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£7/hr
1st lesson free
- Career Coaching
- Professional Coaching
- Job searching
- Professional Transition
- Pitching
Ex-Amazon/Wall St. Coach for Careers, Professional Growth & Difficult Transitions | Tech & Corporate Interviews, Offers & Networking | Mentoring Women @ Workplaces
- Career Coaching
- Professional Coaching
- Job searching
- Professional Transition
- Pitching
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Recommended
Purnima is a respected member of our tutor community. She is highly recommended for her commitment and the quality of her lessons. An excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About Purnima
I am a former corporate program manager with experience across global tech and top-tier financial institutions, including Amazon (NY), Goldman Sachs (HQ in NY), and JPMorgan. Over the course of my career, I have switched roles, countries, companies (sometimes - all at once!), despite little support and immense network pushback, navigated complex matrix organizations and landed roles on industry-flagship programs beyond my title, led cross-functional execution for complex initiatives, and built high-trust professional networks from scratch across global markets.
Having interviewed firsthand with leading companies, such as Google, Meta, Stripe, Microsoft, Spotify, Uber, and Amazon, I have experienced every stage of the hiring pipeline: from cold outreach and recruiter screens to HQ loop interviews, rejections, offer negotiations, and internal mobility transitions.
Today, I mentor ambitious professionals (entry-level, mid-career and a couple of senior execs) to help them demystify corporate systems, negotiate top offers, and navigate high-stakes workplace dynamics with confidence. I also hold a special affinity for uplifting women through my experience, having successfully coached several corporate women in the past and seen the difference it makes to their lives and confidence firsthand!
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High-Impact Career Strategy & Corporate Navigation from Personal Global Experience & Senior Network Intelligence:
Navigating top-tier tech and corporate environments requires much more than polished credentials—it demands smart positioning, targeted network-building, and strategic interpersonal skills. Having relocated across international markets, rebuilt my professional networks in entirely new landscapes, and interviewed directly to negotiating rounds & landing offers with the world’s top companies: Google, Stripe, Meta, Spotify, Uber, Amazon & more, I bring real-world, stress-tested clarity to what it takes to land top offers and make the most, once inside.
Whether navigating final-round interviews at the HQ sites, handling unexpected rejections, steering compensation talks, or managing difficult workplace politics, our coaching sessions translate hard-earned, global corporate experience and network insights into actionable next steps you can use directly.
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Key Focus Areas:
Interview Strategy & Offer Navigation: Deconstruct elite hiring loops, prep for inner confidence & executive presence, and multi-offer leverage strategies.
Network Building from Scratch: Master proven outreach techniques to build high-trust professional networks, without existing connections, to help land growth opportunities.
Internal Growth & Promotion Readiness: Strategic positioning to land high-visibility projects, build internal alignment with promotion criteria, have difficult workplace conversations, and drive early/mid-career progression.
Workplace Politics & Diplomatic Communication: Frame delicate org. / interpersonal conversations (including effective escalations & managerial 1:1s), resolve interpersonal friction smartly, address performance/project roadblocks, and navigate corporate politics without losing personal integrity.
Cross-Cultural Fluency in Complex Orgs: Master unspoken communication norms, stakeholder management strategies, and matrix-organization dynamics required to influence teams and deliver projects across global regions or difficult teams.
Specialized Mentoring Experience for Women Navigating Workplaces: Targeted mentorship on self-advocacy, building a self-confident mindset, visibility, pitching problems without hurting chances, promotions, and overcoming friction in fast-paced or difficult workplaces.
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Who This Is For:
- Entry-to-mid-level professionals targeting roles in MNCs, Big Tech, and Global Capability Centers (GCCs).
- Corporate professionals navigating complex org structures, seeking internal mobility, or preparing for promotion cycles.
- Candidates changing industries, relocating across markets, or building a professional network in a new ecosystem from scratch.
- Women in corporate and tech seeking tailored mentorship for workplace visibility, career advancement, and strategic self-advocacy.
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Recommendations
Recommendations come from relatives, friends and acquaintances of the teacher
Purnima has a fascinating knack for conversation and to hold one comfortably for hours. She has a superb clarity of thought, a great depth and understanding of emotions and can help even the most reticent of individuals open and speak up. Her understanding and advice is very structured and she can help assess multiple avenues and guide people well to handle challenges or change in general. She can be a wonderful mentor and coach in my opinion.
Purnima was a key lead on our cross-functional T+1 settlement rollout at JPMorgan, often partnering with the program's senior leadership (MDs & EDs) cross-culturally. Working with her closely from the PMO side, I consistently relied on her ability to break down complex program updates and eke out business impact from available data into crisp, executive-ready updates for our senior leadership, via daily status emails and monthly global meetings.
Her clear, relaxed communication, strategic thinking, and composure under pressure made aligning her workstream and key global stakeholders effortless. She is a top-tier communicator with relevant experience at companies that demand quality every single day, and a fantastic mentor for anyone looking to master business or personal language fluency. 100% recommend.
Regards,
Jay.Ms. Purnima is an excellent counselor who understood my interests and guided me with amazing clarity. Her inspiring words helped me to achieve my goals in a realistic manner.
Purnima helped me prepare for my US student visa interview at very short notice. I received a rejection for my F1 visa at my first attempt.. so my parents and I were very anxious before my second try.. since I needed the visa urgently to travel and join the course the next week. Everything else before joining was already taken care of so this pending interview was a big source of stress as it could break those plans if it went badly again. Purnima helped me prepare for the visa officer interview... gave me helpful tips on how to explain my previous rejection and communicate my points confidently, especially since I am shy and reserved. Most of all, she reassured me in time by giving me the right mindset and approach!! I got my F1 visa approved that day and joined my university the following week. It was such a stressful period of my life, but now i am about to graduate soon!! Thanks Purnima for all the help
Purnima is very natural at business communication and interview preparation!
She helped me navigate difficult hiring manager rounds and offer conversations for US-based roles, coaching me on precisely what to articulate and communication approach, how much to reveal and how to project confidence. All this mixed with her spontaneous humour xD
Her guidance turned an intimidating process into a clear, actionable sequence.
Would recommend to students and working professionals in need of sharp English skills.View more recommendations
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Rate
- £7
Pack prices
- 5h: £35
- 10h: £71
free lessons
The first free lesson with Purnima will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 30mins
online
- £7/h
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