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McKinsey Solve L1.1:

Simulation -
Redrock Study General
Information
Course Introduction

Module 1: Redrock Study

Task's Overview You now have
L1.1: General Information an 80% chance
Text
of getting
L1.2: Signs You Get
Redrock Redrock
Text

The Redrock Study Task

L1.3: Test Composition
(o#cial name used by
Text
McKinsey) is a new test/mini-
L1.4: Time Limit game employed as part of the
Text McKinsey Solve (also known
as the Problem-Solving Game /
Module 2: Redrock PSG) pre-interview screening
Minigame's Features test. The earliest report of this
Redrock Study Task in early
Module 3: PART 1 -
Investigation Phase July 2022, from candidates
applying for McKinsey’s US
o;ces.

At the moment of this writing

(June 2023), the Redrock test
has seen large-scale, global

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deployment in McKinsey
recruitment programs,
having almost replaced the
previous Plant Defense mini-
game. We estimate that for
any given application in June
2023, there is at least a 80%
chance that you will get the
Redrock test (we still receive
sporadic Plant Defense reports
so for now we cannot rule this
legacy test out entirely).

Redrock
signals the
return to a
traditional test
format
Unlike the other mini-games of
McKinsey Solve, the test bear
resemblance to the old
Problem-Solving Test (PST) –
involving the same skillset,
such as data reading and
interpretation, numerical
reasoning, and verbal
reasoning – similar to skills
required in a consultant.
However, no previous

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business knowledge is
required since the test usually
uses non-business contexts.

It represents (possibly)
McKinsey’s break from the
radical gamiIcation trend in
testing ever since 2019, when
it Vrst rolled out the Solve
test.

Reconstructed interface of the

Redrock Study

However, its assessment

criteria likely remain similar –
that is, you will be tested using
both “product scores” (how
much of the objectives you
complete) and “process
scores” (how similar your
approach to the task is to that
of a McKinsey consultant) –
since we have identiVed plenty
of areas where McKinsey can
easily test “consultant skills”.
Like the previous mini-games,
however, McKinsey will not
inform you how many

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correct answers/actions you

get – you must do it yourself
by using the given rules.

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