Leland+ Content Library

How and When to Start a Company

Mapping out my founder journey--this is a guide to how I approached starting my own company!

Shine in Your IB Behavioral Interviews

Behavioral interviews are just as critical as technicals in investment banking—and often the deciding factor. Join Shine in Your IB Behavioral Interviews, a focused session designed to help you deliver clear, confident, and compelling answers that resonate with interviewers. In this event, you’ll learn how to structure common IB behavioral questions, craft impactful stories, and communicate your motivations and experiences with authenticity. We’ll also cover how to handle curveball questions and maintain composure under pressure. Whether you’re preparing for your first IB interview or refining your narrative, you’ll leave with practical frameworks and the confidence to stand out.

Accounting Concepts That Get Tested in IB Interviews

Investment banking interviews move fast, and a strong grasp of core accounting concepts is essential. Join Accounting Concepts That Get Tested in IB Interviews, a focused session designed to help you master the accounting fundamentals interviewers expect you to know cold. In this event, we’ll cover the most commonly tested topics, including the three financial statements, how they connect, and how accounting decisions impact valuation. You’ll also learn how to structure clear, confident answers and avoid common interview pitfalls. Whether you’re preparing for your first IB interview or sharpening your technical edge, you’ll leave with greater clarity and confidence.

PM Behavioral Interviews: Telling Your Story Pre-Work

PM Behavioral Interviews: Telling Your Story Pre-Work

Perfecting Technical Delivery

By mid-January, technical knowledge is a commodity. You and your peers all know the finance. What differentiates candidates at this stage is delivery. Interviews are a structured verbal game with specific mechanics and unwritten rules, and success depends on more than having the right answer. In this session, we’ll decode how interviews are actually evaluated and show you how framing, structure, and communication style signal executive presence and confidence. Moving beyond technical correctness, we’ll focus on the tactics that help strong candidates stand out—how to organize responses for clarity, avoid common delivery pitfalls, and communicate at a level that resonates with senior interviewers. Led by experienced interview coaches who have helped candidates secure offers at top firms, this session will give you practical, immediately applicable tools to turn solid preparation into an offer-winning performance.

Example Personal Statement for PhD Applications

Successful personal statement for PhD applications in environmental science & geography

Best Questions to Ask in a Job Interview

A practical guide to asking smart, strategic questions that impress interviewers and showcase your fit in investment banking interviews.

Sales & Trading Product Knowledge Quiz

A targeted quiz to test core Sales & Trading product knowledge and prepare for technical interviews.

Strategies for Quant Comparison Questions

In this event, I will cover five unique scenarios where the correct answer is D. But in each scenario the answer will be D for a completely different reason. For each scenario we will have multiple examples to drive home the point. This is going to be a lot of fun. See you then!

How to Ace Consulting Interviews

Breaking into consulting requires mastering both the case interview and the behavioral “fit” portion—and knowing exactly what MBB and top firms are really looking for. In this session, you’ll learn proven strategies from coaches who’ve been on the other side of the table as interviewers, recruiters, and consultants at firms like McKinsey, Bain, and BCG. We’ll cover how to structure cases with confidence, avoid common pitfalls, tell compelling stories, and build the mindset that top candidates share. Whether you're early in your prep or gearing up for final rounds, this workshop will give you the clarity and direction you need to stand out.

How to Master GRE Vocabulary

Are you gearing up for the GRE and looking to expand your vocabulary quickly and effectively? Join me, Matt, for an engaging session where we'll cover 60 common GRE words in just 60 minutes! As the sole GRE course author for Achievable and a former Kaplan instructor, I've dedicated over 1,000 hours to helping students like you achieve their target scores. With my experience in crafting personalized study plans and teaching GRE prep, I’m here to guide you through the verbal reasoning section with proven test-taking strategies.

Product Deep Dive

This exercise will help you analyze key aspects of a product, including its target audience, pain points, differentiators, and areas for improvement.

Working Effectively With ChatGPT

After reading this guide, you will learn how ChatGPT typically behaves, why its answers sometimes feel inconsistent, and how to respond best to it.

Annotated Sloan Cover Letter

Sloan cover letter with sentence-by-sentence annotation

Career Search Handbook for Working Professionals

A practical guide for experienced professionals navigating a focused, strategic job search.

Customizable Resume Template

With all the formatting done for you, just fill in your chosen experiences into this easy-to-use resume template!

Raising the Bar (Chart): Mastering Graphs in Case Interviews

Struggling to interpret charts quickly and confidently in case interviews? You're not alone, and the good news is, this skill is highly learnable. As a former Bain Manager and Recruiter, I've helped hundreds of candidates master "clearing the chart" in case interviews, and I'll be sharing these tactics with you in this free webinar. In this webinar, we’ll demystify the graphs, exhibits, and data visualizations that consulting firms love to throw at candidates. You’ll learn how to: - Break down bar charts, line graphs, waterfalls, and tables in seconds - Spot the real insights interviewers want you to surface - Structure your interpretation clearly and avoid common traps - Turn messy data into crisp takeaways that move your case forward - Use a simple, universal framework for analyzing any exhibit under pressure Whether you’re prepping for MBB, Big 4, or boutique firms, this session will help you raise your data game and show interviewers you can think like a consultant. Expect practical examples, live breakdowns, and tips you can use immediately in your next case. Join us to turn charts from intimidating to intuitive, and start cracking cases with clarity.

The Product Resume: What Actually Works

Crafting a standout resume for product roles isn’t about cramming every metric or buzzword you can think of—it’s about telling a clear story that shows how you think, lead, and build. In this focused session, led by Yoshi K., a former Meta and LinkedIn product leader with extensive interviewing and hiring experience, you’ll learn what actually makes a product resume effective and how to position your experience in a way that resonates with hiring managers. We’ll cover the do’s and don’ts of product resumes, how to tailor yours for different types of roles, and what common mistakes to avoid so you can cut through the noise and land more interviews—whether you're pivoting into product or refining an already-strong resume.

Product Management Sprint Kickoff 2025

Kick off Leland’s Product Management Sprint with a high-impact session designed to set you up for success across the full week of PM recruiting events. You’ll get a clear overview of the PM hiring landscape, the skills and stories top companies look for, and how to structure your prep for product sense, execution, and behavioral interviews. Whether you’re just exploring PM or gearing up for applications, this kickoff will help you navigate the sprint with clarity, confidence, and a winning strategy.

The Resume Screen: How to Get The First Interview

Your resume has seconds to make an impression before it’s sorted into "Interview" or "Reject." We strip away the fluff and focus on the high-impact signals that Bain screeners seek. Learn how to highlight the "so what" of your experience and structure your bullets to prove you already think like a consultant.