“They made me rewrite my Motivationsschreiben three times until it mentioned the workshop’s own product line. The interview felt familiar because we had already practised the awkward questions about my maths grade.”
Client stories
What applicants remember from the work
These notes reference specific documents, firm visits, and constraints — not generic praise. Experiences vary with grades, timing, and how quickly firms reply.
“I wanted dual study because it sounded prestigious. The orientation session pushed us to list actual company partners and study loads. We switched to an Ausbildung track for Kaufmann im Einzelhandel — and I stopped wasting October on portals that would have rejected me on grades alone.”
“The document review caught that my Lebenslauf listed every school club but buried my Lagerpraktikum. After the rewrite, two firms invited me to trial days. I still wish we had started two months earlier — December replies were thin.”
“Interview practice covered a hands-on task I had not expected — sorting sample parts while answering questions. I fumbled the first rehearsal. The second went better, and the real firm day felt less surprising.”
“Dual-study coaching helped me compare three Hochschulen and two company programmes without drowning in glossy brochures. One partner company looked exciting online but could not name a supervisor for dual students — we struck it from the list.”
Extended note: autumn shortlist in Rostock
A Gymnasium leaver came to us in September with strong English marks and undecided interests between Büromanagement and dual study in BWL. We ruled out dual study after checking Numerus Clausus ranges and her preference for earlier workplace responsibility. The apprenticeship shortlist focused on three Rostock-area firms with clear August starts.
Document work centred on a Schülerpraktikum in a municipal office — previously mentioned only as a date. After two Motivationsschreiben variants and one mock interview, she received a Probezeit offer from her second-choice firm. The first-choice employer never replied; we treated that as a calendar lesson for the next sibling, not a failure of the package.