Profile reality
Where the candidate stands today against the firms they are targeting, including academic signal, work experience, written evidence and interview risk.
Elite Careers Strategy intake
Apply for a private Diagnostic.
A founder-led assessment of the candidate profile, target firms and the gap between ambition and offer conversion. This is the route into ECS for families, sponsors and serious candidates.
No public pricing. No generic discovery call. The first step is a short application so ECS can decide whether the Diagnostic is the right use of everyone's time.
100+
documented client outcomes
10,000+
applications reviewed
~30
private clients per year
24h
usual first review window
Founder in the room
Apply once you are ready for a founder-led read.
The Diagnostic is not a generic enquiry call. It is a structured assessment led by Hassan personally, using the same judgement shown in live teaching and advisory settings.
Harvard Business School
HBS MBA student-club context. Strong institutional rooms without implying partnership or endorsement.
Wellington College
Festival of Education speaking context. The trust signal is serious audiences and direct founder delivery.
MIT Sloan room
Live strategy session with a graduate audience. The work is applied in front of serious candidates, not hidden behind generic advice.
Yale SOM session
Full-room teaching at Yale SOM. The point is founder-led judgement, not delegated intake or generic motivation content.
Founder-led explanation
Hassan teaching the structure behind elite-firm selection. The Diagnostic applies the same thinking to one candidate profile.
Candidate context
A campus conversation with a Stanford student. ECS works best when the profile, target and timeline are specific.
What gets decided
The Diagnostic is a decision call, not a sales chat.
ECS uses the call to establish whether the candidate has an addressable conversion problem, what would need to change, and whether a private engagement is appropriate.
Failed-stage diagnosis
The specific blocker between ambition and offer conversion: firm targeting, application quality, commercial fluency, assessment centre or final interview.
Ninety day plan
A concrete next-step view of what needs to change, whether or not ECS is the right working relationship.
Who should request it
For families and candidates with a real offer-conversion problem.
Families who want a serious read before committing time, reputation or money.
Candidates targeting Magic Circle, US elite, bulge bracket, elite boutique, private equity or equivalent routes.
Parents, sponsors or advisers who need discretion, proof and a founder-led first assessment.
House rules
The process is selective because the work is selective.
A parent, sponsor or decision-maker should attend where the family is funding the decision.
Pricing and scope are discussed privately only after fit is established.
ECS can decline an enquiry where the profile, timeline or expectations are not a fit.
How it works
Submit the short form first. Qualified applicants are routed to book.
01
Submit the enquiry
Share target firms, stage, current profile and decision-maker context through the private Diagnostic form.
02
ECS reviews fit
The client team checks whether the situation is serious, addressable and appropriate for a founder-led call.
03
Book the call
Qualified applicants receive the private scheduling link and attend with the relevant parent or sponsor.
Ready for review
Request the Diagnostic when the family is ready to make a serious decision.
The short application gives ECS enough context to decide whether to offer a private call and who should attend.