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MBA Interview Guide
Get ready with tips, sample questions, and strategies to ace your MBA interviews with confidence.
Informational Calls: Mastering Your Consulting Network
A step-by-step guide to conducting successful informational interviews. Learn how to prepare, what questions to ask, and how to turn a conversation into a valuable network connection.
Example Wharton Unique Contribution Essay
This essay addresses: "Describe an impactful experience or accomplishment that is not reflected elsewhere in your application. How will you use what you learned through that experience to contribute to the Wharton community?" The author explores how they discovered their passion for youth sports and education.
Wharton MBA Essays – Career Goals, Community, and Global Outlook
Essays articulating a transition into cleantech leadership, with plans to contribute to Wharton through club leadership, mentorship, and international perspective.
Network like a Pro: Your Consulting CRM
Elevate your consulting career by building a powerful network. This CRM helps you track connections, manage outreach, and land interviews.
Wharton Deferred Essay – Giving Back Through Mentorship and Leadership
A personal essay rooted in a lifelong commitment to service, showing how early exposure to nonprofit work inspired ongoing contributions to student organizations and internship programs—and how that mindset will carry forward at Wharton.
MBA LinkedIn Outreach Template
Learn how to craft concise and effective LinkedIn connection requests and follow-up messages using these templates. Includes tips on personalization and calls to action.
Cold Outreach Template
Use this template to secure IB networking calls with tips on personalization and clear calls to action.
MIT Sloan Cover Letter – Learning, Problem-Solving, and Initiative
A concise and thoughtful cover letter highlighting a passion for learning, hands-on problem-solving in consulting, and self-driven contributions beyond the job.
MBA Recommendation Packet – Goals, Strategy & Resources
A comprehensive MBA recommendation guide including career goals, school-specific prompts, deadlines, and recommender support materials.
How to Check If a Recommender Would Do a Good Job Before Asking Them
Learn how to discreetly assess potential recommenders before making a formal request.
Why Apply to Deferred MBA Programs?
Discover the advantages deferred MBA applications have over the regular cycle.
Interview Question Bank
Access a curated list of top behavioral, fit, and case questions to sharpen your prep.
Fit Interview Prep – Challenges and Resilience Question Bank
A targeted list of behavioral interview prompts designed to help candidates prepare strong, structured stories about working under pressure, handling conflict, and overcoming setbacks.
Break Into Investment Banking: Recruiting Overview and Networking Strategy
Career Launchpad: Discovery, Networking, and Offer Negotiation
Framework Example for a Profitability Case
See an example of how to structure the framework for a real-world profitability case.
Duolingo PM Intern Practice Case & Solution
See a past Duolingo Product Exercise for PMs and APMs. Includes the prompt and one solution from a successful PM intern applicant.
Product Management and Roadmaps
Learn what a product roadmap is, why it's important to your success as a product manager, and how to create an effective roadmap.
Intro Operating and DCF Model
Master the fundamentals of financial modeling. Learn to build a 3-statement model and perform a DCF valuation, essential skills for any finance role.
