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Category: Foundations for MBB Interview Success
Our Mentees have OUTPERFORMED the Market by more than 100x!
Written by Dr. Sidi S. Koné
London Results are in:
Our mentees have crushed their competition.
London is the most unforgiving office in global MBB recruiting.
BUT: Our results cut straight through it!

BCG London and Bain London recently wrapped their entry-level final rounds.
The numbers are brutal.

BCG London:
10-15k applicants.
81 offers.
A probability so tiny it barely counts as a percentage.

Bain London:
Ten thousand applicants.
44 offers.
Zero point four percent!

This is London in the MBB world. The office everyone wants. The office that screens harder, filters deeper, and attracts the most polished CVs across Europe.

Now here is the part nobody wants to admit.

The overwhelming majority of the people in that rejected 99% did exactly what practically all applicants do:
- They went through the same "CaseCoach" content.
- They watched the same YouTube videos.
- They memorized the same frameworks.
- They drilled cases with other uncalibrated peer candidates.
- They believed “I just need to practise more!”
- They thought effort would save them.

It didn’t.
MBB interviewers are not impressed by effort.
They are impressed by superior thinking.

And inside this bloodbath, here is what happened to OUR mentees at The MBB Offer Machine™.

Eight entered.
All eight reached the final round!

And five then walked out with offers!
BCG London: three out of three.
Bain London: two out of five.

In total, our mentees were 
𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐋𝐘 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫
compared to all other candidates applying to BCG and Bain in London!

Hard to grasp the magnitude of that gap! But the math is clear.

One thing to consider.
When competition becomes extreme, randomness does not decide outcomes.
Senior calibration does.

The world's most selective consulting firms do not reward “hardworking candidates”.

They reward candidates whose thinking matches what Partners expect in the room.

THIS IS WHY MAINSTREAM PREP COLLAPSES!

The gap between what applicants practise and what is actually tested has never been bigger.

Our mentees do not rely on luck or volume.
They train with the same logic, clarity, and pressure tolerance MBB firms demand. This is why their performance sits in a completely different league from the general applicant pool.

If you plan to apply to BCG, Bain, or McKinsey in the foreseeable future, understand this one truth:

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝟎.𝟒 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐑𝐄𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃.

You beat it with precision.
You beat it with calibration.
You beat it with preparation built for the real interview, not the imaginary one.

How we can help you break you into McKinsey, BCG, or Bain

If you, as an applicant at one of the big strategy consulting firms, would like to learn how to ensure success in your interviews with McKinsey, BCG, or Bain, then feel free to apply for a free initial consultation with us. In this free session we will find out whether we can help you, and if so, how we can help you to reach your goal of joining a firm like McKinsey, BCG, or Bain & Company. 

Within the last years, we have helped more than 350 people to receive job offers from the three MBB companies! On average, every single week, two of our clients are signing an employment contract with either McKinsey, BCG, or Bain.

About the author: 
Dr. Sidi S. Koné

Former Senior Engagement Manager and Interviewer at McKinsey & Company | Former Senior Consultant at BCG

About The MBB Offer Machine™

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About the author: 
Dr. Sidi S. Koné

Former Senior Engagement Manager and Interviewer at McKinsey & Company | Former Senior Consultant at BCG

About the author: 
Dr. Sidi S. Koné

Former Senior Engagement Manager and Interviewer at McKinsey & Company | Former Senior Consultant at BCG
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