Live with an ex-banker · 30 minutes · no card
Backed by the Break-In Guarantee: complete the program as tracked in your member tools, and if you haven't landed a relevant finance role within five years, you get 100% of your money back. Full terms. · Max 20 candidates per cycle.
What we're building toward
The phone call that changes the next decade.
There's a version of this year where the recruiter calls you. Where the LinkedIn update reads “Incoming Investment Banking Analyst,” your parents forward it to everyone they know, and the classmates who had the connections you didn't are asking you how you did it. A first-year seat among the best-paid roles out of university. Exits into private equity and hedge funds. A career that compounds for decades — entered on your terms.
The distance between you and that version isn't talent. It's preparation — engineered by people who know exactly what the other side of the desk says yes to. That's what this program is.
The part nobody tells you
There is no pass mark. You're not graded — you're ranked.
The bank fills the seat either way. Nobody asks whether your answer was good — they ask whether anyone's was better. And the candidates above the cut aren't smarter than you: they're coached daily by ex-bankers, mock-screened weekly, their networking run on a system. Walk in alone and you're not competing with their talent. You're competing with their support.
A candidate runs this race once — first time, one shot per cycle. We run it every day. That asymmetry is the entire reason this program exists: it moves you to the right side of an unfair fight.
Problems → solutions
Every obstacle between you and the offer has a component built to kill it.
“I'm not at a target school.”
→ The Networking Machine + Your Story, Engineered
“My resume dies in the screen.”
→ The Full Digital Rebuild + The Experience Bridge
“I freeze on technicals.”
→ Technical Mastery + The Superday Dojo
“I don't know a single banker.”
→ Done-with-you networking + the Live CRM
“I don't know what they'll ask.”
→ The Firm Databank — real questions, by firm and group
“I can't prove I'm good.”
→ MIFS certification — independently verifiable
“I don't know what to do next.”
→ The Plan of Attack + Job Finder & Tracker
“What if it doesn't work?”
→ The Break-In Guarantee — 100% of your money back
Why this works
We're not guessing what interviewers want. We were the interviewers.
The program is led by an ex-Goldman Sachs banker who personally ran first-round interviews — someone who decided who advanced and who got the email. And you don't get one mentor: enrollment assigns you a dedicated team of at least three coaches with elite banking backgrounds. Different interviewers, different styles, no single blind spot — because on the day, you won't choose who's across the desk.
One honest line, because it matters: no coach can promise you a firm's decision — anyone who does is lying to you. What we control is your preparation, and we back that with the strongest guarantee we know how to write. The risk is on us. The work is on you.
Hear it from members
Real members. On camera. In their own words.
No stock photos, no quotes you can't verify — real people, 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.
What's inside
Fifteen components. One aim. Everything, or it wouldn't work.
Each of these is sold somewhere as its own product — hourly interview coaches, standalone technical courses, resume services. We built it as one system because the pieces only compound together.
The Core
The part nobody else sells: people, unlimited.
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Your Dedicated Coach Team
included
At least three coaches with elite banking backgrounds, assigned from day one — on hand for a technical question at 11pm or a career decision at a crossroads.
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Unlimited 1:1 Coaching & Live Mock Interviews
included
A real ex-banker in your corner, live, as often as you need. No session caps, no hourly meter.
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The Plan of Attack Session
included
Your exact situation — school, GPA, timeline, targets — turned into a personalized, week-by-week route to the offer. You never wonder what to do next.
Get the Interview
You can't convert a room you never enter.
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Your Story, Engineered
included
Your background — whatever it is — rebuilt into the narrative that makes an interviewer lean in.
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The Full Digital Rebuild
included
Resume, cover letter and LinkedIn rebuilt line by line to banker standard, so you clear the screen instead of dying in it.
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The Online-Application Playbook
included
The tests, the video interviews, the questions behind the questions — so an avoidable error never costs you a seat.
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Networking Mastery + Your Live CRM
included
Done WITH you, not dumped on you: we build your target list, draft your outreach, and the CRM tells you who's next and never drops a follow-up.
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The Experience Bridge
when needed
Where a resume genuinely needs substance first, we help you land the smaller role that builds it.
Convert the Interview
Where offers are actually won.
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Technical Mastery
included
Accounting, valuation, DCF, M&A, LBO — taught to fluency, not memorization, so follow-up questions stop being scary.
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Behavioral Mastery
included
“Walk me through your resume.” “Why banking?” “Why us?” — engineered, then drilled until they land every time.
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The Firm Databank
included
Real questions previously asked, organized by firm and team. Prepare for your interview — not a generic one.
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The Superday Dojo
included
Timed, realistic pressure drills that grade whether you understand the concept — until interview-day nerves have nothing left to grab onto.
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MIFS Certification
included
Finish with a proctored, independently verifiable modeling certification — proof on your resume that your technicals are real, not claimed.
Never Fly Blind
The tools that make sure nothing slips.
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Job Finder & Tracker
included
Every live opening and deadline in one system, tracked from application to offer.
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The Resource Vault
included
Question guides, case studies, model templates — everything you could need, in one place.
What it costs
The price is said out loud on your free assessment call — before you're asked to decide anything.
Not a secret, and not a negotiation tactic — a number on a page can't tell you what it buys for your situation. On the call you hear the price plainly, next to your actual plan, before any follow-up is booked. It's a serious investment, protected by the guarantee below — and the assessment costs nothing either way.
Founding cohort:a new program needs proof, and the founding ten's results become ours — so the first 10 enrollments join on founding terms, stated on the call.
No card. A live ex-banker gives you a verdict and your top 3 fixes.
Your risk, reversed
The Break-In Guarantee.
Execute the program as intended, and if you haven't landed a relevant finance role within five years of enrolling — you get 100% of the purchase price back. Processed within two business days once your member-tool logs confirm the criteria were met.
No fine-print gymnastics — one question asked: did you do the work? Everything the guarantee asks of you is tracked in your own member tools as you go — your networking, your practice, your applications, your coaching action items — so whether you did the work is a record, not an argument.
We can offer this because the conditions arethe program: everything the guarantee requires is exactly what gets people hired. The only way to lose is to quit — and if you do the work and it still doesn't happen, you shouldn't be the one paying for that. Relevant finance role means a paid front-office or adjacent finance position (IB, PE, hedge funds, equity research, corporate finance) — a broader floor than an IB offer specifically — and eligibility is assessed against your member-tool logs, not at our discretion. Full terms, in plain English →
The conditions = the success plan
- ✓ Hit your networking targets — logged in your CRM
- ✓ Complete the technical curriculum & your mock interviews
- ✓ Implement your coaching action items — as written
- ✓ Apply to the openings in your plan — tracked
This is just what successful candidates do anyway. The guarantee simply puts our money behind it.
Why only 20 per cycle
“Unlimited coaching” is only true if we cap the room.
Every candidate gets unlimited 1:1 time with real ex-bankers — which is only survivable at 20 candidates per cycle. When the seats are taken, enrollment closes until the next intake. That's not a marketing line; it's arithmetic.
Why now
The deadline is the recruiting calendar — not ours to move.
Recruiting timelines keep creeping earlier, and preparation compounds: every week you start sooner is another week of reps before invites go out. Start late and you're preparing duringyour interviews instead of before them. The cost of waiting isn't the price — it's the cycle.
The route in
What actually happens, in order.
No mystery, no “bespoke journey” language. Here is the whole path — and the first step costs nothing.
Day 1
The verdict
- 30 minutes, live, with an ex-banker who ran real first rounds.
- Graded on the five dimensions a first round actually scores you on.
- Your top three fixes, in writing — yours whether or not you ever enroll.
Free. It's also where we decide, together, whether you're a fit.
Week 1
The Plan of Attack
- Your school, GPA, timeline and target firms become a week-by-week route.
- Your coach team is assigned — at least three ex-bankers, from day one.
- The question “what do I do next?” is answered, and stays answered.
Weeks 2–4
You become submittable
- Resume, cover letter and LinkedIn rebuilt line by line to banker standard.
- Your story engineered into the version that makes an interviewer lean in.
- Your target list built and your first outreach drafted with you — not dumped on you.
Weeks 4+
You become interviewable
- Technicals taught to fluency: accounting, valuation, DCF, M&A, LBO.
- “Why banking?” drilled until it lands every time, under pressure.
- Superday Dojo drills, the Firm Databank, and MIFS certification — proof, not a claim.
Unlimited mocks with people who sat on the other side of the desk. No session caps.
Offer day
Or every dollar back
- Do the work, and if you don't land a relevant finance role, you get 100% back.
- Firms decide hiring. The guarantee decides the refund.
30 minutes · a real ex-banker · your verdict and top 3 fixes — yours to keep either way
Asked before enrolling
Why can't I just do this on my own — the information is free online.＋
It is, and that's exactly the point: you've had access to all of it, and you're on this page. Banking interviews aren't graded — they're ranked. The seat gets filled either way; the bank just takes the best people in the room. And the people getting those seats are being coached daily, mock-screened weekly, with their networking run on a system. Alone, you're not competing with their talent. You're competing with their support.
What does it cost?＋
We tell you on the free assessment call — out loud, in plain numbers, before you're asked to decide anything and before any follow-up call is booked. Not because it's a secret: a number on a page can't tell you what it buys for your situation, and we'd rather you hear the price next to your actual plan. It's a serious investment, protected by the guarantee below — and if we don't think you're a fit, we'll say so before price ever comes up.
What exactly does the guarantee cover?＋
Execute the program as intended — your networking, practice, applications and coaching action items are all tracked in your member tools, so eligibility is a record, not an argument — and if you haven't landed a relevant finance role within five years of enrolling, you get 100% of the purchase price back, processed within two business days once your logs confirm the criteria were met. “Relevant finance role” means a paid front-office or adjacent finance position — investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, equity research, corporate finance and the like — a broader floor than an IB offer specifically. Full terms, in plain English, at ibblueprint.com/guarantee.
My parents are part of this decision.＋
Good — they should be. Bring them to the free assessment call, or to a follow-up. We'd rather answer the hard questions directly: the price, the guarantee, and exactly what enrollment buys — all stated plainly, out loud, on the call.
How much time does it take?＋
It's built around your semester, not instead of it. The Plan of Attack sequences the work to your real deadline — expect consistent weekly reps, heavier as your interviews approach. What we ask is simple: do the work. That's also the condition of the guarantee.
I'm at a non-target school. Does this still work?＋
The program was largely built for you. A non-target background means the network and the story have to be constructed deliberately — which is precisely what the networking system, the Experience Bridge and the story engineering exist to do. What we can't fix is not doing the reps.
Who is this NOT for?＋
People casually curious about finance, and people who want the outcome without the work. Unlimited 1:1 coaching only works because we cap enrollment at 20 per cycle and take people we genuinely believe we can get there — which is why everyone starts with the free assessment, and why we turn people away.
You'll compete against coached candidates either way.
The only question is whether the machine is behind them — or behind you. Start where everyone starts: 25 free minutes with a real ex-banker, and an honest verdict on where you stand.
Individual results vary and are never guaranteed. No one can guarantee a job, interview, or offer — firms make all hiring decisions, and any pay figures shown reflect publicly reported market compensation, not a prediction of your earnings. Our guarantee covers what we control: the program, your preparation, and our promise to refund 100% of the price if you execute the program as intended (as tracked in your member tools) and don't land a relevant finance role — a paid front-office or adjacent finance position (IB, PE, hedge funds, equity research, corporate finance) — within five years of enrolling. Full terms.