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Haas MBA: Conquer Your Video Interview
Prepare for the Berkeley Haas pre-recorded video interview with essential tips, common questions, and strategies to showcase your strengths and fit.
Example Resume - Climate Infrastructure & Renewable Energy Background
This resume highlights the author's experience in climate infrastructure investment at BlackRock, clean energy ventures, and project management in renewable energy at NextEra Energy Resources, alongside their education from Harvard Business School and the University of North Carolina.
Live MBA Mock Interview
In this workshop, you’ll experience what it’s really like to be in the MBA hot seat through a mock interview led by top Leland coaches Angela C. and Ben L. With years of experience coaching applicants into programs like Stanford GSB, HBS, and Wharton, they know exactly what admissions committees are looking for. You’ll practice tackling the toughest questions, get real-time feedback on your answers, and learn strategies to communicate with confidence and authenticity. Whether you’re preparing for your first interview or refining your approach for final rounds, this session will help you sharpen your skills and stand out in the competitive MBA admissions process.
Beyond Buzzwords: Leverage Your LinkedIn - Webinar
If you're looking for low key ways to use social media for your job search and career change, you'll want to attend this workshop. Whether you're pivoting careers or breaking into quant finance, I'll make it easy and walk you step-by-step how to optimize your LinkedIn profile, find roles quickly, and build your network in a new field. For over a decade, I've taught LinkedIn strategies for the job search - showing 5000+ career changers and students how to use it to get noticed in a new field - ranging from finance, tech, engineering, and consulting to marketing, education, and healthcare. This isn't a lecture. This is a walkthrough. You’ll leave with concrete tips, examples, and action steps you can implement right away.
GMAT/GRE Prep: A Lesson on Number Properties
Year after year, grad school preppers wish they had doubled down on their quantitative problem-solving before they took the GMAT/GRE. This video is designed for everyone—from beginners to experts—who wants to take the GMAT/GRE and improve crucial quant skills. This is an interactive, 90-minute content lesson and roundtable to help you understand the blindspots of the GMAT and GRE, specifically the quantitative portion. Come ready to learn and receive advice on how to prepare, what to focus on, and where to focus your efforts based on your experience, budget, and desired score.
Stanford University Admit: Common App Essay Example
Read the Common App essay that got me into Stanford based on this 2024 prompt: Share an essay on any topic of your choice. It can be one you've already written, one that responds to a different prompt, or one of your own design.
Kellogg Leadership Essay Example - Brave Leaders Create Value
This essay responds to a Kellogg MBA application prompt: "Provide a recent example where you have demonstrated leadership and created value. What challenges did you face and what did you learn?"
Kellogg Deferred MBA Essay Examples – Leadership, Equality, and Arts Access
Three essays addressing Kellogg’s prompts on leadership, personal values, and pre-MBA plans, weaving together themes of team building, educational equity, and a long-term commitment to expanding access to music education.
Booth Short Answers Example
Booth Short Answers example of a female consultant accepted into the class of 2027.
Successful Bain Resume (Associate Consultant Offer)
Real resume from a Bain applicant who received an offer.
Example Investment Banking Resume: Summer Associate
See an example of an investment banking summer associate resume. Learn how to highlight relevant skills, academic achievements, and experience to secure a position at firms like Financial Technology Partners and RBC.
INSEAD Example Essays – Product Leadership, Global Agility, and Restless Curiosity
A complete INSEAD essay set featuring career goals in product management, reflections on cultural agility and personal growth, and stories of building cross-border relationships and learning through service, improv, and exploration.
The Non-Technical Manager’s AI Toolkit
AI is useful when it saves time and reduces errors, not when it adds noise. In this practical session, join Noah T. (AI Product Manager @ Ergo) in this session where you’ll learn how to turn everyday work into faster, cleaner outcomes by drafting, summarizing, analyzing, and automating tasks with confidence, using simple quality checks to keep results reliable.
Nailing the Personal Statement
This guide walks a client through the reasons behind a Personal Statement along with examples of each section & what should be included.
Break Into Your Dream APM Program
Ready to land a coveted spot in a top Associate Product Manager (APM) program? Join this panel to learn what it really takes to break in—from building a strong application and acing the interviews to standing out in a competitive pool. In this panel, hear from Khushi A. (Google), Vaibhav G. (Microsoft), and Alec S. (Capital One) as they give you insider insights and actionable strategies to help you launch your product management career. Whether you're a student or early-career professional, this is your chance to get one step closer to your dream APM role.
AMA/Office Hours: Sales "deal desk"
Got a tough deal you're trying to close? Not sure how to handle a tricky objection, or how to structure pricing for your early-stage product? Need help figuring out why a once-hot opportunity has gone cold? Bring your sales questions to this open “Deal Desk” AMA session. Whether you’re a founder doing your own sales, an AE trying to close faster, or a BDR struggling to get responses, this is your space to get unfiltered, tactical guidance from a startup sales coach who’s been in your shoes. I’ve helped dozens of venture-backed startups go from zero to repeatable sales processes, and I’m opening up the floor to help you work through your blockers in real-time. Think of this like having a VP of Sales on speed dial for 60 minutes. About me: I have an MBA from Stanford and was the first sales hire at two venture-backed startups that now have 9 figure valuations (Arc Technologies and Trunk Tools). I'm now a full-time sales coach and consultant to help B2B SaaS startups to scale beyond founder-led sales, turning interested prospects into paying customers. Don't miss this opportunity to gain insights and strategies tailored to your needs.
How To Write Outstanding Law School Application Essays
Your law school application essays are arguably the most important aspect of your law school applications. To have the best outcomes and plenty of options at the end of the process, you need to craft compelling essays with solid narratives that paint a picture beyond your numbers. We will talk about different essay prompts and how best to tackle them, why it makes sense to have two 'main' essays instead of just one, how to handle optional essays and the dreaded 'why' essays.
Darden Example Essays From a Successful Admit
Real Darden MBA essays, including answers to these prompts: - Please provide an example of a situation in which you have made a meaningful impact. - Share a time in which you engaged with a perspective, identity, community, or experience that was different from your own and how it impacted your worldview. - Why are you interested in pursuing an MBA in 2-4 years? - Tell us what you would want your learning team to know about you - personal, professional or both. - Each year, Darden connects with over 80 countries. If you could choose any location in the world, where would you want to travel and why?
Columbia Sample Essay - Favorite Book
Favorite book essay for successful admit application to CBS.
Example MBA Recommender Prep Doc - Deferred Admit
A clear, structured prep document that successfully guided the recommenders of an HBS and GSB deferred MBA admit.
