Find out exactly where you stand — before the rejection email does.
A free, live 25-minute mock first round with a former Goldman Sachs banker who conducted first-round interviews and evaluated which candidates advanced. Leave with an honest readiness verdict and the three fixes that matter most.
No special preparation · No credit card · Live 1:1 on Zoom
For students & recent grads actively recruiting for investment-banking internships and analyst roles — in the U.S. and beyond.
The brutal truth
You're being judged right now — and no one will tell you why you're losing.
- ▸The rejection email lands weeks later with zero feedback — “we've decided to move forward with other candidates” — and you're left guessing what actually went wrong.
- ▸You rehearse the wrong things: over-polishing a resume line while the real reason you'd get cut is how you answer “walk me through a DCF” or “why this bank.”
- ▸You benchmark yourself against other applicants who are just as lost — not against the candidates who actually converted offers.
The part nobody tells you
There is no pass mark. You're not graded — you're ranked.
The bank fills the seat either way — they just take the best people in the room that cycle. Nobody asks whether your answer was good; they ask whether anyone's was better. And look at who you're ranked against:
Coached daily by ex-bankers
Story engineered · networking run on a CRM · drilled on firm-specific questions
Mock-screened every week
Insider referrals · every answer rehearsed against the real bar
Strong candidate, preparing alone
First attempt · guides and guesswork · nobody naming the real gaps
Memorized the guide
Sounds fine — collapses one follow-up question down
It's not impossible alone. It's just not a fair fight — the people above the line have professionals behind them, and you only run this race once. The free assessment tells you, in 25 minutes, which side of the line you're standing on right now — and exactly what would move you.
The Insider Verdict
What you leave with — free
One 25-minute call. Three things you leave with — and the only reason it's free is that it's how we meet the candidates worth backing.
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The Live 1:1 Mock First-Round Screen (25 min)
A real 25-minute Zoom screen run by a former Goldman Sachs banker, using representative behavioural and technical questions a first round opens with — your story, “why banking,” a deal you'd talk about, core technicals. No bot, no simulation — the real thing, live.
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Your Honest Readiness Verdict
A blunt, honest read on whether you'd pass today — measured against the real candidates who walked out with offers. You leave knowing your true position, not a polite guess.
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Your Top 3 Highest-Leverage Fixes
Not a 40-item to-do list. The three changes that move the decision most — ranked — so you stop polishing what doesn't matter and fix what actually flips a no into a yes before your next interview.
Your price
Free
And where your gaps call for it, the banker may also rebuild your “Why you / Why this bank” answers and map where you sit against this cycle's recruiting deadlines — or you'll get those in a short written follow-up.
Who's grading you
The person assessing you didn't read about banking. They sat on the other side of the desk in real first rounds.
Most “IB interview prep” is sold by people who never ran a first round. This is the opposite. Your assessment is run by a former Goldman Sachs banker who conducted first-round interviews and evaluated which candidates advanced — not a careers adviser reading from a sheet, or a peer who “did a summer internship once.” They held the pen and asked the questions, and they know the difference between an answer that sounds fine to you and one that actually lands on the desk. For 25 minutes, someone who used to sit on the other side of the desk is on your side instead — giving you the verdict in advance, while you still have time to act on it.
How it works
Book your slot
Pick a time on the calendar. ~30 seconds. No test, no video to record, no resume upload, no card. You're booking a live call with a real banker — that's the entire commitment.
Get screened, for real
Join a private 25-minute Zoom and run the actual first-round gauntlet — behavioral, technical, “why this bank” — exactly as it happens on the day. Come as you are; this is the practice, not the exam.
Walk away knowing
Get your readiness verdict, your gaps named and graded against people who got offers, and your top 3 fixes — so you fix what's wrong before the next rejection email, not after.
Why slots are limited
Appointments are released weekly — because every assessment is live and 1:1.
Every booking is 25 minutes with a real banker that can't be given to anyone else, so times open as calendars allow. If no slots are showing, this week's sessions are full — check back, or grab the next one that appears. And the closer summer-analyst deadlines get, the less anyone's calendar stretches. If there's a time showing right now, take it.
Zero risk. The only thing you can lose is not knowing.
It's completely free — no credit card, no resume upload, no test to complete first, no obligation. You keep every insight whether or not we ever speak again. Worst case, you learn you're closer than you thought and leave with three fixes anyway. Best case, you catch the exact thing that would have cost you the offer — while there's still time to fix it.
What this would cost
1:1 coaching with me is $600 an hour. This assessment is 25 minutes of it — about $250 — and it's free, whether or not we ever work together. The only thing it costs you is showing up.
Real members
On camera, in their own words
No stock photos, no quotes you can't verify — real members, shown with their permission.
Noah — IBBlueprint member
From barely any finance exposure → confident on the technicals
“The videos break the technical material right down to the fundamentals — and whenever something didn't click, Kai was there to answer my questions.”
On camera, in his own words — used with permission.
Joanna — IBBlueprint member
Non-target, international student → secured an internship she's genuinely excited about
“The biggest change for me was my confidence, particularly when it came to networking.”
On camera, in her own words — used with permission.
Questions, answered
Wait — is there really no test or video to record?＋
Correct, and it's the whole point of this format. The old way made you grind through an online test and a recorded video before anyone even looked at you. This is the opposite: you book a slot and get on a live call with a real banker. No solo test, no recording, no resume upload, no homework. The assessment happens in conversation, with a person.
Is it actually free, or a sales call in disguise?＋
Yes — the assessment is genuinely free, and you get your feedback whether or not you become a client. If we believe IBBlueprint could help you close the gaps we identify, we may explain the program at the end. You can simply decline, and the feedback remains yours. Worth knowing now: the program's founding cohort is open — the first 10 enrollments join at $2,000 instead of the published $4,000, and assessment attendees hear about it first.
I'm not “ready” yet — should I wait until I've prepped more?＋
No — earlier is better, and that instinct is exactly what costs people offers. The entire value is finding your gaps now, while you still have time to fix them, instead of discovering them in a real first round you can't redo. Showing up unpolished is when this is most useful: you're not being marked, you're being shown the map.
Does this map to my recruiting timeline?＋
Yes. The assessment maps to your specific target — summer analyst and superday timelines, off-cycle and lateral routes, bulge bracket or elite boutique — so the verdict and fixes you leave with are calibrated to the screens you'll actually sit.
Who is this for — and who is it not for?＋
It's for ambitious university students and recent grads seriously targeting investment banking — bulge bracket or elite boutique — who want a straight, expert read before they burn another application or another cycle. It's not for people just casually curious about finance: a working banker's slot is too scarce to spend on someone who isn't going for it.
How long is it and what do I need to prepare?＋
About 25 minutes, on Zoom, 1:1. You just need a quiet spot and your camera on. Don't build anything — turning up unpolished is genuinely fine, because we're diagnosing the real you. The lack of prep is the feature.
You'll find out where you stand either way. The only question is whether it's now — or in the rejection email.
25 minutes, live, with a former Goldman Sachs banker who ran first rounds — an honest read on where you stand, measured against candidates who got offers, and your top 3 fixes. Free, nothing to prepare, no card. Appointments release weekly; if a time is showing, take it.
Nothing to prepare · No card · No obligation