Gaurav B.

Gaurav B.

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Studied at HEC Paris Business School

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Works at Being Consultant

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Gaurav's Coaching Offerings

Custom hourly · $309/hr

Get help with Behavioral Interview Prep, Cover Letters, and .

Gaurav’s Management Consulting Qualifications

Coaches professionally

Experience level: Case Team Leader

100+ people coached for Management Consulting

Gaurav has helped clients get into these companies:

Welcome to my profile! As a former McKinsey consultant with over a decade of experience, I bring a wealth of knowledge and insights to help you navigate the competitive world of management consulting. I am the founder of Being Consultant, where I have successfully coached over 1,000 professionals across 75+ countries, from consulting aspirants to partners in top firms. My background includes an MBA from HEC Paris and extensive experience in strategy and technology consulting at leading firms like McKinsey & Company and Infosys Consulting. Whether you need help with case interviews, career strategy, or navigating your consulting journey, I'm here to guide you every step of the way. Reach out to start your path to a thriving consulting career!

Gaurav can help with:

Behavioral Interview Prep

Cover Letters

Presentations

Salary Negotiation

Skill Building

Promotion Strategy

Networking Strategy

Case Interview Prep

LinkedIn Review

Resume Review

Frameworks

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About Gaurav

I Coach You the Way MBBs Train You Not the way candidates try to hack interviews. Train like a consultant - and get hired like one. Hi, I’m Gaurav. Consulting changed my life. Now I help others build consulting careers worth having. Before founding Being Consultant, I worked at McKinsey in Germany and later led a strategy & consulting recruitment firm - so I’ve been on both sides of the interview table. Over the past few years, I’ve coached 2,250+ candidates across 55+ countries to secure offers at MBB and other top firms. Here’s what I’ve learned: Firms don’t hire the best case-solvers. They hire the best future consultants. That’s exactly what my coaching is built for. What makes my approach different • I don’t create framework-memorizers - I build problem solvers who think like consultants • My coaching blends real McKinsey training + active recruiter insight • Everything is tailored to your strengths, your story, and your growth speed • I go beyond cracking the case - communication, storytelling, and on-job readiness • You become someone MBB wants on their team - not someone trying to imitate one The results prove it >>People from unconventional backgrounds — opera singer, US Marine, STEM researchers — now thriving in MBB >>From 7-day turnarounds to structured multi-month journeys — we deliver across timelines >>Multiple paths - free tools, group programs, high-touch 1:1 — same high bar, same outcomes If you’re aiming for consulting - and want to enter with clarity, skill, and confidence - I’d love to help you get there. Let’s jump on a short intro call and explore if this is the right fit for you.

Why do I coach?

I coach because I love coaching - it’s in my blood. My mother is a teacher, and I grew up surrounded by learning, guidance, and encouragement. Teaching and coaching never felt like a skill I had to acquire - it felt like a part of who I am. After McKinsey, I could have stayed in the traditional consulting career track. Instead, I chose to dive deeper into coaching. I invested in certifications, worked closely with some of the best executive coaches, and mastered multiple coaching methodologies - from communication to performance psychology to leadership development. And with every step forward, something became very clear: This is what I’m meant to do. This is where I feel most alive. I realized coaching gives me the privilege to: • Bring out strengths people didn’t even know they had • Turn ambition into clear direction • Transform capability into confidence • Help individuals build careers that feel meaningful - not just impressive And the more I coached, the more the impact fueled me. It wasn’t just job offers or results - it was seeing someone grow into who they always knew they could be. Today, I coach because: Consulting is tough - but no one should navigate it alone. The right guidance at the right time can change the entire trajectory of a career - and a life. That’s why I coach. Because this isn’t just my work. This is my purpose.

Work Experience

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Founder, Consulting Career Coach

Being Consultant

January 2014 - Present

BEING CONSULTANT MISSION A consulting career entails preparation that extends beyond interviews. A theoretical approach, unclear motivation, or lack of guidance tend to prematurely derail the consulting career dreams of even the best candidates, leaving them unhappy and their professional growth stunted. At Being Consultant, our mission is to: Empower both aspiring and experienced consultants with the knowledge, tools, and guidance they need to build happy consulting careers. MY WHY? The journey from considering a consulting career till becoming a successful consultant, is unpredictable. All it takes is one wrong turn, one sudden, uninformed and unplanned decision for the consulting dream to come crashing down. Choosing consulting for the wrong reasons. Picking catastrophic projects to work on. Playing the system incorrectly. I have seen it all in my own tenure as a consultant, and while mentoring 1000s of consultant in the last decade. Being Consultant aspires to leverage all that experience and wisdom for the benefit of the current and next generation of consultants so that they may steer their career towards thriving and not just surviving. I am bringing to the table the following: • Being a former McKinsey consultant and ICF-Certified Career Coach • Lots of learnings from the other parts of my career journey – being a decorated consultant, founder of successful startups, top-ranked Career Coach, founder director in a recruitment company etc. • Experience of coaching 1000s of professionals in 75+ countries- consulting aspirants to the Partners in consulting firms

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Founder and Executive Director

ProFacto

January 2014 - Present

ProFacto is a boutique executive search firm in India, founded in 2014 and maintaining principal office in Mumbai.

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Management Consultant

McKinsey & Company

January 2008 - December 2013

Accomplished Strategy Consultant with proven track record of driving growth, improving P&L and streamlining operations. 6 years of progressive roles in leading Management Consulting firms across Asia, Europe and Africa. Experience in leading strategy projects across multiple sectors incl. Banking, Telecom, Media, Engineering, FMCG, Defence, IT-BPO

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Technology Consultant

Infosys Consulting

June 2003 - May 2006

Played an important role in setting up the Shanghai Business Unit. Carried out end-to-end transition of one of the pilot project (setup, team building, knowledge transfer etc.) Delivered multiple projects in Logistics and Banking domain

Gaurav was also given offers to work at

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    Boston Consulting Group

  • Bain & Company Logo

    Bain & Company

  • BNP Paribas Logo

    BNP Paribas

Education

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HEC Paris Business School

MBA, Business Administration

2006 - 2007

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University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology

1999 - 2003

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