The passing rate for the McKinsey Problem Solving Game is estimated at roughly 20-30%. As more candidates are invited to take the test, the proportion of those who pass is lower than the PST. Also, McKinsey uses the PSG for the recruitment of a wide range of candidates for various positions, not just consulting track.
Is the McKinsey problem-solving game open to everyone? Not everyone will be asked to play the McKinsey Solve game. The invitation is dependent on a number of elements, such as academic record, professional experience, and, occasionally, recruiting networks.
The game captures all of the candidate's actions (e.g., every movement of the mouse, hesitations, time taken to do an action) and uses data science to score the five abilities.
If you have been invited to a first round interview with McKinsey, you therefore have a 10% chance of getting an offer. The good news is that the first and second round interviews are really manageable when you know how to prepare.
The game tests both what you do when playing and your final result, but normally if you get a “good” final result that's a good indication of your performance. However the desired result depends on the game, which is why would be good if you could share the one you are referring to.
The McKinsey Problem Solving Game is an important part of the recruitment process. However, McKinsey doesn't make a decision solely from your game results. Your results will be considered together with the rest of your application, and a decision will be made as to whether you progress to the case interview stage.
Solve is a 70 minute assessment. Each task within Solve will begin with an untimed tutorial, which directs you to the task's objective and provides guidance on how to navigate the task.
Viewing strategy choices through four lenses—financial performance, markets, competitive advantage, and operating model—can help companies debias their strategic dialogues and make big, bold changes.
Each candidate has to solve 2 out of 5 mini-games
As of March 2023, 6 mini-games are confirmed for the McKinsey Problem-Solving Game. The two common mini-games are Ecosystem Building and Plant Defense, the less common ones are Redrock Study, Disease Management, Disaster Management, and Migration Management.
McKinsey is a global consulting firm and has established itself as one of the most influential firms in the world. This fact alone makes getting a job at the firm difficult. McKinsey is also known for its rigorous, intensive, and selective hiring process. It holds extremely high standards in terms of who it hires.
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Once you have completed the test, McKinsey explain on their site that they look at both your test scores and resume (in more detail this time) to determine who will be invited to live case interviews. This will only be around 30% of the candidates who applied - possibly even fewer.
Unfortunately, even if you are fast and reach a proper outcome (product score), this does not guarantee that you pass. The big difference between the Imbellus vs. the PST is that they track telemetrically more than 100 variables while you play the games (process score).
Within MBB firms, McKinsey is the most prestigious and well-known, both inside and outside the industry. This is the result of their early and continuing success in maintaining extremely high standards in recruitment and project deliverables.
In order to pass the McKinsey Digital Assessment, you must complete all of the tasks within the allotted time limits. If you don't finish all of the tasks, then you will fail the test. Don't spend too much time on one section.
In fact, the McKinsey recruitment process is considered one of the most competitive processes in the corporate world with just a ~1% acceptance rate.
McKinsey, Bain, and BCG don't have a strict GPA cutoff, but they do typically consider anything from 3.6 up as a strong GPA. However, it's not quite that simple. For instance, you may have a 3.4 GPA but have top scores on your SAT or GRE, so all of these academic results will be reviewed.
Yes you can, however I would recommend a second computer to avoid issues with the tracking (during the Imbellus they track where you move the cursor on the screen). Was this answer helpful?
The rumored number of applicants getting offers from McKinsey is around 1%. The other numbers can only be estimates. It also depends on the particular country and period (currently getting offers is more difficult due to the decrease in hiring). A 20% to 30% passing rate in each round is reasonable for many firms.
Gentin believes that young people in particular want more from their careers than conventional understandings of professional success. “The average age at McKinsey is 30,” he says.
Why people leave consulting after only two to four years. The typical length of time for consultants to stay at top firms like McKinsey, BCG or Bain is two to four years. Some statistics indicate that 2.7 years is the average length of time that a consultant works at a top management consulting firm before moving on.
In terms of % of people make it past the final round, it can vary quite dramatically. It could be as low as 0% or as high as maybe 50%. (These are very rough estimates). The interviewers are not there to identify the best candidates in the group.