Leland+ Content Library

How to Approach the GSB 'What Matters Most' Essay

The Stanford GSB “What matters most to you, and why?” essay is one of the most challenging—and important—prompts in MBA admissions. In this session, you’ll learn how to break down the question, uncover the deeper themes in your own story, and craft a response that is authentic, personal, and compelling. ​Led by Andy P., a Leland coach who has guided countless applicants to top MBA programs, this workshop will give you practical strategies, real examples, and common pitfalls to avoid. Whether you’re just starting your first draft or refining your narrative, you’ll leave with a clearer framework to tackle this iconic essay with confidence.

GRE Overview

This is an overview of the GRE and what to know for the exam. It includes time management strategies and a high level look at some of the sections.

Live Review of a Master's Personal Statement by an Expert Coach

Get an inside look at what makes a master’s personal statement stand out in a live, real-time review led by Ash C, one of Leland’s expert graduate admissions coaches. You’ll see how an experienced reader evaluates structure, clarity, storytelling, and fit—and learn exactly what elevates a draft from “good” to “admit-worthy.” Whether you're early in your writing or polishing your final version, you’ll walk away with concrete strategies to strengthen your own statement before deadlines hit.

How to Network (Without Feeling Sleazy)

How to network by targeting the right people, keeping outreach simple, and building genuine connections

Finding Your Fit: Behavioral Interview Overview

In this definitive guide to Bain's Behavioral Interview, we will break down the four types of questions you can expect to get in your interview, from the classic "Tell me about yourself" to the behavioral situations designed to test your resilience. We will thoroughly map out what the interviewer is looking for in each category so you are never caught off guard.

Product Design Challenges

Use these challenges to sharpen your product execution skills.

Persona Defintion Drills

To design a great product, you need to know your users intimately. This requires creating specific, vivid personas that truly come to life and guide your design decisions. To practice the skill of constructing these archetypes, this exercise uses your favorite TV show characters as inspiration.

Creating a Standout PM Candidacy

Breaking into product management or leveling up as a PM requires more than checking boxes. In this panel, experienced product leaders will share what actually differentiates strong PM candidates in today’s competitive hiring market. You’ll hear practical insights on how to position your background, demonstrate product thinking, and stand out across resumes, interviews, and networking. Whether you’re pivoting into PM or refining your approach, this session will help you understand where to focus your effort and how to build a compelling, end-to-end PM candidacy.

How to Crush Estimation Questions in PM Interviews

This guide outlines the steps to successfully navigate and answer estimation questions in PM interviews

Top 50 Medical School Interview Questions

This is a list of 50 questions that are commonly seen in Medical School interviews.

Advanced Problem Solving Tips & Tricks

Move beyond the "Profitability Framework" into industry-specific and capability-oriented problem-solving. This lesson covers advanced quant shortcuts for rapid mental estimation and introduces "Modular Frameworks" that allow you to adapt to unconventional cases. We’ll teach you how to think like an industry expert on the fly, whether the case is about private equity due diligence or a digital transformation.

Save $100k+ vs US: Europe Master's with Fulbright Funding- Application

Top-ranked European institutions offer world-class master's degrees that save Americans $93,000 to $161,000 compared to equivalent-ranked US graduate programs. I understand this journey firsthand: I was a Fulbright scholar myself. What unites successful recipients? They discovered that Americans have significantly higher Fulbright acceptance rates than any other prestigious international scholarship, and with good strategy, your chances are quite high. European universities combine academic excellence with financial accessibility. Hundreds of top-ranked institutions offer English-taught master's programs with clear pathways to meaningful careers. The financial impact is transformative: saving $100,000+ on graduate education is equivalent to having more than $1,000 per month in additional disposable income for the next 10 years. You gain not just a degree, but entry into one of the most prestigious international networks while making significant international experience. With post-study work visas up to 36 months, European employers increasingly recruit international master's graduates, creating unprecedented opportunities for ambitious graduates. Now is the time to act: preparation work for the 2027-2028 Fulbright cycle begins in February 2026, applications open in April, and most students face campus pre-selection deadlines in August before the October national deadline. Join me for this free event where we cover strategic country selection, application components, timeline preparation, post-graduation employment pathways, and real cost comparisons with equivalent-ranked US programs. What if this high-quality, fully-funded path to advanced education and a European career is exactly your calling?

PULSE: A Framework for Crafting Standout Medical School Essays

This resource is for medical school applicants who are seeking to craft a standout personal statement—one that not only gets read but remembered. It introduces the PULSE framework and includes a rubric that can be used as both a brainstorming tool and a revision checklist. As you draft, ask yourself whether each element is present. As you revise, use the rubric to evaluate how effectively each dimension comes through in your writing.

Example of a Winning Kellogg Personal Statement - Leadership Amidst Uncertainty

A breakdown of an actual personal statement that got a deferred candidate admitted to the Kellogg School of Management, focusing on how they addressed the prompt to "educate, equip and inspire brave leaders who create lasting value."

Session 2 Recording

Session 2 from Mar26 Software Engineering bootcamp

Your AI Resume Framework - 5 Tools to Stand out in an AI World

This guide walks you through 5 AI-powered tools designed for professionals who feel like their experience is strong but their resume isn't landing. If you've used AI to polish your resume and still aren't hearing back, this is for you. Each tool combines a thinking exercise you complete first with a precision AI prompt that executes on that thinking -- covering how to read a job description like a hiring manager, find where you disappeared from your own document, recover the specific details that make you irreplaceable, make your career trajectory feel intentional, and protect your voice after every AI pass.

5 AI productivity tips that save me hours each week [4/2/2026] (Recording)

This session walks through five specific AI tips that reduce repetitive, time-consuming work across writing, research, and task management, with enough detail that you can adapt them to your own role that week. You'll see the thinking and logic behind each one, where most people set them up incorrectly, and how to sequence them so they compound rather than add friction. Join like to ask about how a specific workflow might apply to your job function or tool stack. I use these systems in my own work every day and am sharing the versions that actually stuck, not a curated highlight reel.

From 296 to 339 (Q169, V170): The Exact Strategy Behind My 43 point GRE Jump

The GRE is not just about studying more. It is about identifying the exact mistakes that are holding your score back and fixing them systematically. In this session, Saad Amer will break down the exact strategy he used to improve his own GRE score from 296 (Q158, V138) to 339 (Q169, V170) and the same framework he has used to help 100+ students reach 320+ scores. You will learn: • How to diagnose the specific weaknesses that keep most students stuck in the 300 to 315 range • Which Verbal and Quant question types respond the fastest to targeted improvement • The study structure required to move from mid 150s to high 160s • How to manage time and decision making on test day to avoid costly mistakes • The biggest preparation mistakes that prevent otherwise capable students from improving (exact resources to use for both quant and verbal) This will not be a generic GRE webinar. You will have the opportunity to briefly share your current score, preparation timeline, and biggest struggles, and receive direct, honest feedback on what needs to change in your preparation. Saad also shares many real student score improvements and preparation journeys with his 100k+ GRE community on Instagram (@gre341withsaadamer) where he regularly posts original scorecards and detailed preparation breakdowns. If you are serious about pushing your GRE score higher, this session will give you a clear framework for diagnosing your weaknesses and building a preparation strategy that actually leads to score improvement.

Beyond ChatGPT: The Right AI for Every Use Case

If you've been defaulting to ChatGPT for every task and wondering why the results feel inconsistent, this session is for you. Designed for professionals and job seekers looking to build a smarter AI workflow, this webinar will help you understand how to match the right tool to the right use case. You'll leave knowing how leading AI tools differ in practice, when to use alternatives like Claude, Gemini, or Perplexity over ChatGPT, and how to structure your prompts and processes to get consistently better outputs.