23 timed scenarios across data analysis, systems thinking, and decision modeling. Built to match the exact assessment format.
Data analysis, exhibit interpretation, and written reports under time pressure.
Analyze environmental and economic data for the Ecotopia region using exhibits, research journal, and built-in calculator. 4 quantitative questions + written report.
Investigate the Costa Thales dataset — navigate exhibits, save key figures to your research journal, and answer 4 data analysis questions under time pressure.
Study the Kokona Falli case materials, interpret charts and data tables, then produce a written report with supporting graph selection.
Analyze economic and environmental indicators for the Bali Village region. Drag key data points to your research journal during the study phase.
Work through the Isla Azul exhibits — charts, data tables, and case information — then answer 4 quantitative questions and select visuals for your report.
Investigate the Zahari Plains dataset using the built-in calculator and multi-exhibit navigation. Complete the analysis and report phases within 35 minutes.
Study the Selva Nova case — review background information, navigate data exhibits, and synthesize findings into a written report with graph selection.
Analyze the Cedarburn Ridge region's data across multiple exhibits. Use the research journal to capture key figures for your quantitative analysis.
Investigate the Purple Line case materials — study phase, 4 analysis questions, and a report phase with written summary and visual report selection.
Work through the Nolotiles scenario — navigate exhibits with drag-to-journal functionality, answer data interpretation questions, and produce a final report.
Ecosystem chain building with drag-and-drop mechanics.
Budget allocation and intervention prioritization across environmental scenarios.
Situational judgement, not analysis: 13 team situations from an urban air-quality programme where traffic, industry and construction all read as the culprit and the datasets disagree. Rank four opening moves, then choose your response to twelve situations — no exhibits, no calculations, no right answer. Every choice is scored against five competencies and answered with feedback on the spot. 20 minutes timed.
Situational judgement, not analysis: 13 team situations from a wetland where water levels, vegetation and returning migratory birds move on different timescales and the link between them is not yet proven. Rank four opening moves, then choose your response to twelve situations — no exhibits, no calculations, no right answer. Every choice is scored against five competencies and answered with feedback on the spot. 20 minutes timed.
Situational judgement, not analysis: 13 team situations from a forest recovery programme where regeneration is underway in some zones and stalled in others, and replanting, pollinators and logging pressure all compete for the same effort. Rank four opening moves, then choose your response to twelve situations — no exhibits, no calculations, no right answer. Every choice is scored against five competencies and answered with feedback on the spot. 20 minutes timed.
Situational judgement, not analysis: 13 team situations from a mangrove restoration where salinity, erosion and the fishing communities that depend on the coast pull the plan in different directions. Rank four opening moves, then choose your response to twelve situations — no exhibits, no calculations, no right answer. Every choice is scored against five competencies and answered with feedback on the spot. 20 minutes timed.
Situational judgement, not analysis: 13 team situations from an urban river whose decline is blamed on industrial discharge in one stretch and on runoff and waste in another. Rank four opening moves, then choose your response to twelve situations — no exhibits, no calculations, no right answer. Every choice is scored against five competencies and answered with feedback on the spot. 20 minutes timed.
Situational judgement, not analysis: 13 team situations from a coastline whose decline has a different cause in every stretch — water conditions here, human use there — and the readings openly contradict each other. The broadest scenario of the ten: it exercises all seven competencies, including interpreting conflicting information and structuring the problem. Rank four opening moves, then choose your response to twelve situations. 20 minutes timed.
Situational judgement, not analysis: 13 team situations from a green-space expansion where the districts that need it most have the least land and the districts with parks are not using them. Rank four opening moves, then choose your response to twelve situations — no exhibits, no calculations, no right answer. Every choice is scored against five competencies and answered with feedback on the spot. 20 minutes timed.
Situational judgement, not analysis: 13 team situations from an alpine recovery where vegetation and water access vary sharply across the range and the herbivore decline is already reaching the predators. Rank four opening moves, then choose your response to twelve situations — no exhibits, no calculations, no right answer. Every choice is scored against five competencies and answered with feedback on the spot. 20 minutes timed.
Situational judgement, not analysis: 13 team situations from a grassland whose fire and grazing cycles have broken down, leaving some zones overgrown and others grazed bare. Rank four opening moves, then choose your response to twelve situations — no exhibits, no calculations, no right answer. Every choice is scored against five competencies and answered with feedback on the spot. 20 minutes timed.
Situational judgement, not analysis: 13 team situations from a lake-and-river system where one species has taken the lion's share of the nutrients and the rest cannot recover. Rank four opening moves, then choose your response to twelve situations — no exhibits, no calculations, no right answer. Every choice is scored against five competencies and answered with feedback on the spot. 20 minutes timed.
Species selection and food chain design for ecosystem restoration.
Read the reef's depth, temperature, salinity and current from the monitors, pick a location, and build a food web that feeds itself. Choose 8 species from 39 and hand in a habitat where every one of them survives. 35 minutes timed. Bonus round: as of July 2025 the Ecosystem Creation game is no longer part of the official McKinsey assessment.
Read the ridge's elevation, temperature, wind and soil pH from the monitors, pick a location, and build a food web that feeds itself. Choose 8 species from 39 and hand in a habitat where every one of them survives. 35 minutes timed. Bonus round: as of July 2025 the Ecosystem Creation game is no longer part of the official McKinsey assessment.