Associate 2 min. read

Looking for a role that grows with you?

As an Associate at Menlo Coaching, you can expect what amounts to a well-paid graduate traineeship, mentoring under some of the best MBA consultants in the industry.

We’re not looking for work experience, but rather innate curiosity and helpfulness combined with a great personality fit

This fulfilling, full-time role is based out of our Baarn, NL office – just a 40-minute train ride from Amsterdam Centraal Station – where you’ll work as a key part of our small, collaborative team.

The only “must-haves” for this position are a university degree and fluent or native written and spoken English. (Most of our clients are American.) Prior work experience can be a plus, but it’s not required. Some of our best team members come straight out of Bachelor’s and Master’s programs.

We do not care if you speak Dutch!  🙂

Some things that people like about working at Menlo:

• We have a comfortable, friendly office full of knowledgeable, patient professionals.
• We don’t and won’t work with clients who don’t need our help or who are a bad fit.
• We approach all things with the long-term in mind, considering the careers of our clients and our team. 
• Our primary function is helping people see themselves in a better light.

As an Associate, your day will be spent:

• Researching MBA programs at top universities, such as Harvard, and summarizing key findings for our clients who are applying to those programs.
• Configuring our online course platform.
• Assisting with client services and marketing tasks.
• Supervising the work of external contractors.

There’s no “right” profile for the Associate role at Menlo

If you’re an engineering graduate, you might end up:

• Working more on the technology that delivers our content to students.
• Diving deep into our SEO, or
• Taking on technical/analytical projects.

If you’re a humanities graduate, you might end up:

• Writing course content for Menlo.
• Assisting in writing and editing projects, or
• Eventually even becoming a coach.

No resume/C.V. or references required for this step.

You’ll be keeping good company at Menlo Coaching

Established in 2012, the quality of our work has resulted in multiple industry awards, including David’s and Alice’s recognition as the #1 and #3 global admissions consultants, respectively, by the highly regarded MBA community site Poets&Quants.

Prior to their work founding, running, and growing Menlo Coaching:

• David worked in executive roles for Efficient Frontier (acquired by Adobe), Yahoo, and Travelzoo, with responsibilities for business units of up to $120M.
  
  
• Alice was a consultant at Bain, and taught at Stanford University.
  
  
• Rebecca was a non-profit executive, and is a Kellogg MBA.

But the best praise for our services comes directly from our clients:

“Alice knows the admission game backwards and forwards. She genuinely cares about your success (not just in getting into a school but also your career) but at the same time, she is upfront and pragmatic about everything.”

“I’ve worked two different high-finance jobs in my career and consider myself a strong interviewer. I worked with David for less than an hour to prepare for my Booth interview. When I finished my interview, I confidently told David and Alice it was the best interview of my life. I *knew* I would get the Booth offer and this is not from a place of ego but just to speak as to how well David prepared me.”

Start your application right away by hitting the button below and answering a few introductory questions. We will follow up via email to take the conversation further. (You won’t need your resume/C.V. or references with you to answer these questions.)