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Sample Resume Metrics

Adding metrics and quantifiable data to your résumé demonstrates your tangible impact and value to potential MBA programs. Use this original list of metrics to clearly highlight your accomplishments.

How to Fix Your MBA Essays Without Starting Over

If your essay feels off, and you're wondering how to fix them without starting over, tune in to learn about the most common issues and how to fix them

How to Crush Your HireVue

This resource reviews common HireVue interview questions and outlines effective approaches for answering them. It focuses on structuring responses, managing timing, and communicating clearly in a recorded interview format.

How I Moved to Europe While Working In Product Management [9/17/2026] (Recording)

Moving to Europe while continuing your career in product management can involve more than simply finding a job abroad—it requires understanding the market, navigating recruiting differences, and figuring out how to position your existing experience. This session is designed for product managers considering a move to Europe who want to learn from someone who has made the transition firsthand. You’ll learn how to approach the European PM job market, identify opportunities that fit your background, and navigate the practical challenges of making an international career move. Attending live gives you the opportunity to ask questions about your own plans and hear directly about the realities of making the move while working in product management. The speaker will share practical lessons from their own experience, including what they learned about recruiting, positioning their background, and adapting to a new market. If you’re considering a similar move, it’s worth joining live.

What Sets Successful Private Equity Candidates Apart

Private equity recruiting is highly competitive, and the candidates who win offers distinguish themselves in ways that go far beyond technical competence. In this session, you’ll learn what top PE firms actually look for, how interviewers evaluate judgment, ownership, and investment thinking, and how to position your background to signal long-term potential.

Investment Banking Behavioral Interview Guide

A comprehensive guide to investment banking behavioral interviews covering Tell Me About Yourself, Why IB, Why Firm/Group, strengths and weaknesses, leadership, teamwork, conflict, failure, adversity, prioritization, and deal walkthroughs. Includes answer frameworks, a 3–4 story behavioral bank, timing guidance, pressure tests, a comprehensive question bank, and a final interview prep checklist.

Using ChatGPT for Career Narratives

ChatGPT is a powerful tool, and when used correctly it can be a practical partner in shaping your career story or helping you articulate your branding. Join me in a hands-on, interactive workshop where you will learn prompts and techniques to incorporate this AI tool into your job search and career exploration.

A Skill for Creating Skills

"/skill-creator" is Anthropic's official skill that creates new skills from scratch, modifies and improves existing skills, runs evals to test skill performance, and benchmarks skills with variance analysis and description optimization. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/skill-creator-skill.zip -d ~/.agents/skills/skill-creator/

AI Tools You Need to Know for Product Management

This session takes a practical, hands-on approach to AI tools for Product Managers. Rather than a generic tool roundup, attendees will see how AI fits into the actual PM workflow: from discovery and research to documentation, stakeholder communication, and process automation. Every example comes from real client projects and production workflows.

Sustainability Careers Overview (public vs private sector) [9/16/2026] (Recording)

I will talk about what it is like working in sustainability at a green tech startup, a large corporation, and the public sector. This livestream is meant to educate people on the politics of sustainability, where you can have the biggest impact, and the pros and cons of each type of work.

Break Into Tech: Networking & Coffee Chat Playbook

Breaking into tech or product management isn’t just about your résumé — it’s about getting in front of the right people before the job ever hits LinkedIn and having the insight to convert interviews into offers. After coaching 100+ candidates into roles at Google, Meta, Adobe, and other top companies, I can tell you the biggest lever you control is simple: effective coffee chats. Most candidates send the same cold emails and LinkedIn messages that get ignored. In this session, we’ll walk through how to actually stand out when people are busy, how to pick the right targets, and how to turn a single conversation into a warm path toward interviews at companies you want. You’ll learn: • How to identify the right people to reach out to (and who not to waste time on) • What to say in your first message so it gets opened and answered • How to run a coffee chat that leaves a memorable impression • How to uncover roles before they’re posted • How to build a networking system that compounds over time If you’re an MBA student or career switcher aiming for tech or PM roles, this session will give you the exact playbook that’s helped dozens of candidates break in.

Build a Full Trip Itinerary with Claude (Cowork, Code & Design)

A complete all-in-one, customizable system for planning a full, day-by-day trip with Claude — from a single intake to a dynamic, updateable, customizable plan. This deck walks through every component: destination research, flights, points-aware lodging, the day-by-day itinerary, restaurants and reservations, packing, credit-card credits, and best-time-to-visit timing — plus the Cowork-vs-Code playbook (where chat shines for research, synthesis, and drafting, and where Claude Code wins for schedule generation, calendar sync, and packing lists). It's built around a fully worked, anonymized example: a two-week Spain trip across Mallorca, Ibiza, Granada, and Madrid. For anyone traveling soon — or tired of losing a Saturday to 47 browser tabs — who wants AI to do the heavy lifting and one shared source of truth. A companion prompt library will be added so you can run the whole workflow yourself.

AI Skills Week Kickoff + Which AI Tool Should I Use? (Recording)

With new AI tools launching constantly, it can be difficult to know which ones are actually useful and which are just adding noise to your workflow. This session is designed for professionals, builders, and curious learners who want a practical framework for choosing the right AI tools based on their goals and use cases. You’ll learn how to evaluate tools across different categories, understand where specific tools perform best, and build a more intentional approach to integrating AI into your work. Attending live gives you the opportunity to ask questions about your own workflows, challenges, and tool stack in real time. The speaker works closely with individuals and teams adopting AI and will share the patterns they see across successful implementations, along with how they think through tool selection in practice. If you want a clearer approach to navigating the growing AI landscape, it’s worth joining live.

How Candidates Get Cut Early in IB Recruiting [8/4/2026] (Recording)

Investment banking recruiting starts well before the formal interview. Information sessions, outreach emails, coffee chats, and follow-ups may feel informal, but bankers are already evaluating whether they want to move you forward. In this session, we'll break down what happens when recruiting begins and explain the unwritten rules candidates are expected to understand. We'll cover information sessions, coffee chats, outreach, follow-ups, and the small mistakes that can quietly remove candidates from consideration. You'll leave knowing what to expect, how to navigate the early stages of recruiting, and how to make a strong impression without sounding rehearsed or transactional. You'll learn how to: - Understand the recruiting process once school begins - Approach information sessions and bank presentations - Write effective outreach and follow-up messages - Prepare for and lead strong coffee chats - Recognize what bankers are evaluating during informal interactions - Avoid the mistakes that get candidates cut before interviews

Banking to Buy-Side: IB & Venture Playbook [6/17/2026] (Recording)

Many finance professionals see investment banking as a stepping stone, but far fewer understand how to successfully make the jump to the buy side. This session is for candidates interested in venture capital, investing, and long-term finance careers who want a clearer roadmap for navigating that transition. You’ll learn how investment banking experience can be leveraged for buy-side opportunities, what firms look for in candidates making the move, and how to position yourself throughout the recruiting process. Join live to hear from two experts with extensive experience across both investment banking and venture capital and ask questions about your own career path. The speakers have firsthand experience navigating these industries and will share the patterns they see across successful transitions, common mistakes, and what differentiates candidates who break through. Expect practical insights and advice similar to what’s covered in 1:1 career coaching conversations.

Beating Burnout: TEAM LEADER EDITION | Johns Hopkins & Harvard Coach-PhD [9/30/2026] (Recording)

Somewhere along the way, ambitious leaders were sold a lie: that success requires sacrifice, and that if you're not running on empty, you're not working hard enough. I've spent my career as a coach-scientist and I trained at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and Emory. In this live session, I'll break down: 1) The connection between wellbeing, leadership effectiveness, and long-term, sustainable success for you and your team. Burnout is a systems issue! 2) Where coaching starts to protect your energy and support better team functioning. 3) We'll close with live Q&A, so come with questions about staying at your best without burning out. You'll leave with a new way to think about wellbeing. It's now what you earn once the work is done, it's the thing that makes work sustainable for the entire team. Event Title: Beating Burnout Without Sacrificing Success Format: Live virtual session with audience Q&A Audience: Leaders, executives, and professionals seeking sustainable high performance Session Includes: Expert insights, a practical roadmap supported with coaching, and live Q&A

MBA Inteview Guide

How to prepare for IESE, INSEAD, LBS, IE, ESADE and other top European MBA programs A practical two-page preparation guide for MBA admissions interviews. MBA interviews are not just a final checkpoint. They are your chance to show who you are beyond your CV, essays and test scores— and to prove that your goals, values and personality fit the school. A strong interview helps the school understand: Why MBA? · Why this school? · Why now? · Why you?

Ask Me Anything as a Software Engineering Interviewer

Ever wondered what interviewers are actually thinking during a technical interview? In this open AMA session, get candid insights from a software engineering interviewer on what stands out, what raises red flags, and how hiring decisions are really made. We’ll cover technical screens, system design, behavioral questions, evaluation criteria, and how to recover from mistakes mid-interview. Bring your toughest questions and walk away with practical, insider advice to approach your next interview with clarity and confidence.