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First-hand accounts on education advocacy, tutoring, McKinsey consulting, and the tech job search. Written for people who couldn't find this. Hope it saves you some time.
2026 McKinsey Business Analyst Campus Hire: Full Selection Process
From the August 2025 invite to R2 in February 2026: the complete BA Campus Hire process, including the Interview Preparation Workshop most people overlook.
LinkedIn Cold Outreach & Coffee Chats: A Practical Guide
How to write messages people actually reply to, what to talk about in a coffee chat, and how to build a LinkedIn profile that brings inbound.
McKinsey CCN Research Intern Interview: PST & Case Prep
From the R1 written test to two back-to-back rounds on the 47th floor of Taipei 101, a complete record of the McKinsey CCN Research Intern selection. PST, Information Synthesis, PEI, and Case: how to prep for each stage, all in one place.
2026 Bain & Company Interview: Full Selection Process
From the TestGorilla screen to the January 21 Final Round: the complete Bain Taiwan Future Talent Program AC process, and why the written deck-based case is unlike anything else in MBB recruiting.
A Political Science Student's Year at McKinsey
A political science student with no business background figuring out how to be useful at McKinsey. Not an achievement list, but a record of figuring things out.
Teaching English Since High School: Building a Tutoring Brand at 17
Started on AmazingTalker at 17, built to referral-only by freshman year, 569 sessions total. What tutoring actually taught me had nothing to do with English.
Political Science Is More Than Politics: Four Years at NTU
I thought four years of political science would make me an expert in politics. What actually happened was I built a toolbox. A coursework record from NTU.
EdYouth: How a High School Student's Confusion Became a National Policy Campaign
From one high schooler's confusion about the curriculum, to 200 high schools across Taiwan and two rounds of legislative change. How EdYouth went from nothing, and what I learned along the way.
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