You can write strong confidential-work bullets by describing the problem, your action, scale, and outcome without naming the client or disclosing protected figures. Precision does not require sensitive information.

Use ranges, percentages, relative improvements, or non-identifying scale when those are permitted. If even that is restricted, describe the decision your work supported and the complexity you handled.

For example, instead of naming a client and exact savings, you could say you analyzed a multi-market cost base and identified opportunities that informed an executive cost-reduction plan.

Follow your confidentiality obligations first. Then make the bullet as concrete as you safely can, focusing on what you personally did and why it mattered. The interviewer should be able to see what you would actually do next, not just hear a general principle. For more detail, see the consulting resume guide.

Percentages and ranges can sometimes show scale without exposing confidential numbers.

Would you avoid even naming the industry if the client is easy to identify?