Leland+ Content Library
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.
Sample MBA Interview Answers
A comprehensive library of sample MBA interview responses across every major question category: leadership, teamwork, problem-solving, communication, self-awareness, resilience, ethics, and adaptability. Each example uses the STAR method to show you exactly how to structure compelling, quantified answers you can adapt with your own experiences.
Email Manager Skill
"/email-manager" triages the user's inbox, sorts emails by urgency, skips noise, and produces ready-to-review reply drafts in the user's voice without sending anything automatically. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/email-manager-skill.zip -d ~/.agents/skills/
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Are You Thriving or Surviving as a Leader?
Are You Thriving or Surviving as a Leader? A 3-Minute Leadership Check-In Why This Matters High-performing leaders are often the last to notice when they’ve shifted from thriving to simply surviving. This brief reflection is designed to help you pause, assess, and realign.
Stanford University Admit: Letter to Rommate Example
Read a short essay that got me into Stanford based on this 2024 prompt: Virtually all of Stanford's undergraduates live on campus. Write a note to your future roommate that reveals something about you or that will help your roommate – and us – get to know you better.
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Hidden Workload Audit & Reflection
This exercise will help you identify everything you're doing that is not on your “to-do” list, so you can see where your time is actually going and what’s pulling your attention away from meaningful work. Designed for anyone who feels busy but not making the progress they expect.
New People Manager: First 90-Day Checklist
A phase-by-phase checklist for your first 90 days as a people manager: diagnose before you prescribe, provide clarity on direction, then raise the bar on performance, Includes the five most common new manager traps and a clear definition of what good looks like at 90 days.
The Process: How Bain Recruiting Actually Works
From application to final round decision, this video maps out the entire lifecycle of a Bain recruit. We break down the timeline, the different interview formats you’ll encounter, and the key touchpoints where candidates often get lost. Know exactly where you stand at every step of the journey.
PM Analytical Take-Home: Regal (B2B SaaS Startup)
This project is a take-home project that will help us evaluate your skill set for the Product Manager Role. You should not spend more than 5 hours on this over the course of a couple days and should package your responses into a Google doc or presentation.
Behavioural interviews: Overview
Behavioural interviews often make or break candidates - especially when everyone has similar technical backgrounds. In this module, you’ll learn how to craft compelling, authentic stories that show maturity, motivation, and fit for Private Equity. We'll cover all the most common questions, along with frameworks to deliver standout answers.
Mastering this Skill Unlocked the 99th percentile LSAT for Me
The LSAT is one of the biggest hurdles on the law school path—but mastering the right skills can completely change your score trajectory. In this session, we’ll dive into the single most impactful skill that propelled Eshaan S. to a 99th percentile score. You’ll learn why this skill matters, how to practice it effectively, and how to apply it under timed conditions. We’ll also cover broader strategies for test-day preparation, common pitfalls that hold students back, and ways to approach the exam with confidence. Whether you’re just starting LSAT prep or aiming to push from good to great, you’ll leave with concrete techniques you can put into action right away.
Nailing the Schwarzman Scholars Finalist Interview
Have you been selected as a Finalist for the Schwarzman Scholars program? If you've made it this far, a huge congratulations is in order, as you already overcame substantial odds - invitations to the in-person interview are extended to just 5-6% of the total applicant pool. However, the hardest part is yet to come! I'm here to offer advice and tips to help you navigate what will most definitely be one of the most unforgettable days of your life. This free event will cover what to expect in the Finalist round, alongside strategies to prepare for both the behavioral/application-based portion of the interview and the notoriously challenging 'Global Affairs' question.
Real-World ROI for MBAs
For many applicants who are considering getting an MBA today, a key question is whether doing so is worth it and, if so, what the anticipated return on investment (ROI) will be. During this free event, four Leland coaches who have their MBAs from M7 programs share their perspectives on the ROI they've seen so far from their MBA experiences. Meet our hosts: - Alex M. - current MBA candidate at Kellogg, current Forte Fellow - Elizabeth J. - current Citi SVP, Dartmouth (Tuck) MBA, former Forte Fellow, former BLCK VC Fellow - Patricia M. - current Zillow PM, former Product Ops at LinkedIn, Duke MBA, former Forte Fellow - Sowa I. - Stanford MBA, former Accenture/BCG consultant
2026-2027 Columbia Essay Brainstorm
The complete brainstorming workbook for Columbia's 2026-2027 essays. Inside: step-by-step exercises for every prompt, from short answers to Essay 1 goals to Essay 2 collaboration stories to Essay 3 "co-create" arguments, with structured charts to help you organize your stories, research, and outlines before you start drafting.
Learn Skill
"/learn" will run a session-retrospective audit that tells you what went well, what went wrong, and propose documentation updates. It gives direct feedback on working with the AI agent more efficiently. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/learn-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/learn/
Case Interview Closing: The Recommendation
The final minute is your last chance to show you are client-ready. We break down the "Answer First" communication style that Bain demands. You will learn to synthesize your findings into a punchy, actionable recommendation, articulate the risks clearly, and suggest pragmatic "Next Steps" that show you understand the complexity of implementation.
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Frontend Design Skill
"/frontend-design" creates distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with bold aesthetic direction, intentional typography, animation, and spatial composition. It generates working HTML/CSS/JS or React code that avoids generic AI aesthetics. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/frontend-design-skill.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/frontend-design/
How to Make Your PM Resume Impossible to Ignore
After this session, you'll know how to position your PM resume so it reflects the way hiring managers actually evaluate candidates. We'll cover how to frame impact metrics that go beyond output, how to signal product thinking through your bullet structure, and how to cut the experience that's quietly working against you.
How to Give Feedback That Actually Changes Behavior
Most managers give feedback. Few give feedback that sticks. This guide breaks down the four reasons feedback fails, then gives you a repeatable four-part framework — Situation, Behavior, Impact, Next Step — with side-by-side examples showing ineffective vs. effective delivery. Includes a section on handling the most common reactions: defensiveness, denial, and empty agreement.
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Startup Financial Modeling Skill
"/startup-financial-modeling" will build comprehensive 3-5 year financial models for early-stage startups, covering cohort-based revenue projections, cost structure, burn rate, runway, headcount planning, and fundraising scenario analysis. To install, run this in your terminal after downloading the file: unzip ~/Downloads/startup-financial-modeling-skill.zip -d ~/.agents/skills/startup-financial-modeling/
