Firsthand · Current cycle · Non-target focused

Most IB prep tells you what to study. I tell you what actually happens.

Because I was just there. I'm a Notre Dame junior who came out of this recruiting cycle with a Morgan Stanley Investment Banking offer — from a seat that looked a lot like yours. Everything I hand you is what I used, this year, on the desk you're aiming at.

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Offer
Morgan Stanley IBD
School
University of Notre Dame
Cycle
Just completed
Full season spots
3 of 4 open
The problem

You've prepared. You're still not ready.

You memorized the guides. You practiced your story. You know what EBITDA stands for.

But here's what nobody tells you:

The technicals

The technical questions in real interviews don't come from the guides. They come from someone who read your resume, got curious about something you said, and decided to push on it.

  1. 01"Walk me through a DCF"
  2. becomes
    02"okay but why would you use a higher discount rate here"
  3. becomes
    03"what does that tell you about how this company is valued relative to its peers"

If you memorized the answer you're lost by question two. If you actually understand it you can go anywhere they take you.

The behavioral

The behavioral questions are worse. You practiced a leadership story. It sounds like everyone else's leadership story. The interviewer has heard forty versions of it today. They ask a follow up. You weren't expecting it. The answer falls apart.

The kids who get offers don't have better answers. They have real ones. Stories that are specific enough to be memorable and true enough to survive any follow up. And they understand the technicals well enough to explain them in plain English when the question changes.

That's what I'm teaching. Not the guides. The thinking behind them. Not scripted stories. Yours — built from scratch using what actually worked in my interviews this cycle.

I have the question bank. I know which questions actually come up. I know what they're really testing when they ask them. And I know what a good answer sounds like because I gave ones that worked six months ago.

I'm not teaching from memory. I went through MS IBD recruiting six months ago. I have the exact questions they asked me in every round — first round, superday, all of it. I know which answers made them lean forward and which ones got a polite nod and a mental checkmark against you. I know what they pushed back on and what they let slide. I know what they actually care about versus what the prep guides tell you they care about.

That's not something you can get from a course, a question bank, or someone who recruited three years ago. The process changes. The questions shift.

I was just there. That's the whole point.

Why IBFirsthand

Four things no course can give you.

Timing

I went through Morgan Stanley IBD recruiting this cycle.

Not five years ago, when the timeline was later and the process looked different. This cycle. The questions I was asked are the questions you're about to be asked.

Substance

Real answers and real stories — the ones that actually worked.

You get the language that got me through, not a framework someone theorized. Then we rebuild it around your background so it comes out of your mouth, not mine.

Access · Full Season only

Reachable by text, in real time, all season.

An interview drops Thursday. A recruiter emails at 11pm. You text me and get an answer while it still matters — not a ticket in a queue. Available to Full Season clients throughout the recruiting season.

Format

Not a course. Not a recording. One-on-one, with me.

Live tutoring, real mock interviews, and constant advice from the person who actually did it. I keep the roster small on purpose — a small number of clients is the whole point. You are working with me, not with my content.

My story

I did this the hard way. You don't have to.

Santiago Franceschi

I'm a junior at the University of Notre Dame and I play club soccer. I didn't have a parent in the industry or a pipeline handing me interviews. What I had was a schedule with no room in it and a recruiting process that starts before most people know it exists.

So I ran it like a job. Hundreds of networking calls. Technicals drilled between practices. Behavioral answers rewritten until they sounded like a person instead of a script. Every rejection turned into a note about what I'd say differently.

That ended in an investment banking offer from Morgan Stanley — through preparation and hustle, not access.

Everything I learned building that from nothing is what I hand you on day one — so your version takes months instead of years.

Services & pricing

Pick the level of access you need.

Every option is built off the same source material: what I actually did this cycle. The difference is how much of me comes with it.

À la carte
  • AsyncResume Review$150
  • AsyncCover Letter$75
  • AsyncResume + Cover Letter$200
  • SessionMock Interview Session$200
  • SessionTechnical Tutoring Session$150
  • AsyncLinkedIn Review$75
  • SessionNetworking Strategy Session$75
  • SessionInterview Debrief$100
Packages
Entry

Digital Bundle

$97
  • Real questions from MS, Goldman, JPM, Citi, Evercore — this cycle
  • The behavioral answers that actually worked in my interviews
  • Week by week recruiting timeline and checklist
  • Cold email templates that got banker responses
Best value
Before first rounds

First Round Ready

$350

Everything you need before first rounds hit.

  • Resume + Cover Letter Review
  • One Mock Interview Session
  • One Technical Tutoring Session
  • Digital Bundle included
Phase 1 · Now–December
Maximum 4 spots

Full Season

$3,500 Now through December
  • Weekly one-on-one sessions, start to finish
  • Unlimited text support the entire season
  • The full curriculum — technicals, behavioral, networking, story
  • Everything in the Digital Bundle
What Full Season looks like

Every week you get a live session with me. Not a recording. Not a chatbot. Me — the person who sat in those exact interviews six months ago and got the offer.

  1. Phase 1

    Build the Foundation

    We start with your story and your technicals. Every week I drill you on concepts until you can explain them in plain English without notes. Not memorizing definitions — actually understanding them so when they pivot the question you don't freeze. We build your behavioral stories from scratch using mine as the template. You'll know exactly why each story works and how to make yours just as specific and real.

  2. Phase 2

    Interview Mode

    Applications are out. First rounds are coming. Every session is now a full mock interview — same format, same pressure, same questions I got asked. After every session you get a detailed breakdown of what landed, what didn't, and exactly what to fix before the next one. No sugar coating. The feedback you get from me is the feedback you'd never get from the actual interviewer.

  3. Phase 3

    Superday and Beyond

    You're in the process. Real interviews are happening. We debrief every single one — what they asked, how you answered, what the follow up questions tell us about what they thought. Between sessions you have my number. Text me before an interview. Text me after. I'm in it with you until you have an offer in hand.

Phases are structured to match where you are in the process. Join at any point and we start with what you need most right now.

Phase 2 · January–March

Season Extension

$1,000 January through March
  • Continuation for Full Season clients
  • Straight through superdays and offer decisions
  • Weekly sessions and unlimited text, uninterrupted
  • Offer comparison and negotiation when it comes
What you get · Full Season

The whole season, covered.

  • Weekly technical sessionsAccounting, valuation, DCF, LBO — drilled until the answers are automatic.
  • That convert to weekly mock interviewsAs real interviews get close, the sessions turn into live reps under pressure.
  • Unlimited text supportReachable through the season. Answers while the moment is still live.
  • Resume and cover letter overhaulRebuilt to banking standard, line by line, until it survives a ten-second read.
  • LinkedIn optimizationSet up so the recruiter who checks you finds a candidate, not a student.
  • Networking strategy and email templatesWho to reach, when to reach them, and the exact language that gets replies.
  • Behavioral story buildingYour stories, structured off real examples that worked — not off a generic template.
  • Interview debriefs after every real interviewWe break down what was asked and what to change before the next one.
Questions

Straight answers.

When should I start?
Now. Recruiting starts earlier than almost anyone expects — by the time it feels urgent, the students who get offers have been preparing for months. Starting early is the single biggest advantage available to you, and it's free.
How is this different from WSO or the other prep services?
Those are libraries. Large, generic, and written for whoever shows up — much of it years out of date, none of it aimed at you specifically. I just went through this cycle and got the Morgan Stanley offer. You're not buying content; you're buying current, firsthand experience from one person who is available to you directly.
I'm at a non-target with no finance experience. Is it too late for me?
That's exactly who this is built for. I wasn't handed a network either. What closes the gap isn't pedigree — it's knowing the timeline, having answers that hold up, and putting in reps before the interviews start. All three are teachable.
What if I'm already in the middle of interviews?
Then we skip the buildout and go straight to reps and debriefs. Mock interviews, technical drilling, and text support during the weeks that decide it. Bring me the interview you just walked out of and we'll fix it before the next one.
How do I get started?
Book the free discovery call. No cost, no pressure — you tell me where you are and I tell you honestly what I'd do in your position. If it's a fit, we pick the package that matches your timeline.
3 of 4 full season spots remaining

Only 4 full season spots. Then I'm out of hours.

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