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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.
Cake Business PM Interview: Full Process & Presentation
From a LinkedIn invitation and a waived HR screen, to a COO one-on-one, a final presentation, and a same-day offer. A complete first-person account.
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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