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Description
Everything from a blank resume to the offer. Eight hours across the whole recruiting cycle, used in whatever order you need them. All six: Resume (async). Send it over and I rewrite it, then send it back with notes on what changed and why. Nothing to schedule. Networking (60 min). Your actual conversations. Who you're talking to, who you should be, how the last one went, and what to send next. Career strategy (60 min). Groups, banks, timeline, and what you do in the next 30 days. Story (90 min). Tell me about yourself, why banking, why this group. Market cluster (2 calls). I research a deal and a sector trend between the calls, then we rehearse both. Mock interview (90 min). 45 minutes live, 30 minutes of rapid-fire technicals on whatever broke, 15 minutes of scorecard. We schedule them as you need them. Most people start three to four months before their target cycle. Book the free 15-minute intro first. If you don't need all eight hours, we'll work out which sessions actually fit.
What you'll get from this package
A resume a banker will read to the bottom
Your story, your deal, and your trend, written and rehearsed
Outreach in your own words and a plan for who to talk to next
A scorecard after the mock showing exactly where you stand
Additional details
Coaching delivered via live sessions and .
Send me your resume whenever you're ready and I turn it around async. For the calls, send your materials beforehand. I read them first, so the hour is spent fixing things. After every session you get notes and the homework for the next one.
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
Networking Strategy
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.
$1,600
8h of coaching