McKinsey Solve assessment: every task explained

Scenario simulations scored on outcome and on how you got there.

Used by: McKinsey (and many more).

Tasks

Sea Wolf

Measures: Problem solving with constraints. Length: 33 min, 3 rounds.

For each site, shortlist microbes and release three whose average attributes fit the ranges, with the wanted trait and without the avoided one, at the highest total uptake.

Redrock

Measures: Data analysis and synthesis. Length: 35 min.

Collect the figures a brief needs into your journal, calculate the answers, complete a short report, then solve six quick mini-cases.

Practise

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