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Description
Interviews are on the calendar. This covers what they actually ask. 6 hours total, four calls plus the rewrite: Resume (async). Send it over and I rewrite it, then send it back with notes on what changed and why. Nothing to schedule. Your story (90 min). Tell me about yourself, why banking, why this group. Market cluster (two calls, about 2 hours). Short first call to find what you already know and could talk about without notes. I research the deal and the sector trend between calls. Second call you practice the walkthrough. Mock interview (90 min). Run as the real thing: behavioral, your deal, technicals, your questions for me. No coaching while it happens. Then the debrief and rapid fire on whatever broke. Covers first round through superday, which is the same preparation.
What you'll get from this package
A finished banking resume and your three core answers
One deal you can actually talk about: the story, the numbers, and your view
A sector trend for the group you are targeting
A scorecard from the mock and a ranked list of what to fix before the real one
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
I do the research. For the deal session I build the deal and the trend between our two calls, so you are reviewing something finished rather than assembling it live. Send the resume and any deal you have in mind when you book.
Hours expire six months after purchase. Reschedule 24 hours ahead. Book the two market cluster calls at least a week apart so I have time to do the research in between.
Services included:
Resume Review
Mergers & Acquisitions
Technical Interview Prep
Behavioral Interview Prep
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Offered by Michael N.
Joined October 2025
5.0
Ex-Centerview | Top IB Expert & Customer Favorite
The candidates who don't get offers typically aren't underprepared — they're overprepared on the wrong things. The pattern I see over and over: candidates who memorized 500 technicals but have a generic "Why Banking." Who can nail the DCF walkthrough but can't actually talk about a deal or a trend with any conviction. Technical accuracy doesn't create separation. Delivery does. I've guided hundreds of candidates to offers at Centerview, Goldman, Qatalyst, and more — through one-on-one coaching and the prep platform I built from scratch. What separated them was understanding that getting the answer right is only 10% of the interview. ——— BEHAVIORALS The hardest part is knowing when your story isn't working. Every candidate has a "Why IB" answer. Very few are memorable. We rebuild your TMAY, your "Why's," and your scenarios from the ground up. I'll interview you, figure out what actually makes you different, and build a narrative around it. The goal: a story that is genuinely yours and impossible to mistake for anyone else's. ——— TECHNICALS Most candidates who fail actually knew the material. They just couldn't deliver it under pressure. I wrote the open-access textbook on IB technicals. I'll identify your blind spots, teach you to structure answers like a senior banker, and show you how to play defense when you're unsure. We turn a "pass" into a "top bucket." ——— MARKET This is where preparation becomes differentiation. Bankers are looking for colleagues, not students — and they can tell the difference between someone who follows markets and someone who's cramming for an interview. Most candidates treat market knowledge like a homework assignment. Bankers can tell. They're looking for the start of a real point of view. We'll carve out your sector niche so you speak with the conviction of someone who's been covering the space for years. This is the section that gets you the callback.
$1,200
6h of coaching