Florian
1500 5-star reviews across platforms | 700+ offers | Highest-rated case book on Amazon | Uni lecturer in US, Asia, EU
Case Interview Mastery
Fit Interview and PEI Hacking
Problem Solving
English, German
Austria (UTC +1)
USD 399 / h
1500 5-star reviews across platforms | 700+ offers | Highest-rated case book on Amazon | Uni lecturer in US, Asia, EU
Case Interview Mastery
Fit Interview and PEI Hacking
Problem Solving
USD 399 / h
Statistics
Consulting
Content Creator
1,419 Coachings
40,179 Q&A Upvotes
195 Awards
About Florian
Coaching Approach
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Welcome to my PrepLounge profile!

Navigating the rollercoaster of consulting interviews and applications?

You’re not alone.

I’ve been through the same highs and lows of consulting preparation. 

After securing multiple offers from top firms, I joined McKinsey. Today, my focus is on helping others achieve the same outcome with a clearer, more effective path.

Through StrategyCase.com, I’ve developed a structured and results-driven approach to case interviews and fit interview storytelling. Over the past few years, this has helped my coaching clients secure more than 700 offers across top consulting firms, including over 190 at McKinsey, the toughest firm to break in (with the outcome that McKinsey kicked me out of its alumni network...ouch!).

My goal is simple: maximize your success rate while making preparation more efficient and less overwhelming.

What You Can Expect:

  • Tailored Approach: Targeted coaching that addresses your specific needs and bottlenecks, using proven methods that have generated hundreds of verified offers.
  • Intuitive Case Solving: Battle-tested strategies to excel in every case interview. Gain expertise in framework creation, crafting creative brainstorming answers, interpreting charts, performing fast case math, and ensuring clear and effective case communication.
  • Impactful Storytelling: Compelling answers and storytelling that leave a lasting impression during fit interviews. I will make you stand out and memorable in the eyes of the interviewers.
  • Holistic Support: Access to 20+ hours of preparation courses and 100s of self-crafted case drills that together form a complete interview preparation toolkit.
  • Beyond Case Coaching: End-to-end guidance across the entire recruiting journey, including networking and referrals, resume and cover letter strategy, recruitment test preparation, case and fit interviews, offer negotiation, and long-term career planning in consulting.

Verify Actual Success Rates and Offers:

I prioritize client outcomes over sheer volume, and my coaching is focused on measurable results.

For a direct comparison of success rates and actual offers with other coaches, please scroll down to the "SUCCESS STORIES" section or explore my 5-session coaching package. Then repeat the process on other profiles.

If you’re ready to approach consulting interviews with structure, confidence, and clarity, I’d be glad to support you.

Let’s embark on this journey together!

  • Looking for free advice? I offer a 7+ hour free case interview preparation course. Feel free to reach out anytime.
  • Interested in personalized coaching? Start with a free introductory call.

All the best,

Florian

Most consulting candidates follow the same preparation advice...

...and they predictably fail.

Why?

The irony is that this advice is largely shaped by the 99% who do not make it into top-tier firms. As a candidate myself, I became frustrated with generic frameworks, recycled tips, and practice methods that produced average performance at best. 

Only 1–3% of applicants receive offers. 

I decided early on that I would not prepare like the 97%.

At the same time, firms have no incentive to reveal what they evaluate or how they evaluate it, leaving candidates with largely ineffective preparation advice and a heavy reliance on guesswork.

After leaving McKinsey, I turned coaching into a passion. My mission is straightforward: develop candidates who meet interviewers at eye level, not as rehearsed applicants, but as future consultants.

Today, I work with people from all backgrounds and career stages: students and interns, experienced hires, managers, and even partner-level professionals. My clients include business graduates, engineers, medical doctors, ex-military officers, and career switchers. What they have in common is ambition and the willingness to train differently from the crowd.

Coaching has become more than a profession for me. I have shared so much knowledge and effective methodology, and helped so many clients enter McKinsey over the years, that the firm eventually removed me from the alumni network. That only reinforced that I am building something distinct rather than recycling conventional prep advice.

The reality is that most candidates fail not because they lack potential, but because they fail to demonstrate the profile consulting firms look for. 

This is where I come in and where my approach differs.

I help you build that profile so interviewers see you as a future consultant, not just another case candidate.

How do we achieve this? By focusing on:

  • Problem-solving mastery: Learn how real consultants think, using first principles reasoning, hypothesis-driven problem solving, and convergent and divergent thinking to tackle complex business problems and frameworks.
  • Intuitive case-solving: Develop a step-by-step method that guides your qualitative analysis (chart interpretation) and quantitative reasoning (case math), sharpens insight generation, and elevates communication to the level expected in top-tier firms.
  • Storytelling and presence: Master structured storytelling for fit interviews, networking, and written applications, so you become memorable rather than interchangeable.
  • End-to-end mentorship: Receive continuous guidance and access to high-quality practice resources built to modern interview standards, inside and outside coaching sessions.
  • Beyond the offer: Build capabilities that not only secure the offer but accelerate early performance and promotion once inside consulting.

Combining these factors allows me to amplify your strengths to create performance spikes (which is what gets you the offers) while at the same time lifting your weaknesses to a robust level (which saves you from being rejected).

The Outcome?

700+ direct success stories: Over the past few years, my direct coaching clients have secured more than 700 offers across top consulting firms. This has led to over 1,500 five-star reviews across platforms, including PrepLounge, StrategyCase.com, Amazon, Leland, and others. My books and preparation programs have enabled thousands of additional offers beyond direct coaching. My clients have a 95% job offer rate and an 80%+ MBB offer rate.

Monthly transformations: Every month, I guide candidates into top firms globally, substantiated by a wealth of verified success stories and testimonials across major platforms. I believe that this level of success, achieved in such a brief period, is unparalleled in the consulting coaching field. I track successes and failures rigorously to continuously refine my methodology.

Comprehensive preparation ecosystem: Through StrategyCase.com, clients receive access to extensive practice materials, courses, drills, and simulations alongside coaching. This removes friction and ensures your preparation time is spent on skill development, not searching for resources. No coach can offer a holistic end-to-end mentorship experience and prep ecosystem like that, especially not at no additional cost beyond our coaching sessions.

Deep expertise: I spent more than 2.5 years writing two books on consulting interviews, The 1%: Conquer Your Consulting Case Interview and The 1% Case Interview Workbook, obsessively analyzing what works and what does not. The result goes deeper into case design, successful case approaches, interviewer evaluation criteria, and practical, field-tested hacks than any other coaching material on the market.

Beyond the application: My objective is not only to help you break into consulting but to position you for rapid growth once inside. My coaching is complemented by career-development content designed to accelerate early performance and promotion.

If you want to prepare differently from the 99%, I would be glad to support you.

Click on ‘Show more’ to get a deeper look into my approach and the success stories of my clients.

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Jan 27, 2026
by Anonymous
Jan 12, 2026
by Anonymous
Coaching from The 1% Case Method
Another very helpful case session. The case was well-structured and realistic, and the feedback was spot on — especially regarding hypothesis-driven thinking and keeping the structure tight under pressure. I left with a clear idea of what to focus on in my next practice rounds.
Jan 05, 2026
by Anonymous
Work Experience
Sr. Business Development & Strategy Manager
Bitpanda
2020 - 2020
Founder
StrategyCase
2019 - now
Sr. Consultant
McKinsey & Company
2015 - 2020
Consultant Trainee
Kearney
2013 - 2013
Marketing and Sales
Lufthansa
2012 - 2012
Education
PhD student
Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
2017 - 2021
Strategy
Master student
London School of Economics and Political Science
2013 - 2014
CEMS
Master student
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2013 - 2014
CEMS
Last Month
Coaching Master
Top 10 | 8 Coachings
Florian has done 8 coachings in the last month.
Content King
Top 5
In the last month, Florian's articles have been read 38 times.
Past Awards
Coaching Master
Florian received an award for the most coachings once in 2026.
Content King
Florian's articles were among the most-read blog articles once in 2026.
Coaching Offers
Top Package
The 1% Case Method
USD 2,499
USD 1,849
Includes 5 sessions
62 Reviews
Intuitive Case and Fit Mastery
Unparalleled Offer Rates
$1,877 Bonus Practice Materials

I am delighted to present a comprehensive program meticulously designed to help you attain offers from all consulting firms. This inclusive program not only offers personalized coaching, but also provides a complete suite of indispensable materials for effective practice between sessions, along with an exclusive membership in my private client coaching group – the inner circle.

What Sets This Program Apart

Please read the review that is attached as an image above and keep in mind that the offer was for the most competitive McKinsey office in the world during a recession for a candidate with a non-business background, who was able to outshine all MBAs and business professionals due to the value of my coaching program.

  • Get a top consulting job from a non-target school?
  • Get into McKinsey, BCG, and Bain with no business background?
  • Make interviewers wonder how quickly were able to solve a case?
  • Skip interview rounds and move directly to the offer?
  • Dominate a whole interview round as a peer group?

These are not outlier cases; with my clients, this is the standard.


The 1% Method Coaching Program

  • includes everything you need to score multiple top-tier consulting offers, not just coaching but a full suite of products (something no one on PrepLounge can offer);
  • is totally risk-free for you (read more details below);
  • comes at a 51% discount (the real total value based on products and services included is $3753 but it is priced at just $1849), which is less than 50% of your first-month salary in consulting.

I am eager and dedicated to assisting you on your journey to securing multiple offers from top-tier firms. If you are interested in learning more about the program and why I can offer this package, read on or contact me directly for your free introduction call.
 
Outline of the Program

The program itself encompasses 5 adaptable, non-timed sessions tailored to your individual needs, including real top-tier consulting-style cases, real (McKinsey) interviewer feedback and evaluation standards, fit interview simulations, and ultra-detailed debriefs, problem-solving, communication, and story-telling teaching, as well as detailed preparation plans and progress tracking. For a detailed session breakdown with focus topics and learning goals, please continue reading.

Additionally, you receive more than 20 hours of self-study video course content, guidebooks specifically crafted to help you ace all consulting aptitude tests, high-quality courses and drills for structuring, exhibit interpretation, and case interview math, and a rich collection of nearly 1,000 practice cases. 

This is all supplemented with my continuous mentorship to facilitate your ongoing learning and improvement before, in-between, and after our sessions, as well as the inclusion into my private coaching group of equally motivated case candidates.

The guidebooks and video courses incorporated in the program are some of the most sought-after and the most realistic practice materials on the market.

Top Package
The 1% Case Method
The 1% Case Method
62 Reviews
Intuitive Case and Fit Mastery
Unparalleled Offer Rates
$1,877 Bonus Practice Materials
Intuitive Case and Fit Mastery
Unparalleled Offer Rates
$1,877 Bonus Practice Materials
Single Coaching
Interview Coaching
60 Minutes
629 Reviews
USD 399
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CV Review
30 Minutes
629 Reviews
USD 289
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Interview Coaching + CV Review
90 Minutes
629 Reviews
USD 679
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