ABOUT US
About us
About us and our team
"We transform our clients."
We teach how to think through strategic issues from first principles and top-down logic, rather than frameworks. Hence, our clients show a maturity and rigor of thought that lies way above the level of practically all competing candidates who interview for jobs at McKinsey, BCG, or Bain.
TEAM
About us
"We transform our clients."
We teach how to think through strategic issues from first principles and top-down logic, rather than frameworks. Hence, our clients show a maturity and rigor of thought that lies way above the level of practically all competing candidates.
Dr. Sidi S. Koné and Dr. Jörn Kobus are both experienced former strategy consultants, groomed at McKinsey and BCG.
They combine 15+ years in MBB experience at the forefront of serving large global organizations with their most pressing strategic issues. They have served multi-billion-dollar-size client organizations by managing large scale consulting projects across multiple countries on 4 continents.
In their roles as Senior Engagement Managers at McKinsey, Sidi's and Jörn's expertise extended across a variety of sectors and functions, most notably Corporate Development, Commercial Excellence, Customer Experience and Digitalization.
While serving as core members of their offices' recruiting teams, Sidi and Jörn have both interviewed hundreds of candidates at McKinsey and BCG - for a range of seniority levels and across different geographies.
Hence, they leverage the real evaluation criteria and scoring methods that MBB interviewers base their decisions on and that candidates are evaluated against when interviewing with these firms!
Besides living and breathing recruiting, Jörn also developed several internal training programs at McKinsey for young consultants in their first 24 months on the job. He also shaped McKinsey's global training program for Digitalization and Analytics.
While serving as core members of their offices' recruiting teams, Sidi and Jörn have both interviewed hundreds of candidates at McKinsey and BCG - for a range of seniority levels and across different geographies. Hence, they are leveraging the real evaluation criteria and scoring methods that MBB interviewers base their decisions on and that candidates are evaluated against when interviewing with these firms!
Besides living and breathing recruiting, Jörn also developed and improved several internal training programs at McKinsey for young consultants in their first 24 months on the job. He also shaped the global training program for Digitalization and Analytics at the Firm.
Leading entire projects and managing teams at MBB has equipped Sidi and Jörn with the necessary grounding to think through strategic issues from the principles of rigorous top-down logic. This is a stark contrast to the junior thinking patterns mirrored in practically all "traditional" case preparation material available on the market. This material has typically been created by former junior consultants with less than three years MBB tenure and no experience in leading and steering MBB projects on a conceptual and operational level.
Sidi and Jörn have leveraged their experience from combined 1.5 decades at MBB and from coaching hundreds of high potential individuals for several years to jointly develop the world's most effective preparation programme for interviews at McKinsey, BCG, and Bain: The MBB Offer Machine™.
Mile Stones achieved
Mile Stones achieved
– Since 2018 –
500+
Clients coached.
550+
Total MBB offers enabled.
400+
MBB careers initiated.
TEAM
TEAM
Our Team
Meet Our Team
Dr. Sidi S. Koné
Founder & Managing Director
Sidi is an experienced former Strategy Consultant and Interviewer, groomed at McKinsey and formerly BCG. He is leveraging his immense experience as a world leading expert on MBB interview preparation to ensure the best possible guidance for every single client in terms of both, interview preparation, and also offer selection.
Dr. Jörn Kobus
Founder & Managing Director
On top of being an experienced former Strategy Consultant and Interviewer at McKinsey, Jörn is also a certified Trainer and certified Systemic Coach with a focus on career development. Hence, besides successfully mentoring our clients, he is also spearheading the steady development of our unique and unmatched skill-building approach.
Dr. Frederik Wulf
Interview Preparation Advisor
Freddy is a former Engagement Manager McKinsey & Company. During his time at McKinsey, Freddy served as interviewer for three core interviewing teams. Furthermore, he served as faculty on trainings for early-stage consultants with 100+ new McKinsey consultants trained. As an Engagement Manager, he doubled-down on coaching team members and clients alike.
As Interview Preparation Advisor for The MBB Offer Machine™, Freddy is using his extensive expertise as a McKinsey interviewer for providing guidance to our mentees on their way towards interview success.
Dr. Marica Leone
Interview Preparation Advisor
Marica couples top-tier strategy consulting experience from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) with a substantial scientific background.
In her capacity as Interview Preparation Advisor for The MBB Offer Machine™, Marica is continuously guiding our mentees along the entire process of becoming "offer-ready" on all relevant dimensions by the time of their interviews. She specifically leverages her scientific background (PhD in Medical Science) for guiding non-business PhD holders among our mentees in navigating typical challenges while building their case solving muscle.
Chris Callander
Expert Coach
Chris is a former McKinsey consultant in North America, He is operationally directing the content which has helped hundreds of candidates break into top consulting firms. He is also actively coaching our clients to become "offer-ready" on all relevant dimensions by the time of their interviews.
Moreover, Chris is shaping and driving our knowledge codification agenda. Thereby, he is instrumental in ensuring continued thought- and results-leadership of The MBB Offer Machine™.
Marzena Tomalka-Mośko
Application Support Specialist & Client Success Manager
Marzena is a former Recruiting Specialist at McKinsey, where she led numerous recruiting projects across offices in Europe, She served as main point of contact for global internal interviewer trainings at the Firm, and has also been deeply involved in the build-up of McKinsey's gamified assessments.
After 7 years at McKinsey, Marzena joined The MBB Offer Machine™, where she provides continuous guidance to our enrolled clients along all aspects of their consulting application journey.
Arantza Mora
Talent Scout
Luke Molony
Talent Scout
As talent scouts, Arantza and Luke act as first point of contact with candidates interested in joining our coaching programme. They are responsible for finding out which ambitious individuals have the potential to successfully work with us.
With their keen eye for talent and for the necessary attitude, Arantza and Luke are screening new applications for our coaching programme on a daily basis, and they are conducting preliminary screening calls with suitable candidates.
Thereby, our two talent scouts find out whether all necessary conditions are met so we can indeed help the respective candidate achieve their career dream of breaking into one of the world's leading strategy consulting firms.
Arantza Mora
Talent Scout
Luke Molony
Talent Scout
As talent scouts, Arantza and Luke act as first point of contact with candidates interested in joining our coaching programme. They are responsible for finding out which ambitious individuals have the potential to successfully work with us.
With their keen eye for talent and for the necessary attitude, Arantza and Luke are screening new applications for our coaching programme on a daily basis, and they are conducting preliminary screening calls with suitable candidates.
Thereby, our two talent scouts find out whether all necessary conditions are met so we can indeed help the respective candidate achieve their career dream of breaking into one of the world's leading strategy consulting firms.
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We take pride in our ability to help ambitious professionals from all over the world achieve their career goals and break into some of the world's leading strategy consulting firms. We have successfully coached clients from more than 25 countries, and our former clients are now spread across offices of McKinsey, BCG, and Bain on all 5 continents.
No matter where you're located or what your background is, if you have what it takes to interview with the leading consultancies, we will be able to help you secure the contract offer. Our team of experts has the knowledge, experience, and insider insights to guide you through every step of the process. So if you're ready to take your career to the next level, get in touch with us today and let us help you achieve your dreams.
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