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Chang L.

Chang Liu

Ex-McKinsey Interviewer & EM | received offers from all MBB firms

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    McKinsey & Company

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During my five years at McKinsey, I was an interviewer: I interviewed 150+ candidates, sat in the debriefs where offers are decided, and wrote the notes that made the case for or against each one. Before that, I was on the other side of the table while getting my MBA from Kellogg, and received offers from McKinsey, BCG, Bain, and PwC Strategy& in a single recruiting cycle. I coach both halves of the interview. For the case: a purpose built framework, creative insights, clear math, and a recommendation that lands. For fit: McKinsey's PEI, Bain and BCG's behavioral questions, and "why consulting, why this firm", built into stories an interviewer remembers and can defend in the debrief. I also help developing your networking strategy and how you should present yourself to help you gain sponsors during the recruiting process so that you can land the interview.

Chang’s Management Consulting Qualifications

Experience level: Case Team Leader

60+ Management Consulting clients

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I've sat on both sides of the table. As a Kellogg MBA I recruited for consulting and received offers from McKinsey, BCG, Bain, and PwC. I then spent five years at McKinsey in San Francisco, where I was a case interviewer and left as an Engagement Manager. I know exactly what the interviewer is writing down, where candidates lose points in the first ten minutes, and what separates a "maybe" from a "yes." I also came to consulting from a non-traditional background. I started as an engineer at Shell, so I know what it takes to switch careers and learn the case format from scratch. My sessions are real interview practice, not lectures. We run a live case the way a McKinsey or BCG interviewer would, then I give you specific, honest feedback: what worked, what didn't, and the one or two habits that will move your score most. I also prepare candidates for the McKinsey Personal Experience Interview, which is where many strong casers lose the offer.

Chang can help with:

Behavioral Interview Prep

Case Interview Prep

Case Math

Frameworks

General Exploration

Networking Strategy

Resume Review

Work Experience

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Founder

The Case Room LLC

March 2026 - Present

Founded The Case Room, an AI case interview practice platform. Candidates run a full, spoken mock case with an AI interviewer and get question-by-question feedback, scored against the standard I used when interviewing at McKinsey.

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Engagement Manager

McKinsey & Company

July 2023 - March 2026

Interviewer

Five years at McKinsey in San Francisco, leaving as an Engagement Manager. Interviewed candidates for McKinsey as a trained case interviewer, so I know exactly what the interviewer is listening for and how the score is decided. As an Engagement Manager, I led client teams and coached new consultants on structuring problems, working with data, and presenting to senior clients. Selected as a McKinsey Center for Future Mobility Scholar.

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Associate

McKinsey & Company

September 2021 - June 2023

Interviewer

Joined McKinsey after Kellogg. Solved client problems end to end: structured the problem, built the analysis, and presented recommendations to senior client executives.

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Technical Safety Engineer

Shell

December 2015 - June 2019

Three and a half years in upstream natural gas production, across three roles: Operations Engineer, Facilities Engineer, and Technical Safety Engineer. As the asset's GHG emissions management focal point, I developed a five-year emissions strategy for the business. It was endorsed across Shell worldwide and adopted as the gold standard for other upstream natural gas assets.

Chang was also given offers to work at

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    Bain & Company

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    Boston Consulting Group

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    Strategy&

Education

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Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)

MBA, Business Administration

2019 - 2021

Recruited for consulting from Kellogg and received offers from McKinsey, BCG, Bain, and PwC. Admissions interviewer for Kellogg. VP of the Women's Business Association and VP of the Entrepreneurship and VC Club.

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University of British Columbia

Bachelor's of Applied Science (Engineering), Integration Engineering

2011 - 2015

Studied engineering at UBC. Won the APEGBC case competition. President of the Rotaract Club of Vancouver and a member of the Electric Car Club team

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