Alejandro Vázquez Ibáñez

HBS ‘28 | I’ll help you tell your story the way admissions wants to hear it

Harvard Business School
Bain & Company

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About

I help people get into the rooms they’re aiming for, whether that’s a top MBA program, an MBB offer, or the next step in their career. I’m a current HBS MBA student, spent four years at Bain & Company in Spain and the US, and invested in energy-transition startups in VC before that. I coach three things: MBA admissions (story, school strategy, essays and interviews), consulting recruiting (cases, fit interviews and resumes), and career pivots. Working with me is direct and structured, but always friendly. We start by understanding where you are and where you want to go, then build a clear plan and work through it step by step. You’ll get honest feedback, concrete next steps after every session, and someone genuinely in your corner. Sessions are in English or Spanish, and the first intro call is free!

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Alejandro’s MBA Qualifications

Welcome to my profile! I’m a current MBA student at Harvard Business School (Class of 2028), and my path here was anything but linear. I studied engineering at a public university in Spain, moved into venture capital, and then spent 4 years at Bain & Company in Spain and the US. Along the way I had to figure out how to explain those jumps across countries and languages, so I know firsthand how tricky it can be to turn a non-traditional profile into a story that clicks with admissions committees. I’ve coached several applicants on their essays and application strategy, and all of them landed offers at M7 US MBA programs, including HBS and Wharton. I love working with anyone with a great story to tell - I can especially relate to international applicants, engineers and career switchers, but I’m happy to help anyone motivated to land a spot at their dream school. I’ll be honest and direct with my feedback, and I’ll always be in your corner. Feel free to book a free intro call, I’d love to hear about your goals!

Alejandro can help with:

Application Strategy

Cover Letters

Editing

Essays

Financial Aid & Scholarships

Interviews

Networking Strategy

Resume

School Selection

Secondary Review

Testing & Assessments

Why do I coach?

I came from a public engineering school in Valencia, with no network in consulting, investing or business school. Nobody around me had done any of it, so I figured out most steps on my own, and the few people who took the time to help me made all the difference. For 5+ years, I’ve tried to be that person for others, coaching young professionals on their careers through my universities’ alumni programs and privately. At Bain, I also joined the hiring side - screening resumes and interviewing candidates. That’s where I saw how many smart people get rejected, not for lack of talent, but for things nobody ever told them. Since then, I’ve coached candidates into consulting and helped several applicants with their MBA essays and strategy. All of them got into M7 programs, including HBS and Wharton. I coach because the gap between getting in and not is often just knowing how the game works, and I want to pay forward what others did for me.

Work Experience

Consultant

Bain & Company

September 2022 - August 2026

Interviewer

- Started as an Associate Consultant, promoted twice to Consultant, and ranked in the top 10% of my class. Worked across the Private Equity Group, AI transformation, strategy and operational turnarounds, in retail, technology, consumer products, industrials, energy and education. Cases spanned +10 countries across the US, Europe, and the Middle East. - I screened resumes, interviewed candidates, ran mock case interviews and coached new hires.

Investment Analyst

Alantra

February 2022 - September 2022

Investment Analyst at late-stage VC fund investing in energy-transition companies across the US and Europe (part of Alantra, a global mid-market investment bank and asset manager with €16B in alternative AuM). Participated in several investments end-to-end, from diligence to signing.

Alejandro was also given offers to work at

Boston Consulting Group
McKinsey
McKinsey & Company

Education

Harvard Business School

MBA, Business

2026 - 2028

Admitted to Harvard Business School as an international, engineering-background applicant. My own application had to explain three moves - engineering to VC investing to consulting - across two countries and three languages of work. I have also coached admissions directly: I helped a fellow applicant with no coach get into the same HBS class as me, reviewing his essays line by line and proposing the changes that elevated them. He got in. Strong fit for: internationals, engineers and other technical profiles, career switchers, and reapplicants who need a sharper story.

Universidad Politécnica de Cataluna

MSc in Engineering , Mechanical Engineering

2020 - 2021

Graduated with Honors in Engineering of Thermal and Fluid Systems. My master’s thesis received the Best Engineering Master Thesis Award

Rotterdam School of Management

MSc in Management, Business

2019 - 2020

Graduated Cum Laude. The degree that took me from engineering into business. Led a student team on a consulting project.

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

BSc in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

2014 - 2018

Undergrad technical foundation, including an international exchange at TUHH Hamburg, Germany.