Work with Vanessa
About
Vanessa’s Talent Acquisition Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Associate
I spent 7 years inside McKinsey & Company, learning the firm’s operating rhythm at the highest level. I started my career working directly alongside (Senior) Partners, understanding exactly how top-tier decision-makers evaluate talent and performance. During this time, I consistently ranked in the top 3% to 7% within Germany. I then transitioned into my core expertise: Recruiting. As a Senior Recruiter for McKinsey, I managed target university pipelines, ran interview days, and directed the Capstone retention program. Following McKinsey, I joined ZEISS Group as a Senior Recruiter, partnering directly with Ex-MBB hiring managers to build teams in Corporate Strategy, Business Innovation, and Ventures. From more than 2500 interviews and candidate interactions, I know the actual HR screening logics, the benchmarks, and why candidates fail the Personal Interviews or PEI. Today, I am the founder of Curate Futures, building top-tier recruiting systems for organizations and positioning ambitious candidates for success. I bring the decision-maker’s perspective. After a decade operating inside McKinsey and ZEISS Group, I have interviewed thousands of candidates. I know the actual HR screening logics, the benchmarks, and why most narratives fail under pressure. I am an excellent interviewer who knows exactly how to design a top-tier CV and how to uncover your undeniable spike. I will ask you the tough questions and expose the weak spots in your story so that the actual interview feels easy. You will walk into the room with confidence, equipped to give the interview direction and focus on what actually matters to secure the offer.
Vanessa can help with:
AI Fundamentals
Candidate Screening
Cover Letters
Employer Branding
Interviewing Techniques
Interview Prep
LinkedIn Review
Networking Strategy
Onboarding
Recruitment Strategy
Resume Review
Talent Acquisition
Work Experience
Founder
Curate
April 2026 - Present
Mastering the top-tier standards. As a candidate. As a business. For ambitious high performers: Everyone who reaches the final rounds has an excellent CV. The personal interactions decide who receives the offer. I prepare candidates for the selection processes of top-tier consulting and venture capital firms: the measurable spike in your track record, a profile built to the standard it will be screened against, and a personal interview narrative that holds under real pushback. For businesses: Your employer brand is your recruiting process. If you want to attract A-players, you have to operate like a top employer. I build the candidate journey, the hiring process and the employer positioning that top talent takes seriously: scorecards, interview structures and clear assessment logic, documented and handed over for your own team to run. Clear systems, absolute pragmatism.
Senior Recruiter
ZEISS Group
December 2023 - March 2026

Senior Recruiter
McKinsey & Company
November 2016 - November 2023
Additional positions at McKinsey & Company Executive Assistant & Teamlead
Education

Universität Koblenz-Landau
Masters degree, Communication
2014 - 2016

Universität Koblenz-Landau
Bachelors degree, Social studies
2010 - 2014
