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Model Review — Where Your Model Breaks, from a Citadel L/S Analyst
Model Review — Where Your Model Breaks, from a Citadel L/S Analyst
Offered by Charbel B.
5.0
Break into Multi-Strat | L/S Equities at Citadel | Non-Investment Pivot
Studied at Harvard Business School
Hiring Manager at Boston Consulting Group
Description
You send me your model. I spend an hour auditing it the way a pod would, then we spend 30 minutes on where it breaks and what to fix first. I built and maintained models on a Citadel L/S equities pod covering Industrials, Technology and Financials. Most candidate models do not fail on the thesis. They fail because nobody else can audit them: hardcodes with no source, subtotals that do not tie, controls that assert instead of test, a scenario switch that moves earnings but not the balance sheet. That is what gets a model put down in ten seconds, and almost nobody tells you which of those you are doing. Format: - You send the workbook at least 48 hours ahead, with the ticker and what the model is for: an interview case study, live coverage, or a pitch you are about to give - I review it offline against a 22-point checklist covering sourcing, model architecture, controls, driver stack, capital structure and scenario design - You get a scored scorecard before the call. Every point marked Pass, Gap or Not present, with the exact cell or tab, what is wrong, the fix, and the rule it breaks - 30-minute live walkthrough: the five defects that matter, in priority order, what this model can and cannot support, and the order to rebuild in You keep the checklist, so the next model you build starts from the standard instead of getting graded against it afterwards. Scope: one company, one workbook, up to 15 tabs. I review and score. I do not rebuild your model or edit your file. If you want the rebuild done with you, book hourly time or the end-to-end package. No model yet, or not sure the thesis holds? Book the Stock Pitch Diagnostic instead. That one tests the thesis. This one tests the workbook.
What you'll get from this package
A scored 22-point audit of your model with cell-level references, delivered before the call
A 30-minute walkthrough of the five defects that matter, plus the checklist to build against next time
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
Send your workbook at least 48 hours before the call, with the ticker and the purpose. One hour of offline review plus one live 30-minute video session. The scored checklist arrives before the call so the 30 minutes go on fixes, not on findings. Excel or Google Sheets. One company, one workbook, up to 15 tabs; larger models are quoted hourly.
Send the workbook at least 48 hours before the session. If it arrives later I will review what I can and we spend the live time on the highest-priority items. Scope is one company and one workbook of up to 15 tabs; anything larger is quoted as hourly time before we start. I review and score your model, I do not rebuild it or edit your file.
Services included:
Investment Analysis
Technical Interview Prep
AI Financial Modeling
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Joined May 2026
5.0
Break into Multi-Strat | L/S Equities at Citadel | Non-Investment Pivot
I pivoted from a non-investment role to an L/S equities investment role at the world's leading multi-strategy pod shop. I'm fresh out of the recruitment process and understand the current landscape in both the U.S. and Europe.
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