Florian
1500 5-star reviews across platforms | 700+ offers | Highest-rated case book on Amazon | Uni lecturer in US, Asia, EU
Case Interview Mastery
Fit Interview and PEI Hacking
Problem Solving
Deutsch, Englisch
Österreich (UTC +1)
399 USD / h
1500 5-star reviews across platforms | 700+ offers | Highest-rated case book on Amazon | Uni lecturer in US, Asia, EU
Case Interview Mastery
Fit Interview and PEI Hacking
Problem Solving
399 USD / h
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Consulting
Content Creator
1.419 Coachings
40.179 Q&A Upvotes
195 Awards
Über Florian
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Welcome to my PrepLounge profile!

Navigating the rollercoaster of consulting interviews and applications?

You’re not alone.

I’ve been through the same highs and lows of consulting preparation. 

After securing multiple offers from top firms, I joined McKinsey. Today, my focus is on helping others achieve the same outcome with a clearer, more effective path.

Through StrategyCase.com, I’ve developed a structured and results-driven approach to case interviews and fit interview storytelling. Over the past few years, this has helped my coaching clients secure more than 700 offers across top consulting firms, including over 190 at McKinsey, the toughest firm to break in (with the outcome that McKinsey kicked me out of its alumni network...ouch!).

My goal is simple: maximize your success rate while making preparation more efficient and less overwhelming.

What You Can Expect:

  • Tailored Approach: Targeted coaching that addresses your specific needs and bottlenecks, using proven methods that have generated hundreds of verified offers.
  • Intuitive Case Solving: Battle-tested strategies to excel in every case interview. Gain expertise in framework creation, crafting creative brainstorming answers, interpreting charts, performing fast case math, and ensuring clear and effective case communication.
  • Impactful Storytelling: Compelling answers and storytelling that leave a lasting impression during fit interviews. I will make you stand out and memorable in the eyes of the interviewers.
  • Holistic Support: Access to 20+ hours of preparation courses and 100s of self-crafted case drills that together form a complete interview preparation toolkit.
  • Beyond Case Coaching: End-to-end guidance across the entire recruiting journey, including networking and referrals, resume and cover letter strategy, recruitment test preparation, case and fit interviews, offer negotiation, and long-term career planning in consulting.

Verify Actual Success Rates and Offers:

I prioritize client outcomes over sheer volume, and my coaching is focused on measurable results.

For a direct comparison of success rates and actual offers with other coaches, please scroll down to the "SUCCESS STORIES" section or explore my 5-session coaching package. Then repeat the process on other profiles.

If you’re ready to approach consulting interviews with structure, confidence, and clarity, I’d be glad to support you.

Let’s embark on this journey together!

  • Looking for free advice? I offer a 7+ hour free case interview preparation course. Feel free to reach out anytime.
  • Interested in personalized coaching? Start with a free introductory call.

All the best,

Florian

Most consulting candidates follow the same preparation advice...

...and they predictably fail.

Why?

The irony is that this advice is largely shaped by the 99% who do not make it into top-tier firms. As a candidate myself, I became frustrated with generic frameworks, recycled tips, and practice methods that produced average performance at best. 

Only 1–3% of applicants receive offers. 

I decided early on that I would not prepare like the 97%.

At the same time, firms have no incentive to reveal what they evaluate or how they evaluate it, leaving candidates with largely ineffective preparation advice and a heavy reliance on guesswork.

After leaving McKinsey, I turned coaching into a passion. My mission is straightforward: develop candidates who meet interviewers at eye level, not as rehearsed applicants, but as future consultants.

Today, I work with people from all backgrounds and career stages: students and interns, experienced hires, managers, and even partner-level professionals. My clients include business graduates, engineers, medical doctors, ex-military officers, and career switchers. What they have in common is ambition and the willingness to train differently from the crowd.

Coaching has become more than a profession for me. I have shared so much knowledge and effective methodology, and helped so many clients enter McKinsey over the years, that the firm eventually removed me from the alumni network. That only reinforced that I am building something distinct rather than recycling conventional prep advice.

The reality is that most candidates fail not because they lack potential, but because they fail to demonstrate the profile consulting firms look for. 

This is where I come in and where my approach differs.

I help you build that profile so interviewers see you as a future consultant, not just another case candidate.

How do we achieve this? By focusing on:

  • Problem-solving mastery: Learn how real consultants think, using first principles reasoning, hypothesis-driven problem solving, and convergent and divergent thinking to tackle complex business problems and frameworks.
  • Intuitive case-solving: Develop a step-by-step method that guides your qualitative analysis (chart interpretation) and quantitative reasoning (case math), sharpens insight generation, and elevates communication to the level expected in top-tier firms.
  • Storytelling and presence: Master structured storytelling for fit interviews, networking, and written applications, so you become memorable rather than interchangeable.
  • End-to-end mentorship: Receive continuous guidance and access to high-quality practice resources built to modern interview standards, inside and outside coaching sessions.
  • Beyond the offer: Build capabilities that not only secure the offer but accelerate early performance and promotion once inside consulting.

Combining these factors allows me to amplify your strengths to create performance spikes (which is what gets you the offers) while at the same time lifting your weaknesses to a robust level (which saves you from being rejected).

The Outcome?

700+ direct success stories: Over the past few years, my direct coaching clients have secured more than 700 offers across top consulting firms. This has led to over 1,500 five-star reviews across platforms, including PrepLounge, StrategyCase.com, Amazon, Leland, and others. My books and preparation programs have enabled thousands of additional offers beyond direct coaching. My clients have a 95% job offer rate and an 80%+ MBB offer rate.

Monthly transformations: Every month, I guide candidates into top firms globally, substantiated by a wealth of verified success stories and testimonials across major platforms. I believe that this level of success, achieved in such a brief period, is unparalleled in the consulting coaching field. I track successes and failures rigorously to continuously refine my methodology.

Comprehensive preparation ecosystem: Through StrategyCase.com, clients receive access to extensive practice materials, courses, drills, and simulations alongside coaching. This removes friction and ensures your preparation time is spent on skill development, not searching for resources. No coach can offer a holistic end-to-end mentorship experience and prep ecosystem like that, especially not at no additional cost beyond our coaching sessions.

Deep expertise: I spent more than 2.5 years writing two books on consulting interviews, The 1%: Conquer Your Consulting Case Interview and The 1% Case Interview Workbook, obsessively analyzing what works and what does not. The result goes deeper into case design, successful case approaches, interviewer evaluation criteria, and practical, field-tested hacks than any other coaching material on the market.

Beyond the application: My objective is not only to help you break into consulting but to position you for rapid growth once inside. My coaching is complemented by career-development content designed to accelerate early performance and promotion.

If you want to prepare differently from the 99%, I would be glad to support you.

Click on ‘Show more’ to get a deeper look into my approach and the success stories of my clients.

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Arbeitserfahrung
Sr. Business Development & Strategy Manager
Bitpanda
2020 - 2020
Founder
StrategyCase
2019 - Jetzt
Sr. Consultant
McKinsey & Company
2015 - 2020
Consultant Trainee
Kearney
2013 - 2013
Marketing and Sales
Lufthansa
2012 - 2012
Ausbildung
Doktorand:in
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
2017 - 2021
Strategy
Masterstudent:in
London School of Economics and Political Science
2013 - 2014
CEMS
Masterstudent:in
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2013 - 2014
CEMS
Letzter Monat
Coaching-Meister
Top 10 | 8 Coachings
Florian hat im letzten Monat 8 Coachings durchgeführt.
Content-König
Top 5
Im letzten Monat wurden Florians Artikel 38 Mal gelesen.
Vergangene Awards
Coaching-Meister
Florian erhielt im Jahr 2026 ein Mal einen Award für die meisten Coachings.
Content-König
Florians Artikel waren im Jahr 2026 ein Mal unter den der meistgelesenen Blog-Artikeln.
Coaching-Angebote
Top-Paket
The 1% Case Method
Beinhaltet 5 Sessions
62 Bewertungen
Intuitive Case und Fit Mastery
Unvergleichliche Angebotspreise
$1.877 Bonus-Übungsmaterialien

Ich freue mich, dir ein umfassendes Programm vorstellen zu können, das sorgfältig entwickelt wurde, um dir Angebote von allen Unternehmensberatungen zu ermöglichen. Dieses inklusive Programm bietet nicht nur persönliches Coaching, sondern stellt auch eine vollständige Sammlung unverzichtbarer Materialien für effektives Üben zwischen den Sitzungen zur Verfügung, zusammen mit einer exklusiven Mitgliedschaft in meiner privaten Kunden-Coaching-Gruppe - the inner circle.

Was dieses Programm auszeichnet

Bitte lies die Bewertung, die oben als Bild beigefügt ist und bedenke dabei, dass das Angebot für das wettbewerbsintensivste McKinsey-Büro der Welt während einer Rezession für einen Kandidaten ohne betriebswirtschaftlichen Hintergrund galt, der aufgrund des Wertes meines Coaching-Programms alle MBAs und Wirtschaftsfachleute in den Schatten stellen konnte.

  • Einen Top-Job in der Unternehmensberatung mit einer non-target Uni bekommen?
  • Ohne betriebswirtschaftlichen Hintergrund bei McKinsey, BCG und Bain rein kommen?
  • Recruiter dazu bringen, sich zu wundern, wie schnell du einen Case lösen kannst?
  • Vorstellungsgespräche überspringen und direkt zum Angebot übergehen?
  • Eine ganze Gesprächsrunde in der Peergroup dominieren?

Das sind keine Ausreißer; bei meinen Kunden ist das der Standard.

Das 1%-Methode-Coaching-Programm

  • beinhaltet alles, was du brauchst, um mehrere Angebote von erstklassigen Unternehmensberatungen zu erhalten, nicht nur Coaching, sondern auch eine vollständige Produktpalette (etwas, das niemand auf PrepLounge anbieten kann);
  • ist für dich völlig risikofrei (weitere Details findest du unten);
  • kommt mit einem Rabatt von 51% (der tatsächliche Gesamtwert basierend auf den enthaltenen Produkten und Dienstleistungen beträgt 3.753 $, ist aber für nur 1.849 $ erhältlich), was weniger als 50% deines ersten Monatsgehalts in der Beratung entspricht.

Ich bin begeistert und engagiere mich dafür, dich auf deiner Reise zu unterstützen, mehrere Angebote von erstklassigen Unternehmen zu erhalten. Wenn du mehr über das Programm erfahren möchtest und warum ich dir dieses Paket anbieten kann, lies unten weiter oder kontaktiere mich direkt für dein kostenloses Einführungsgespräch.

Übersicht über das Programm

Das Programm selbst umfasst 5 anpassbare, nicht zeitgebundene Sitzungen, die auf deine individuellen Bedürfnisse zugeschnitten sind, einschließlich Cases im Stil erstklassiger Unternehmensberatungen, Feedback und Bewertungsstandards von Interviewern (McKinsey), Fit-Interview-Simulationen und detaillierten Nachbesprechungen, Unterricht in Problemlösung, Kommunikation und Story Telling sowie detaillierte Vorbereitungspläne und Fortschrittsverfolgung. Für eine detaillierte Sitzungsaufschlüsselung mit Schwerpunktthemen und Lernzielen lies bitte weiter.

Zusätzlich erhältst du mehr als 20 Stunden Videokursinhalt zum Selbststudium, Handbücher, die speziell dafür entwickelt wurden, dir bei allen Beratungseignungstests zu helfen, hochwertige Kurse und Übungen zur Strukturierung, Interpretation von Charts und Mathematik sowie eine umfangreiche Sammlung von fast 1.000 Praxis Cases.

Das Ganze wird durch mein kontinuierliches Mentorship ergänzt, um dein fortlaufendes Lernen und deine Verbesserung vor, zwischen und nach unseren Sitzungen zu erleichtern, sowie die Aufnahme in meine private Coaching-Gruppe von ebenso motivierten Case-Kandidat:innen.

Die Handbücher und Videokurse, die in das Programm integriert sind, gehören zu den begehrtesten und realistischsten Übungsmaterialien auf dem Markt.

Top-Paket
The 1% Case Method
The 1% Case Method
62 Bewertungen
Intuitive Case und Fit Mastery
Unvergleichliche Angebotspreise
$1.877 Bonus-Übungsmaterialien
Intuitive Case und Fit Mastery
Unvergleichliche Angebotspreise
$1.877 Bonus-Übungsmaterialien
Einzelcoaching
Interview-Coaching
60 Minuten
629 Bewertungen
399 USD
Termin buchen
CV-Review
30 Minuten
629 Bewertungen
289 USD
Termin buchen
Interview-Coaching + CV-Review
90 Minuten
629 Bewertungen
679 USD
Termin buchen
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