenCrate's customers stay.
Evidence in the caseWhat I need to understand
58% leave within three monthsWhere the customer journey breaks
Churn begins in week 2Onboarding before pricing
Working question
Can Northfield improve retention enough to justify the acquisition?
An authored demonstration of the work and its record. No live AI or real candidate data.
Apply to companies with it.
Solve & Hired is where companies set real hiring problems. Apply with your portfolio link. Applications are always free; Career membership never affects selection.
In participants’ own words
Work you want to do.
A next step you care about.
From working through a personalised project to defending a recommendation in a hackathon.
About the hackathon
- Hackathon
What I appreciated the most was that this did not feel like a generic case exercise. The process challenged me to test assumptions, turn my research into a clear recommendation and a practical implementation plan.
Participant, Consulting Career Hackathon 2026 - Hackathon
It didn’t feel like another case competition. It felt like real work for a real company, and the feedback was about how I thought, not just what I handed in.
NYUBusiness - Hackathon
I grew more in these few weeks than in a semester of applications. And it wasn’t only practice: the work was seen by people who hire.
Cornell UniversityEconomics - Hackathon
I hadn’t seen anything like this before. A project made for my goals, real judges, and a clear path to actual opportunities.
WhartonBusiness
About the project
- Project
The first time I have done a project I actually wanted to do.
Participant - Project
I’ve never worked on something I genuinely enjoyed this much. The project was built around me, not a generic case, and I could see myself getting better at each step.
Imperial College LondonChemical Engineering - Project
For the first time, a project actually fitted the role I want. I tested my own assumptions, changed my mind when the data said so, and came out with work I’m proud to show.
UCLEconomics
Start free
A project. A competition.
A portfolio you keep.
Your first project and first competition are free. Then £6 a month.
- A project built for you
From your own CV and the role you want.
- A portfolio you keep
Your projects and decisions in one link.
- Apply to companies with it
Applying to Hiring Challenges is always free.
Your first step
Start free
FreeNo membership needed
- Your first project
- Your first competition
- A portfolio you can share
Keep building
Arete Career membership
£6per month
- Unlimited projects
- Unlimited competitions
- Your work and reasoning in one portfolio
Paying never buys a place. Selection is on your work.
Applying is always free. Paying for Arete Career never affects selection.
A few practical questions
Before we begin.
Is it free?
Your first project and first competition are free. After that, membership is £6 a month.
Do I need to be at a target university?
No. Arete Career is open to students from any university. Your portfolio gives you a way to show what you can do.
Can I use AI?
Yes. Your work shows how you used it.
How do I apply to companies?
Through Solve & Hired, with your Arete portfolio. Applying is free.
Who sees my work?
You choose when to publish your portfolio. Anyone with its link can view the published version. Private career-report details stay private; sharing challenge records is handled separately. See Data and consent.