McKinsey & Business Analyst interview: Solve score and unexplained rejection

I applied for a Business Analyst role and went straight to the McKinsey Solve online assessment, a gamified problem-solving test of roughly 80 minutes. About two weeks after finishing it, I received a rejection email without reaching a live interview. I asked for my score. A couple of days later, they said I was in the 10th decile with a 537 score. That made the rejection hard for me to understan…

Shared by a candidate · reported Jul 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.