Amrit Hassaram

I help mid-career pros make their next move | Lived 6 pivots | Guided 40+

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Work with Amrit

Find the Career That Fits You, Not Just Your CV: 2-3 Evidence-Backed Paths
$1,150
Make Your Pivot Make Sense: Resume, LinkedIn and Pitch for Your Next Role
$1,350
Land the Role, Not Just the Interview: A 3-Month Job Search With a Coach
$1,850

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About

Most people who come to me don’t lack advice. Some are still deciding where to go next. Others know exactly where they want to be, and can’t seem to get there. Either way, it can feel overwhelming. That’s what I help with: finding the right move, and then actually making it. I’ve helped 40+ professionals transition into consulting, finance, product/tech, and retail/e-commerce, among others. At Booth, I also prepared 70+ classmates for consulting interviews, with 25 offers. A few examples: - A Big 4 finance transformation lead about to apply for an MBA moved into strategy consulting without one, saving ~$200K - An engineer in a technical oil and gas role went to Darden on scholarship, then McKinsey - A private equity investor left to try entrepreneurship, realized a year later it wasn’t the fit, and joined Point72 - A Booth MBA six months into a stalled product search landed product roles at TinyCo, Dropbox and Salesforce Throughout my career, I have been a derivatives trader, a McKinsey consultant, a commodities trader, an e-commerce executive, and a sportswear CEO across five countries. Some of these I planned; most happened to me. I have taken the wrong job, turned down the right one, and lived with both long enough to recognize the difference. I am direct because I’ve watched too many good decisions get lost in polite hedging. MBA ADMISSIONS On the MBA side, I have helped people apply to top programs since graduating from Booth in 2010, where I also served as an alumni admissions interviewer. My clients have earned 300+ admits and $12M in scholarships across every T15 school, LBS, and INSEAD. A few results: - A Microsoft engineer: admitted to Stanford GSB, Wharton, Kellogg and Yale, with scholarships at Kellogg and Yale - A McKinsey alum at Careem: Stanford GSB and Columbia - A GE Healthcare professional: Booth, Yale and Tuck, all three with scholarships - A lawyer-turned-founder rejected by 10+ schools the year before: Darden, with a $160K scholarship A few lines from my testimonials. - “Amrit’s striking attribute lies in his unapologetic honesty, a rarity in this field.” Kripanshi J., Stanford GSB and Wharton - “Before you lose yourself in your version of a perfect world or self-doubt, he acts as a voice of sanity.” Wasim S., Tuck, LBS, Ross and NYU Poet and Quants Top 40 2023

Amrit also coaches for MBA and Management Consulting. View all.

Amrit’s Career Coaching Qualifications

Coaches professionally

Experience level: Executive

100+ Career Coaching clients

As a former McKinsey interviewer, I’ve sat on the other side of the table, and I know how quickly a strong candidate gets lost in a weak story. I’ve also been the candidate, with 300+ interviews of my own across consulting, product and tech, strategy, business development, and finance. I’ve walked the paths many of my clients want to walk: derivatives and commodities trading, McKinsey, e-commerce leadership, and running a family-owned sports brand as CEO. My work starts with a discovery process to pin down the right direction, then moves into what I call the campaign: résumé, story, networking, cases, presentations, and interviews. I’m most useful if you’re: - Pivoting into consulting, finance, product, or strategy from another field - Targeting senior roles where your school or background doesn’t carry the brand recognition it should - Carrying a non-linear background that’s hard to explain - Returning to corporate after running your own business - Translating technical or entrepreneurial work into business language Many of my clients come back at their next crossroads, some for close to a decade.

Amrit can help with:

Career Planning

Cover Letters

General Exploration

Interview Prep

Job Search Strategies

Leadership

Networking Strategy

Professional Networking

Resume Review

Salary Negotiation

Skill Building

Why do I coach?

Somewhere between McKinsey’s case rooms, a derivatives trading floor and a CEO’s chair, a pattern kept repeating: real career highs followed by real, disorienting lows, the kind that don’t show up on a résumé. I describe this less as a string of setbacks and more as a slow, hard-won education in what actually mattered to me. When I didn’t make it to Engagement Manager at McKinsey and had to choose between a risky startup and a safe corporate job, one of my closest mentors told me to look at the worst-case scenario for each option and ask which one would be harder for me to live with. I still use that exercise with clients today. At Booth, I helped classmates with consulting prep in a role meant to take five hours a week, but it ended up taking fifteen to twenty. I kept coaching informally alongside every corporate role I held until what started as a side hustle slowly became the work I actually wanted to do.

Work Experience

Chief Commercial Officer

Qraved

2016 - 2016

Hiring Manager

Built the commercial function from scratch, post-$8M Series A, setting up marketing, sales, and partnerships to generate first revenue Navigated constant uncertainty across strategy and execution, developing a structured approach to decision-making that I now apply in career transitions

Career and MBA Strategist

AmritAdmit

2016 - Present

Career Coach Help executives with career pivots and job searches across consulting, Tech, and Finance. * Define clear career direction + positioning (what to pursue and why) * Execute the job search: networking, storytelling, and interview strategy Impact: 40+ successful pivots | 70+ coached at Booth with 25 offers MBA Admissions | AmritAdmit MBA admissions coaching with a strong focus on career clarity and narrative. * Position candidates for top programs through differentiated storytelling * Guide end-to-end application strategy (schools, essays, interviews) Impact: 300+ admits (HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Booth, Kellogg and more) | $12M+ scholarships

Deputy CEO

League

2013 - 2015

Hiring Manager

Led turnaround of one of Indonesia’s largest sports brands, overseeing operations, sales, and strategy across a 2,500+ person organization. 1) Turned around ~$10M annual loss to profitability within 2 years by revamping sales, supply chain, product, and leadership 2) Grew revenue 35% YoY and increased monthly run-rate by 70% within 18 months Operated across multiple functions and high-stakes decisions with no clear playbook, an experience that now helps clients navigate recruitment for different functions

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Rocket Internet

2012 - 2013

Hiring Manager

Co-founded Zalora Indonesia with Nadiem Makarim (Gojek Founder) and built the business from 0→1. 1) Scaled revenue to $300K/month within 12 months and built a 45+ person marketing & business development team 2) Led online growth (SEO/SEM, Facebook, GDN) and partnerships across banks, telecoms, media, and retail Operated in a fast-scaling, ambiguous environment, an experience that now shapes how I help clients navigate early-stage career decisions and pivots

Business Development

Black Ore

2011 - 2012

Responsible for driving around Malaysia with a pickup truck to secure Iron Ore from small miners across the country

Associate / Senior Associate

McKinsey & Company

2009 - 2011

Worked with senior leadership teams across Southeast Asia on strategy, investments, and operational improvements. 1) Drove projects across due diligence, market scans, partnerships, and sales transformations across banking, tech, and retail 2) Delivered measurable impact, including 150% sales growth in a banking pilot and significant improvements in expansion and go-to-market execution Developed frameworks for breaking down complex, uncertain decisions, now central to how I coach and what I teach professionals through job searches/career transitions

Career Coach - Management Consulting

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

2008 - 2010

Advised 100+ MBA students recruiting for MBB, Kearney, and Big 4 consulting companies. Developed resumes, cover letters, created networking strategies and conducted 250+ case and behavioural/fit interviews.

Structured Derivates Trader & Financial Engineer

Standard Bank

2004 - 2008

Interviewer

Started my career in a high-intensity trading and financial engineering environment, working on complex derivatives. 1) Helped drive a major risk transformation that reduced capital usage by ~40% 2) Led cross-functional efforts to launch new structured products and enable scaled trading Learned early on how to make decisions in complex, high-pressure environments, something I now help clients navigate in their own careers

Corporal

Republic of Singapore Airforce

2001 - 2003

Set up a Special Projects function during National Service, working on everything from systems to operations. 1) Built a data management system and helped restructure military exercises 2) Supported funding and cross-functional initiatives First experience working within a highly structured system while solving unstructured problems, something I now help clients navigate in their careers

Amrit was also given offers to work at

Uber
Microsoft

Education

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

MBA, Marketing, Entrepreneurship

2008 - 2010

Activities and societies: Career coach (consulting and general management), Co-founder and CMO of Power2Switch (energy comparison portal) Student reader - Admissions Committee Robert Grenfell Scholarship Recipient MBA Career Coach Concentrations in Marketing, Analytical Management and Entrepreneurship