By Dr. Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant · Updated November 2026 The McKinsey Sustainable Future Lab is a McKinsey Solve game in which you run a project over three days: you buy information with tokens, assign researchers to work stations, respond to problems, and rate your confidence after each day. The current version runs 30…
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Updated September 2026 | By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant The McKinsey Sea Wolf game (part of the McKinsey Solve assessment) is a 30-minute optimization simulation where candidates must select microbial treatments under time pressure. It is where most rejected applicants lose their chance at a first-round interview. Underestimating it is the default mistake.…
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Updated September 2026 | By Florian Smeritschnig, Former McKinsey Senior Consultant The McKinsey Solve Red Rock Game is a 35-minute digital assessment that tests how you collect, filter, and analyze data under time pressure. It replaced the old Problem Solving Test and now sits as the first game in McKinsey’s Solve suite. Most candidates fail…
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Updated October 2026 · By Dr. Florian Smeritschnig, former McKinsey Senior Consultant McKinsey Solve is McKinsey’s online, game-based screening assessment. In 2026 it runs up to three timed games back to back (Red Rock Study, Sea Wolf, and Sustainable Future Lab), and the length on your invitation, 65, 85, or 95 minutes, tells you which ones…
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