Summary: This program helped me land a McKinsey offer (in March '23). The program was tailored to focus on my weaknesses (based on a diagnostic assessment). I improved tremendously on the MECEness of my structures, on communicating better the maths portion, on analyzing charts/tables, and on communicating fit stories in effective manner without losing my personal touch! Go for the program, you won't be wronged. Cristian is not only a great coach but also a kind person.
Context: I took Cristian's help for my upcoming McKinsey interview after being rejected by BCG. Honestly, I was at a low point, and I could not have hoped for a better coach & person than Cristian. I had around 1.5 weeks before my McKinsey interviews.
Diagnostic: Cristian took 1st session diagnostic with me. He quickly mentioned what my strengths and weaknesses are and mentioned how those can be improved. After session 1, I knew I had to learn how to make MECE structures and to structure my Maths and communicating that way.
Subsequent sessions: Cristian realized my key areas of issue and then took 1 session just on structures & maths. That session was instrumental for me to understand what I need to do. 1 of the sessions was focussed on PEI part and I realized how I have to improve so much on PEI. He helped me create the right stories, find some stories where I had a weak one, and how to be more conversational.
My McKinsey feedback: In R1, they told me my structures and insights were great. Only point of improvement was PEI. Before R2, I took 2 more sessions with Cristian which helped me nail down the PEI to a point that when I got the offer, the interviewer told me that they were very inspired by my stories. These feedback pointers are in sharp contrast to my BCG feedback where I was told that I needed to be more structured and a better communicator.
*Logistics: Cristian is quick to respond so you'll always feel helped. He never rescheduled any of our sessions and he, in fact, made extra time for me even when he was on a family vacation.
*Coaching style: He adapts to the situation. He is not one of those coaches who will ask you to learn 10 types of structures and regurgitate in interviews. He will help you develop your thinking. If you are looking for a coach who will give you structures to learn and who will tell you exactly what and what not to say, Cristian is not for you. If you are looking to understand why you do somethings a certain way and how that can be changed without any prescriptive answers, Cristian should be the go-to guy! For example, I was always afraid to ask for more time. Cristian, over multiple instances, asked me to analyze, "Why do you think you cannot ask for more time?". This question, over reflection, turned into, "Why do you think you don't deserve more time?". Over 5 sessions, he made me realize it is okay to ask for extra time. I did not blindly follow his advice to take time, I now whole-heartedly believe that taking time is important and something I deserve to create a contextual and concise answer!
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