IESE MBA

A student's personal journey at IESE Business School

Interview with Vadim Gerasimov Creator of Tetris

After watching THE best documentary about Tetris on YouTube, I realised one of the creators, Vadim Gerasimov also work at Google. I immediately reached asked him for a virtual coffee. Vadim, based in Australia, accepted my invite and I got… Continue Reading…


The 30 Second Job Search

Introduction I started getting interested in recruitment during my MBA at IESE Business School. Most of us students were training a lot to land a high paying job. After my MBA, I took it further and created mockmate.com, a portal… Continue Reading…


Mockmate – Episode 2

First Clients After hiring the team, we all got to work. Mike did business development and Francesco started working on the pitch deck and financials. Summer went by quite fast and we did land some good conversations and leads. We… Continue Reading…


Mockmate – Episode 1

From Job Search to Entrepreneur In this series, I wanted to write down my journey from a desperate MBA looking for a job, to a desperate entrepreneur seeking MRR. Maybe I can inspire some readers to embrace the journey but… Continue Reading…


Become your own Product Manager

PM is really the Moby Dick for MBA people wanting to join a large tech company. Unfortunately, without an engineering background and an extremely good network, it’s rather impossible to get into, even with the best MBA.I had the amazing… Continue Reading…


Digital Tools To help you find a Job

Introduction During my job search, I found a few tools that were interesting to accelerate the job search process, help you find people or exercise your interview skills and STAR stories. I wanted to give you a list of them,… Continue Reading…


Job Search During COVID Crisis

Intro I graduated from my MBA in really strange circumstances. Classes had been moved online for 2 months and our graduation speech happened on Zoom. Saying it’s was an anti-climatic end to those 2 years is a euphemism. Lots of… Continue Reading…


Practice your Consulting Skills with a mock case

Introduction Consulting interview has its own special process for recruiting candidates. You can check out my advice for full-scale preparation in this article. You can also check out my step-by-step guide to write a decent cover letter. This year, I… Continue Reading…


My summer internship at Google

Intro I had the incredible chance to do my summer internship at Google over the summer. If you’re interested in my interview process you can read this post. I worked in the Cloud department and focused on delivering content for… Continue Reading…


What’s the Best Laptop for An MBA student

TLDR: I interviewed passionate students about their own machines. Surfaces seem to have the edge. Apple computers still a status symbol. preferred characteristics for a laptop, 13″, long-lasting battery, lightweight and touchscreens. Long before the MBA, I started thinking about… Continue Reading…