28,603Leland Reviews

I reached out to Will as I was applying for MIT Sloan and he was so helpful. He calmed my nerves about the chaotic transition from the Army and helped me brainstorm and approach the application essays. Hr was so supportive and was one of the main reasons I got accepted into my program!

Wow!! What can I say... Charlie has been such a great career coach and interview coach for me over the last couple of years. He knows how to ace a behavioral and walked me through answering behaviorals through the McKinsey "PEI" method. I used this for interviews and landed several roles in tech afterwards. Would recommend him to anyone!

Will served as my mentor during my transition from active duty Air Force to undergraduate education at Yale University. He went above and beyond in coaching me through the interview process, reading my admissions essays, and offering personal advice on navigating the complex life-transition. He is outgoing, personable, and truly cares about the outcomes of his mentees.

I would love to vouch for Betsy as she joins Leland coaching. She consistently exceeds expectations in everything she takes on and is one of the most reliable, hardworking, and determined people I know. Beyond her impressive experience in admissions and MBA coaching, what truly sets her apart is her selflessness. She genuinely cares about the people she works with and goes above and beyond to support them. Betsy combines deep insight into the admissions process with honesty, strategy, and heart, making her an exceptional coach who is fully invested in helping others succeed.

I had the opportunity to work cross functionally with Melissa for three years, and she was an exceptional partner throughout that time. She spearheaded our company’s first formal learning and development programming, building the structure, content, and rollout plan from the ground up. It was a meaningful shift for our organization, and her work was not just well designed, it was embraced and genuinely successful in elevating how we developed and supported our team. She also designed and launched structured mentorship programs that created clearer growth pathways and stronger connections across the business. In addition, she helped introduce new platforms that reinforced a culture of learning and continuous improvement. Her approach was always thoughtful and practical, grounded in what the organization actually needed rather than theory. On a personal level, Melissa had a real impact on my growth as a leader. She helped me refine my own coaching and leadership capabilities and was a trusted partner as I worked through challenging situations. She oversaw the relationship with our external professional coaching firm as part of our high potential leadership program and was a key resource for me while I went through that experience. I valued her perspective, her candor, and her ability to balance support with accountability. Melissa is steady, insightful, and deeply invested in helping people grow. I highly recommend her as a coach. Anyone working with her will benefit from both her expertise and her character.

If you need a case interviewer, Charlie is your guy. We practiced a few product management style cases for my interviews and despite him not having done product management, I felt like he was able to help me better structure my thoughts and approach cases in a creative way. He's good at asking curveball questions that help you feel overprepared for your interviews.

David is an enthusiastic friend and colleague. He has been in multiple roles throughout his career and has immense leadership skills developed through his time in the military and in the corporate world. He has personally provided me with excellent direction in my own career that has paid off many-fold.

I reached out to Navi before my Microsoft Product Manager Internship, and she was the saving grace that helped me actually understand how to prepare for the interview and helped me land my first offer. She walked me through the different types of PM questions that are asked at Microsoft for PM Interns, and coached me through the process of how to vouch for myself and my previous experience.

Excellent communicator and strategist! All around fun guy :)

I came to know Max first after he volunteered to help me prepare for MBB consulting interviews our senior year in college. At the time, I was very much the Karate Kid and Max was Mr. Miyagi. Now after years of exposure to Max in professional and civic leadership environments, I confidently acclaim Max as a wise and proven sensei. In college, what stood out immediately was not just that he knew how to prep for interviews. It was his thoughtful approach and ability to get to know me, break down concerns, highlight strengths, and lend council on questions I sometimes didn’t even know I had. He pushed me to think more clearly, to understand my own strengths, and to articulate them with confidence. Our sessions were not just tactical drills. They were part interview prep, part life philosophy, part self-discovery. He did not just fix my answers. He taught me how to think. He did not just hand me frameworks. He helped me understand why they worked and how to build my own. I still remember lessons from those conversations years into my career. As luck would have it, Max was also a junior manager on my first consulting project at McKinsey, and I was able to see him in action in a highly intense, political, and complicated corporate environment where we were both navigating a new industry and a high-stakes arena. Max was admirable and well loved on the team. As he learned, he taught. He focused on fundamentals and repeatable problem-solving processes that made me and everyone around him better. He elevated the team not by showing how smart he was, but by raising the level of thinking in the room. As a leader, he is inspirational, thoughtful, and fun to work with, while also being deeply loyal, grounded, and collaborative. His breadth and depth of experience, combined with his energy and genuine care for people, distinguish him even among high-performing McKinsey peers. After years as a McKinsey consultant and now as a venture investor, I still place Max among the most distinctive, influential, and kind mentors and friends I have ever had. I recommend him without hesitation.