Coaching from people who sat on the other side of the table.
One-to-one preparation for the most competitive graduate and lateral processes in finance and consulting, from a group of bankers, consultants and private equity investors.
No pitch on the call. Just a straight read of where you stand.
- 1Free 20-minute callWhere you are, where you want to be, and what it would honestly take.
- 2A plan against the calendarFirm shortlist, application dates, and the skills gap to close in the time you have.
- 3Sessions that feel like the real thingCV rebuilt, technicals drilled, interviews mocked and debriefed until they're second nature.
- 4OfferThen the bit nobody prepares you for: choosing between them and negotiating.
Bankers, consultants and private equity investors
Elite Careers Coach is run by a group of bankers, consultants and private equity investors, including alumni of Lazard M&A. Between them they have screened hundreds of CVs, sat on interview panels, and spent the last few years coaching students and career changers into offers at J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citi, McKinsey and BCG.
You get one dedicated lead coach who knows you, your target firms and your weak spots, with the rest of the group behind them contributing technical materials, desk-specific mock interviews and current market insight. One relationship, an industry’s worth of perspective.
Every stage, from first CV to signed offer
CV & cover letter refinement
Rewritten line by line against what screeners at bulge-bracket banks, elite boutiques and MBB actually look for. Not polished; rebuilt.
Interview preparation
Fit, technical and case interviews run exactly as the real thing, then debriefed answer by answer until the weak spots are gone.
Technical training
Accounting, valuation, DCF, LBO, merger models and case maths taught the way analysts learn it on the desk, with materials you keep.
Assessment centre preparation
Group exercises, presentations and analytical tests simulated with feedback on how assessors score, not just what they ask.
Application strategy
A firm shortlist that fits your profile, a timeline that fits the recruiting calendar, and honest calls on where you'll get through.
Insider perspective
Coaching from people who have screened the CVs, sat on the interview panels and lived the analyst years across banking, consulting and private equity.
Three very different starting points
University students
Spring weeks, summer internships and graduate schemes, with a plan built around your recruiting calendar.
Read more →Parents
You've invested in their education. This is the last mile. Written for the person paying, with reporting to match.
Read more →Career changers
Audit, law, engineering, consulting or tech into banking and private equity. A realistic route for your specific background.
Read more →Outcomes, in their words
“I went from rejections to three IB interviews in two months. The mock interviews were harder than the real thing, which is exactly why the real thing went fine.”
“Case coaching that actually taught me how consultants think, not just frameworks. I got the McKinsey offer on my first attempt.”
“Non-target university, no finance network. They built the application strategy I didn't know I needed and the Citi offer followed.”
“The technical training is the difference. I could finally explain a DCF under pressure instead of reciting one.”
Before you book
Who actually runs the sessions?
A group of bankers, consultants and private equity investors. Every engagement has one dedicated lead coach who knows your background and target firms, backed by practitioners across investment banking, private equity, sales & trading, strategy consulting and hedge funds, so what you're taught reflects how those seats hire today.
Where are you based, and does it matter?
London, and no. Sessions run on Zoom or Google Meet. Clients are in the UK, the Gulf, continental Europe and the US, and the booking calendar shows times in your own time zone.
How quickly can I start?
Usually within a week. Book the free call, and if it's a fit you'll have a first session in the calendar before you hang up.
Do you guarantee an offer?
No, and you should be wary of anyone who does. What we can promise is that you'll walk into every process better prepared than the people next to you, and that we'll tell you the truth about your chances.
Start with a free 20-minute call.
Tell us where you are and where you want to be. You'll leave with a straight answer on what it would take, whether or not you book anything.