MBA Resume Review — Sharpen Your Story & Impact
MBA resumes are often too vague. They don’t always make clear what an applicant owned, changed, or impacted in their roles before business school. They also don’t always tell the full picture of where an applicant has built experience, including outside of work. My objective is to help you turn your resume into a clearer application story — one that gives an admissions committee a clean snapshot of your professional history and a useful glimpse into your personal background. We’ll start with a live kickoff so I can understand your background, career path, target schools, and what you’re trying to communicate through your application. From there, I’ll review your resume offline (we'll iterate on it a few times) and leave direct, detailed comments on what’s working, what feels generic, and where your impact/story can come through more strongly. Given the importance of maintaining your own voice in the application, I don't intend to directly edit your resume or rewrite bullets for you. I’ll give direct comments, clear suggestions, and examples to help you along the way, but the goal is for the resume to still sound like you.
What's included
My style is direct and practical. I’ll start by getting to know your background and goals live, because a resume review is hard to do well without understanding your story. After that, we'll work largely offline. I’ll review your resume in detail 3-4 times and leave comments directly in the document (e.g., PDF, Word, Google Docs, etc.). I’ll indicate to you where the resume is strong vs. vague or whether the impact is not clear/obvious. I generally will not rewrite bullets or the whole document for you. Instead, I’ll give you specific feedback and suggested directions so you can make the resume stronger while ensuring (very important) that it remains your own voice.
- 1-hour live kickoff to understand your background, career path, target schools, and current resume status
- Iterative offline review (~3x) of your resume, with direct comments and suggestions across structure, bullet strength, impact, and overall positioning
Meet your expert
Vikranth P.
Kellogg MBA | Former Strategy Consultant | Storytelling for MBA Apps
I’m a management consultant with over 7 years of management consulting experience and a strong interest in storytelling. I enjoy learning about and helping applicants uncover / portray the unique aspects of their personality through essays and resumes. My focus is on MBA applications, resume reviews, essay feedback, and consulting interview prep. I especially enjoy helping candidates take "raw material" from their career and personal background and turn it into a cohesive and captivating story. A strong essay/resume goes beyond the 'what' and starts to explain to a reader the 'why' and the 'what drivers this person'. It should help someone understand what you owned, what you changed, what you learned, and what makes your path distinct/memorable. I tend to work best with applicants who want direct, thoughtful feedback. I’ll help you pressure test what's working vs. generic and where your story can shine more while still sounding like you. I also have deep experience with consulting interview prep and have delivered hundreds of practice cases over the years through business school, peer coaching, and my consulting experience. For candidates preparing for consulting recruiting, I can provide case reps with clear feedback and help build good casing habits that matter in live interviews: structure, math, synthesis, communication, and business judgment.
