About RocketBlocks
Our mission is to launch your career
It's a simple formula: your work ethic + our preparation tools power job interview success. We believe that, top-notch interview preparation should be available to all, regardless of income, education or pedigree.
Our platform is built on one principle: learn by doing. If you bring the elbow grease, we'll bring the tools. And whatever skills you need to build before interview day - whether it's tearing through break-even problems, structuring nebulous business problems or designing an API, we've got you covered.
Roll up your sleeves: it's launch day!
The people behind RocketBlocks
Our team
James Dunbar
CEO
- Leads RocketBlocks efforts to help candidates succeed in their consulting and PM interviews
- Columbia undergrad and Stanford GSB alum with 15 years in strategy and startups
- Long suffering fan of bad New York area sports teams
Keri Calhoun
CX and Partner Outreach
- Wears multiple hats at RocketBlocks, across CX, account management and the Expert program.
- Helped launch Amazon's first remote customer service operation
- Expert gardener and hobbyist drummer and skateboarder
Saaran Zaman
Associate Marketing Manager
- Leads the marketing charge at RocketBlocks across our blog and social channels
- University of Virginia grad
- Enjoys playing poker, tennis and the occasional ice bath
Kenton Kivestu
Founder
- Focused on making the RocketBlocks product as helpful as possible for candidates
- Helped launch ads products at Google and Flurry and led the Zynga mobile poker franchise
- Loves sailing, hiking and learning to fix things around the house
Ben Charbonneau
Software Developer
- Spearheads engineering on all aspects of the RocketBlocks product
- Self-taught coding bootcamp grad - got his start at EPIC Health
- Likes to go backpacking and hiking
Annie Hsu
Advisor
- Led teams at Google, Nike, Nio and Frog Design.
- Won a Google EMG award for her work on AdWords Editor
- Enjoys cooking, hiking and hanging out with her dog Ollie
Coaching and content
Consulting + Tech Experts
Rob Reiling
Ex-McKinsey & Co. EM
- GM at Opendoor
- Member of the McKinsey interview team & interviewed 100+ candidates
- Voice is used in the popular Red Dead Redemption video game
Tessa Peerless
Ex-Bain & Co., Sr. Strategy Manager @ Worldpay
- Recruiting Lead for Ivey Business School at Bain; 10+ interviews & 200+ mock interviews
- Expertise in Fintech, Retail, Private Equity & Pharma industries
- Marathon runner and roller coaster enthusiast
Scott Keenan
Ex-BCG Project Leader
- VP at Whyhotel
- Conducted 100+ interviews at BCG across associate, consultant & technical (Gamma)
- Cycled the full length of Japan (3,000+ km) in 2011
Steph Tolosa
Ex-Bain & Co. Consultant
- COO at Skylight Group
- Rotation in the Bain Private Equity Group (PEG) & interviewed 100+ candidates
- Won 9 father-daughter national tennis championships
Nick Padlo
Ex-Bain Case Team Leader
- MBA from Stanford GSB
- Served on Bain Dallas interview team & conducted 150+ interviews
- ESPN Mini Golf Youth Champion (1995)
Paul Farris
Strategy & Ops Lead, Uber
- Ex-McKinsey Engagement Manager
- Former VP Strategy & Ops, Yahoo
- MBA from Columbia Business School
Eric Kobe
VP Growth Strategy, Affirm
- Former Director at FTI and Navigant
- Expertise in e-commerce and fintech
- Completed 900+ Barry’s Bootcamp classes
Chris O'Riordan
Ex-McKinsey & Co. EM
- Divisional GM at Opendoor
- Led Stanford GSB recruiting for McKinsey, interviewed 100+ candidates
- Ex-pro baseball player (Texas Rangers)
Scott Gladstone
Ex-BCG Project Leader
- VP at Dine Brands Global (Applebees)
- Member of BCG interview team, conducted 100+ interviews
- Former ski instructor at Deer Valley resort
Shine Yang
Ex-BCG
- Former project lead at BCG
- Conducted 30+ interviews in consulting, 100+ in Uber
- Fluent in Mandarin, 15+ years experience of playing the flute and still active in performing
Ethan Lampert
Bain & Co., Consultant
- Conducted 50+ interviews and mock interviews with Bain & Co.
- Studied Economics & CS at Duke University
- Featured in a skincare commercial with JB
Matthew Lee
Strategy & Ops at Google
- Program lead at Google
- Conducted 30+ interviews at Deloitte
- Has summitted Mount Kilimanjaro & enjoys rock climbing and photography
Mike McGee
Bain & Co., VP of Strategy at Foundation Partners Group
- Former Senior Manager
- Conducted 50+ Interviews with Bain & Company
- Was a sponsored skateboarder in his tweens
Andrew Gilbert
Project Leader at BCG
- Product leader
- Conducted 30+ interviews at BCG
- He can do an oddly good tweety bird call
Benjamin Foo
Bain & Co., Strategy Leader at SEEK
- Former Senior Consultant
- Conducted 150+ coaching sessions | Interviewer at Bain & Co
- Traveled around the whole of Iceland once!
Nekane Martinez
BCG, Consultant
- Returning Consultant (+2yrs @BCG pre-MBA)
- Led Undergrad recruiting efforts; experience in Consulting and Tech strategy interviews
- Got an MBA from Chicago Booth
Mukunth Raghavan
McKinsey & Co., ex-Goldman Sachs
- Associate at McKinsey & Co.
- Career Advisor at Chicago Booth, conducted hundreds of practice interviews and coaching sessions.
- PADI Certified Scuba Diver, ran a cocktail bar as a mixologist, trivia buff, active quizzer and quizmaster
Mahish Kewalramanin
Accenture, Associate at L.E.K. Consulting
- Associate
- Has conducted over 50+ interviews for peers through consulting club and LinkedIn
- Has been vegan for over 9 years
Yatharth Sharma
BCG, Digital Strategy Consulting
- Consultant
- Conducted 100+ interviews to coach peers across Booth and peer schools for consulting interview prep
- Could recite all 386 Pokemon in order... Then higher education happened.
Piya Radia
Ex-Bain & Co., Wayfair
- Senior Director at Veho
- Coached multiple successful MBB candidates, led Georgetown Deloitte recruiting, conducted 30+ case interviews at Wayfair
- Traveled to over 60 countries
Sam Scott
Associate at L.E.K. Consulting
- Associate at L.E.K.
- Conducted interviews for L.E.K.
- I write with my right hand and throw with my left
Justin Hopkins
BCG, Associate
- Associate at BCG
- Over 2 years at BCG, conducted 40 official mock cases as the office lead for Stanford, Oxford, & UPenn candidates.
- First-Generation American
Shi-Wei Toh
McKinsey & Co.
- Returning Associate
- 100+ mock and actual interviews conducted for tech and consulting; Admissions Fellow at Chicago Booth
- I taught myself how to ride a bike at a ripe age of 30!
Stephanie Lam
Deloitte, Manager, Strategic Planning and Integration at Canadian Blood Services
- Manager
- Conducted 50+ behavioural and case interviews; led S&O recruiting nationally
- Trail ultrarunner, figure skating judge, house plant / sourdough enthusiast, aspiring canine parent
Marja Fox
McKinsey & Co., Independent Consultant @ Marja Fox Consulting
- Former Associate Principal
- Conducted 100+ interviews at McKinsey, led recruiting strategy for Advanced Professional Degree candidates
- Loves crafting, singing, waterskiing and board gaming...but not at the same time.
Stefanos Sinis
Consultant at BCG
- 50+ cases conducted on RocketBlocks platform, coaching multiple successful MBB candidates
- Got his MBA from HEC Paris and his BSc in Marketing & Communication from AUEB
- When he is not making slides, you can usually find him snowboarding. He is a tech start-up co founder
Jessie Wang
McKinsey & Co., Associate
- Associate at McKinsey & Co.
- Consulting career advisor at Booth and consulting family lead for 1Y MBAs
- Accidentally ran a marathon
Jill Schweitzer
Product Manager @ Airbnb
- Formerly a PM Amazon, Uber, StubHub
- Expertise in consumer products and marketplaces
- Made an appearance on Top Chef
Avneesh Kohli
Product Manager @ Instagram
- Formerly a PM at Microsoft, Dropbox
- Expertise in consumer facing products and enterprise applications
- Attended Kobe Byrant's last game
John Gronberg
VP Product @ Datagrail
- Formerly a PM at Amazon, Okta
- Expertise in mobile apps, SDKs and APIs, identity and ads
- Sailed 6 of the 7 oceans
Tanya Koshy
VP Product @ UserTesting
- Formerly a PM Google, Facebook
- Expertise in B2B, user research and analytics
- Lived in 15 cities
Mike Lyngaas
Product @ Webflow
- Formerly product at Gusto, Yahoo!
- Expertise in Enterprise SaaS, Fintech, & building channels
- Played on Duke Basketball practice team
Allen Yang
Head of Product @ Bubble
- Formerly a PM at Google
- SMB & Enterprise SaaS / productivity tools, fintech and data products
- Enjoys baking
Ankur Biswas
PM @ Microsoft
- BSc & MPS from Cornell University
- Expertise in cloud computing and enterprise software
- Learned underwater photography
Neha Masson
Head of PMM, StitchFix
- Formerly PMM at Google, Twitter, Amazon
- Expertise in consumer products and marketplaces
- Board member, SF Children's Art Center
Anna Wiggins
Sr. Director PMM, ManyChat
- Former PMM at Google, PayPal, Eventbrite
- Expertise in B2B, BCC and lifecycle marketing
- MBA from NYU Stern
Francisco Bram
Head of PMM, Uber Business
- Ex-Siemens health global marketing lead
- Expertise in GTM strategy, demand gen, integrated marketing
- Launched 30+ products globally
James Mackay
Product Lead @ Indeed
- Formerly PM @ Facebook, Expedia
- New product incubation and data driven growth
- Started snowboarding in my 30s
Helen Sims
Head of Product @ Reforge
- Formerly PM Lead at Airbnb, Zynga
- Marketplaces, consumer products & experiences, and mobile gaming
- Been in a Barbie Dolls commercial
Milap Patel
Associate Product Manager (APM) at LinkedIn
- Former Program Manager Intern at Microsoft
- Conducted 30+ Interviews over 2 years at Big-Tech Companies including Microsoft, LinkedIn, Atlassian, Uber and Lyft.
- Traveled to all the Hawaiian Islands, Played competitive soccer for 14 years, Love to cook
Elena Bazina
ex-McKinsey & Co., ex-Affirm
- Led product teams at Affirm, pilot.com and Intuit
- Interviewed candidates for my own and adjacent product teams, coached aspiring PMs and consultants
- Capsized a dinghy 5 times (4 of them on purpose) during a particularly fun day on San Francisco Bay
Himankini Shah
Meta, Ex-Amazon, Ex-Microsoft
- Product leader
- Conducted 100+ interviews at Amazon, Product School speaker and instructor, published author
- State level table tennis player
James Mackay
ex-Meta, Product Lead at Indeed
- Expertise in new product incubation and data driven growth
- Conducted 50+ PM interviews at Facebook
- Started snowboarding in my 30s
Ashta Rastogi
Product Manager at Microsoft
- Product manager
- Provides behavioral and product interview interview coaching and career strategy sessions.
- Did a road trip from OH to SEA
Wendy-Lynn McClean
Google, Product Manager
- Group Product Manager
- Conducted 500+ interviews
- When winter comes, you can't get me off the mountain
Pedro Filipe Abreu
ex-Linkedin, ex-Gusto
- Former Strategy and Operations at LinkedIn and Gusto, ex-consultant at Accenture
- Conducted 50+ interviews including senior leadership roles
- Marathon runner
Jonathan Yang
Revenue Strategy & Analytics @ Asana
- Former Analyst at Disney Corporate Strategy & Business Development
- 50+ interviews across ZipRecruiter and Asana
- New Akita Dog Owner, Semi-professional poker player in college
Holly Watson
Amazon, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, AWS
- Sr. Product Marketing Manager/ Director Product Marketing
- Hiring manager, talent recruiter, career coaching
- Ambassador for Product Marketing Alliance
Rene Hyun
Ex-Kearney Senior Manager
- MBA from IESE Business School
- Conducted 100+ interviews for Kearney and 300+ practice interviews
- Was recruited as an extra on a US TV show
Nikita Pillai
Intuit, Ex-McKinsey & Co.
- Head of International Fintech Partnerships at Intuit
- 20+ interview and case coaching sessions for MBB and tech hiring
- Has lived in 8 countries
Ben Wilson
Ex-Alvarez & Marsal, Ex-EY-Parthenon
- White House Presidential Innovation Fellow
- Wrote A&M case interviews and conducted 100+ interviews
- Legally named Benjamine thanks to a birth certificate typo
Attina Zhang
McKinsey Senior Associate
- MBA at London Business School
- 100+ case mocks and PEI prep sessions since 2020
- Production assistant on the indie feature film Tagged
Ankit Gupta
BCG, Strategy&, SLB
- Partner at a Big 4 firm
- 200+ interviews on recruiting teams, from junior consultant to manager
- Has run a marathon
Alvaro Bardalez
Accenture Strategy, Kearney, Walmart
- Strategy Associate Director
- 50+ interviews and mock interviews in English and Spanish
- Has lived in 6 countries since age eight
Bhavish Reddy
Ex-Bain Manager, Honeywell
- Corporate Strategy at Honeywell
- Interviewed 40+ Bain candidates and ran 50+ mock interviews
- Flies Cessnas and graduated from culinary school
Calvin Cheung Zheng
EY-Parthenon, CVS Health
- Incoming Associate at EY-Parthenon
- 40+ mock case interviews for NYU's healthcare consulting club
- Walked the length of Manhattan in one go
Swati Shukla
Amazon, Ex-McKinsey
- Senior Product Manager at Amazon
- 100+ interviews for product and consulting roles
- London Business School alum
Manjeet Singh
ServiceNow, HP
- VP of Product at IRM, ex-Head of Product at ServiceNow
- 500+ interviews conducted and 100+ people coached into new jobs
- Fitness coach by passion
Maclaren Forrest
Ex-McKinsey, Bell
- Senior Manager of Strategy at Bell
- Mentors students preparing for consulting interviews
- Recently solo traveled across Europe
Junior Louis
Ex-BCG Consultant
- Strategy & Ops leader; MBA from Michigan Ross
- 50+ mock interviews and 5+ interviews for BCG
- Ran 4 half marathons and rode the NYC Five Boro Bike Tour 4x
Anupama Prakash
Google
- Senior Product Manager at Google
- 50+ interviews for Google PM and product analytics roles
- Trained musician (vocals and piano) and puzzle lover
Daniela Boechat
Google, Ex-McKinsey
- Strategy Principal at Google
- 100+ practice interviews at McKinsey and Columbia Business School
- Expertise in technology, marketing & sales and private equity
Mackenzie Cramblit
Ex-McKinsey Senior EM, Cargill
- Corporate Strategy at Cargill
- Interviewed candidates across 3 McKinsey recruiting cycles
- Has lived and worked in Cameroon, France, Scotland and Togo
Parth Shah
Uber, Kearney, Oracle
- Chief of Staff to the C-suite
- Strategy & Planning at Uber; Sr. Associate at Kearney
- Cooks Indian desserts and loves adventure sports
Meenal Relekar
Slack, DoorDash, Dropbox, Adobe
- Product Marketing Leader at Slack
- Expert in GTM strategy, positioning and messaging
- Created an ad campaign that aired on TV
Shankar Ananth
Ex-Bain, Ex-McKinsey, Upfield
- Independent strategy consultant
- 75+ interviews as a mentor and at McKinsey
- Published author of "Utopia: Next step in human evolution"
Elmir Huseynov
Ex-McKinsey, Mastercard Advisors
- Principal at a boutique consultancy
- 50+ case interviews at McKinsey and Mastercard
- Former professional chess player and 4x national champion
Ben Jacobson
Ex-Bain Manager
- Cofounder of a software company
- 40+ interviews and 400+ practice cases for Bain
- Finished 3 marathons
Daniela Estrada
Ex-BCG, Mars
- Corporate Strategy at Mars
- 100+ mock interviews with MBA students
- Singer-songwriter and road cycling enthusiast
Alice Yuan
Ex-Bain Manager, Datadog
- Business Value Manager at Datadog
- 100+ case interviews at Bain
- Has perfect pitch
Matthew Calvert
Ex-BCG, Teach for America
- Senior Director at Insight M, a climate tech startup
- Coached 30+ candidates to MBB offers
- Aspiring chef and restaurant owner
David Toth-Almasi
Ex-McKinsey, Wolt
- Senior Manager, Strategy & Finance at Wolt
- 50+ live case interviews
- Ran Budapest's top house and techno club
Joseph Wegener
BCG
- Project Leader at BCG
- 50+ BCG interviews and 100+ mocks for Chicago Booth students
- IRONMAN triathlete who has traveled to 30+ countries
Emily Kahn
Ex-BCG, Shore Capital
- Startup founder
- Interviewed for BCG; coaches case and behavioral interviews
- Avid web comic and anime fan
Naomi Garland
Ex-BCG Consultant
- MD and MPH; independent consultant
- Helps advanced-degree candidates move into consulting
- Loves muay thai
Kelsey Warren
Ex-Bain & Company
- Strategy & Operations at a startup
- 6+ years of case prep and campus interviews
- Did an externship at Pepsi
Kabir Singh
Amazon, EY, Google
- Head of Product, Brand Shopping at Amazon
- 60+ interviews at Amazon for PM, PMM, TPM and UX roles
- Grew up in a house of 16 people
Jennifer Juma
Ex-McKinsey, Goldman Sachs
- Chief Strategy & Admin Officer at BGVitamins
- 20+ case prep interviews for consulting candidates
- Avid vegetable gardener
Ranjini Musuvathy
Amazon
- Sr. Product Manager at Amazon
- 50+ interviews across big tech, pharma and manufacturing
- Traveler, foodie and hiker
Aron Kirschner
Lyft, Monitor Group
- Sr. Director, BizOps at Swing Education
- 100+ interviews at Swing, Lyft and Monitor-Deloitte
- Was once slapped by a gorilla
Cynthia Aceves Cardenas
Apple, Ex-McKinsey
- Product Planner at Apple
- 100+ mock interviews; candidates landed MBB offers
- Plays tennis and makes ceramics
Abigail Doeksen
Ex-BCG, Microsoft
- Private equity principal
- 100+ mock cases; former Yale recruiting lead for BCG
- Enjoys film festivals and running
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RocketBlocks partners with top graduate programs and universities around the world. Currently, 80% of the Ivy League MBA programs are official partners and more than 60 universities globally partner with RocketBlocks to help their students land dream jobs.
If your university is interested in licensing the RocketBlocks product, please contact us at partnerships@rocketblocks.me.
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