Table of Contents
About me and Graduate Scope
Skills McKinsey is looking for
Imbellus – McKinsey Background
Preparation Tactics
Game Format
Link to Website, LinkedIn, Instagram
How do the scenarios look like?
Contact Details
Who am I and what is Graduate Scope?
What is Graduate Scope?
A platform to help students and graduates elevate their
application strength for elite tier 1 strategy consulting,
investment banking and technology firms.
Who Am I?
My name is Mohamed Suwaid, the founder of
Graduate Scope. I am a graduate from the London
School of Economics. I have worked in investment
banking, private equity and was also a BCG mentee. I
have also won several leadership awards and have
been nominated for Forbes 30 under 30 in 2020.
Imbellus – McKinsey Background
About the digital assessment
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McKinsey’s Imbellus Digital Assessment is a
virtual "test" used to evaluate McKinsey
candidates during the application process.
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This replaces the McKinsey PST and has been
gradually rolling out to McKinsey offices
globally.
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The game provides digital situations that are
unique to each user, and you can't prepare for it
in the same way you would have prepared for
the PST.
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Innovative screening tool to filter out candidates.
What is Imbellus?
Imbellus is a start-up that develops
assessments that "evaluate how people
think, not just what they know".
Game Format
Key Summary about the digital assessment
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A computer-based assessment
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An experience similar to a video game
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About 60 minutes of total run time
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1-3 scenarios (aka different games)
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4-5 tasks within each scenario
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The information present for each candidate is
unique – for example, the food chain ecosystem
might have different species with different calorie
data etc.
Tips before you get started
1) Make sure you have a strong internet connection
and access to a laptop/computer.
2) Book a time slot and ensure no distractions will be
present during your allocated time slot.
How do the scenarios look like?
1. Ecosystem Creation
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Build a sustainable
food chain
Select plants and
marine wildlife
Tracking outcomes
based on
calories/predators
2. Plant protection
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Defend a plant
from invaders
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Similar to Plants
vs. Zombies
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MOST COMMON
Allowed to make
certain moves
and there is a
restriction of how
many.
3. Disaster Management
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Help animals
facing a natural
disaster
Figure out
disaster types
and make
decisions to
relocate animals
and protect them
4. Disease management
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Save wildlife from
an unidentified
disease.
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E.g. choosing
right vaccine to
save sick animals.
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Need to create
and implement
rescue plan
1. Ecosystem Creation
Tips to beat the 1st scenario
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Build a sustainable food chain
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Select plants and marine wildlife
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Tracking outcomes based on
calories/predators
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In our opinion, creating 2 or 3 unique
chains that are mutually exclusive
helps. Chains can be however long.
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Need to select 8 species and all
MUST survive.
Graduate Scope will provide key tips and
analysis to only the first 2 games as they are
the most common scenarios.
2. Plant protection
Tips to beat the 2nd scenario
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Defending a plant from a damaging
invasive species by placing predators
and obstacles in a landscape.
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This is a turn-based game, where you
and the invasive species will alternate
moves. You make 5 moves and can
adapt your moves before they occur.
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Survive as long as you can.
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Play slowly and plant defenders on
slow terrains to 2x the impact of
protection.
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Very similar to plants vs zombies
Skills McKinsey is looking for
Critical thinking
Decision making
Metacognition
Making judgements
based on the
objective analysis of
information
Choosing the best
course of action,
especially under time
pressure or with
incomplete
information
Deploying
appropriate
strategies to tackle
problems efficiently
Systems thinking
Situational awareness
Understanding the
complex causal
relationships between
the elements of a
system
The ability to
interpret and
subsequently predict
an environment
Preparation Tactics
How to best prepare for the Imbellus?
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Ensure you are free of distraction and have
access to fast internet.
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Get yourself involved with strategy and
problem-solving game.
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Implement and think in a top-down manner.
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Have a plain piece of paper and pen to draw
the food chains in the first scenario and then
track strategies and key decisions in the 2nd
game too.
About Graduate Scope
LinkedIn:
Graduate Scope
We b s i t e :
w w w. g r a d u a t e s c o p e . c o m
msuwaid@graduatescope.com
Mohamed Suwaid
Founder of Graduate Scope
info@graduatescope.com