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Description
Ninety minutes on one thing, done properly. Pick what you need when you book: Your story. Tell me about yourself, why banking, why this group. We build all three out of your actual background, cut what doesn't land, and run them until you say them the same way twice. A deal or a trend. Send me the deal you want to talk about beforehand. I research it and we work through the story, the numbers, the strategic rationale, and where you land on it. A mock interview. 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. Sixty minutes is the abbreviated version of any of these, bookable as custom hourly.
What you'll get from this package
Whichever piece you booked, finished and rehearsed rather than half-drafted
The follow-up questions it invites, and how you answer those
A ranked list of what to fix next, down to the specific step you skip
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions.
Tell me which of the three you want when you book, and send anything relevant ahead of time. For the deal session that means the deal itself, so I can research it before we meet rather than read it in front of you. Direct feedback throughout.
One topic per session. Send your materials at least 24 hours ahead so I can read them before we meet. Reschedule 24 hours ahead.
Services included:
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.
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1h 30m of coaching