Make Your Mark - A McKinsey MBA Mentorship Programme

• McKinsey London is excited to present Make Your Mark, a McKinsey MBA programme dedicated to our commitment to develop one another through mentorship. 
• McKinsey passionately believes in developing outstanding leaders and promoting diversity, both at our firm and in the world at large - we know that diverse and inclusive teams enrich our creativity, innovation, and problem-solving abilities. 
• We therefore invite incoming UK MBA students to apply to Make Your Mark before July 30th, 2023. All submissions will be reviewed, and you will be notified of next steps within a few weeks after the application deadline. 

What to expect

A guaranteed first round interview with the London office. This will be for either a summer internship (2 year MBA programmes) or a full-time role (1 year MBA programmes), should you decide to apply to us in our London office

• Opportunities at our London office to connect with colleagues and members of our diversity networks through workshops, panels and networking events that highlight our firm, our people, and our work
• Monthly one-on-one mentoring sessions (virtual or in-person) with a McKinsey consultant as you navigate your first term of business school and explore your career options going forward
• Insight into consulting as a profession
• Recruiting tips to help set you up for success for the Autumn recruiting season
• Interview coaching sessions
• An opportunity to build a peer network with fellow MBA students
• Connections and insight into the areas of our work you’re most interested in

Eligibility criteria

• You have been admitted to a full-time MBA programme in the United Kingdom, beginning in Q3 2023 
• You are available to attend a 1 day in-person event in London at the end of August
• You identify as part of any of the following McKinsey networks and communities*:
• McKinsey Black Network (MBN)
• McKinsey LGBTQ+network (GLAM)
• McKinsey Women
• Prism (First generation and social mobility)

*You will have the opportunity to select which networks are of interest to you in the application form. You can select as many as are relevant, but you will only be considered for one

How to apply

• To be considered for the Make Your Mark mentorship programme, we ask for the following by July 30th, 2023:
• Your CV in English, which should include details of your education (including incoming business school and expected MBA graduation year),grades (including your GMAT/GRE score), work experience, and extracurricular activities and achievements.
• A cover letter, in which you include your motivation for this program in the form of a brief essay (500 words maximum) about an experience where you demonstrated leadership, fostered effective teamwork, and solved a problem with a diverse group of people. Please include the obstacles you overcame to come to this solution and why it was important to you. The diversity could include people with different areas of expertise, background, education, culture or nationalities, ethnicity, gender, orientations, personalities, or work experience.
• Up to 3 office practice preferences – London (generalist), Digital, Private Equity
• Completion of our digital assessment Solve (you will receive an invitation link from us within 2 weeks of your application)
• Applications missing any of the above 4 components will not be considered. 
• If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to one 60-minute case and PEI interview with one of our colleagues, followed by an opportunity to ask any questions you may have
• We look forward to getting to know you and helping you learn more about who we are, what we do, and how you can make your mark through your MBA!