Sophie A.

Sophie A.

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Ex-McKinsey | I'll help you become the obvious choice

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Studied at Cornell University

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Worked at McKinsey & Company

Available June 8 at 6:00 PM UTC

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Sophie's Coaching Offerings

Pay as you go

Get help with LinkedIn Review, Case Interview Prep, and .

Sophie’s Management Consulting Qualifications

Experience level: Consultant

Sophie has helped clients get into these companies:

I know what it's like to be a nontraditional applicant trying to secure your dream job, without any referrals or connections. When you're a self starter, breaking into a competitive industry can feel like you're swimming upstream. I still think back to the time I interviewed for MBB internships my junior year. I'd read Case Interview Secrets and Case in Point, thought through some answers in my head... and walked into those interviews wildly underprepared. It was humbling. I didn’t get an offer that summer, but it was the fire that I needed. I doubled down and spent hundreds of hours studying, drilling, and mastering behavioral and case interviews. The effort paid off: I was able to secure an offer a McKinsey, where I worked for three years and attained the "Distinctive" performance rating. I firmly believe that mastery of the case interview is not just a means to secure a consulting offer -- it's also a predictor of success within the role itself. McKinsey opened a lot of doors for me, and I'm so excited to pay it forward to other deserving candidates who may not have the institutional or generational knowledge of competitive industries, but are otherwise immensely qualified. I've been able to distill my hundreds of hours of prep to help clients secure jobs across many industries, including consulting, real estate, hospitality, and healthcare. Coaching is an investment in yourself, and you deserve a clear picture of what you will get out of it. Here are some options of what we could do together, based on where you're at in your journey: 🦜 Build a tailored prep plan 🦜 Map out compelling behavioral interview stories 🦜 Mock case interviews 🦜 Mock behavioral/PEI interviews 🦜 Mock full interview (behavioral + case) 🦜 Resume workshopping 🦜 Cover letter workshopping 🦜 LinkedIn profile workshopping 🦜 Drills on tricky questions (e.g., case math, behavioral)

Sophie can help with:

LinkedIn Review

Case Interview Prep

Cover Letters

Resume Review

Frameworks

Behavioral Interview Prep

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About Sophie

I'm a mission-driven individual with a passion for serving others. As a child of immigrants, I've had to navigate the US college and job market without that generational wisdom, so I know how overwhelming and isolating it can feel. I'm excited to pay it forward to help bright and talented individuals get roles that they deserve.

Why do I coach?

Job searching can feel incredibly isolating and demoralizing, and you don't have to go through it alone. I've served others in various ways: ✨ Helped candidates receive their dream offers, both in and out of consulting ✨ Counseled 500+ individuals at Crisis Text Line through periods of high stress ✨ Served as the Engagement Manager on pro-bono work for Chicago non-profits while at McKinsey ✨Taught and supported several courses at Cornell, including the Cornell Leadership Certification Program and Management Consulting at the Johnson School of Business, where I thrived working with students 1 on 1

Work Experience

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Manager, Population Health

Oak Street Health

June 2024 - Present

I oversee the referrals program at Oak Street Health.

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Senior Business Analyst

McKinsey & Company

July 2021 - June 2024

I served healthcare and public sector clients. To give back to the Chicago community, I also served on several pro-bono consulting engagements for local non-profits. During my third year, I was selected for the McKinsey Center for Government fellowship. I was a part of the Cornell Recruiting team.

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Program Manager Intern

Microsoft

May 2020 - August 2020

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Manufacturing Engineering Intern

Procter & Gamble

May 2019 - August 2019

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    Lockheed Martin

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    Amazon

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    PAWS Chicago

Education

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Cornell University

Bachelor's Degree, Operations Research and Information Engineering

2017 - 2021

I achieved a 3.95 cumulative GPA, which placed me on the Dean's List for the College of Engineering every semester. Outside of class, I was the General Manager of the Cornell University Chorus and was a News Writer for The Cornell Daily Sun. Additionally, I participated in the Cornell Engineering Leadership Certification Program, and later became an assistant of the program. I was an avid teaching assistant in addition to my other extracurriculars. I TA'ed a graduate-level engineering class, a business school class on management consulting, and even taught a 1-credit course on engineering probability & statistics.

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