info for wharton mbacm - university of pennsylvania
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May 8, 2020 (Friday)
Info for Wharton MBACM
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Peter K offers various case prep solutions to support Wharton students along their interview prep journey
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Getting top-notch materials Developing skills
Assessing results
▪ Online courses (highest rankings and bestsellers at Udemy)
▪ YouTube Channel (short and on-the-point videos with answers to burning questions)
▪ Webinars (2 hours; various topics; real-time practice and feedback on-the-spot)
▪ Drillbooks/online quizzes (developed based on real cases from top-consulting firms in 2018-20):
– Structuring
– Brainstorming
– Case Math
– Story-telling
– Market-sizing
▪ CIRA (taken by 13 b-schools and 1k MBA students to date)
▪ Coaching sessions
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Peter’s e-courses are short, immediately applicable, and are highly appreciated by MBA students
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SOURCE: Udemy.com (4/7/20)
The detailed discussion about seven most popular brainstorming questions representing 80% of all the brainstorming questions at the consulting interviews.§ 7 lectures, 6-8 min each§ link to the online class
The deep dive overview of five most typical case types representing 85% of all the cases at the consulting interviews.§ 7 lectures, 5-6 min each§ link to the online class
Structuring Brainstorming
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Peter’s YouTube channel is designed to provide on-the-point answers to burning questions re consulting
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Three first videos have been already launched in the beta mode.§ 1. Shall I go into consulting? Quick filters
(7 min). Link: https://youtu.be/RN5tdnQheG8
§ 2. What is consulting? (5 min) Link: https://youtu.be/Ld6vGYHbcU0
§ 3. Pros and Cons of going into consulting (9 min). Link: https://youtu.be/ynBU1QwzNs0
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Short several-minute answers to most important questions about consulting
Best practices synthesized from thousands of coaching sessions and multi-year coaching experience
In-depth research behind the information about the top consulting firms and their interview approach
Six MBA students who have already watched these three videos found them extremely helpful and would 100% recommend them to their peers (10 out of 10)
New brief high-value videos will go life every week, and Wharton students will be able to watch them on their smartphones
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Peter’s webinars cover real cases from 2018-20 cycles and offer best practices in approaching cases
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▪ Top-5 most popular case types and how to structure them
▪ Top-7 most wide-spread brainstorming questions and ways to approach them
▪ Top-10 business concepts to enhance story-telling for a case interview
▪ Presentation and answering questions at the end▪ Just Q&As (students watch correspondent e-
courses before the webinar)▪ Just life practice (lots of exercises on specific skill)
and on-the-spot feedback and analysis
▪ Length of any webinar is 1.5-2 hours▪ The webinars are held via webex (up to 100
participants)
Topics
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Drill exercises gain popularity as they enable students to be laser-focused and polish the particular skill
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Built based on the real cases of 2018-20 recruiting cycles of top-consulting firms
All major skills are covered: structuring, brainstorming, case Math, story-telling, and market-sizing
Includes answers and in-depth analysis from a professional case prep coach
10 five-minute exercises to drill each skill for quick, but efficient practice; 5 drillbooks, 50 exercises in total
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CIRA – Consulting Interview Readiness Assessment – offers percentile and detailed feedback
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Each student receives a personalized and detailed feedback report to help them understand their areas of strength and areas of focus for improvement
CIRA is a 30-minute online assessment
Conducted by a professional case prep coach
Designed to assess up to 100 students at a time
Each student gets a plan of attack to help them address identified gaps in their skills
13 top-business schools have already offered CIRA for their 1k MBA students
The report also indicates the student's level of interview readiness based on a 100-point scale that enables them to compare their performance against their peers and monitor their progress over time
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A lot of b-schools and consulting clubs would be happy to share their experience of working with Peter
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NOT EXHAUSTIVE
UC Berkeley - Haas School of BusinessJenn Bridge, Sr. Director [email protected]
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UCLA Anderson School of ManagementChris Weber, [email protected]
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Stanford Graduate School of BusinessGina Jorasch, [email protected]
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Foster School of Business (University of Washington)Naomi Sanchez, Assistant [email protected]
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Indiana University Kelley School of BusinessScott Laughner, Director of Consulting Academy [email protected]
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Career Management Centers
University of Pennsylvania - Wharton SchoolVadim Petrov, Board Member [email protected]
Chicago - Booth School of BusinessKurbi Mehta, [email protected]
Columbia Business SchoolZaid Mustafa, [email protected]
NYU - Stern School of BusinessCurtis Koszuta, [email protected]
Georgetown University McDonough School of BusinessChloe Grishaw, [email protected]
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Peter K
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Peter K is a professional coach. After 4 years of management consulting at McKinsey and L.E.K., Peter now trains MBA students for their consulting interviews. Since 2017 Peter has conducted 4,000 coaching sessions, assessed 1,000 candidates, developed two highest-rated e-courses at Udemy, and wrote a book. Currently Peter works with 13 top b-schools
Email: [email protected]