WWW.MCONSULTINGPREP.COMMcKinseyProblemSolvingTestPracticepackage–ClientInterpretationFormorefreeanddetailedmaterialsontheMcKinseyProblemSolvingTest,visitwww.MConsultingPrep.com©2013MConsultingPrep,Inc.ClientInterpretationPLEASEGOONTOTHENEXTPAGE1McKinseyPST–Practicepackage–ClientInterpretationPracticePackageOverviewandInstructionsThispracticepackagehasbeendevelopedtoprovideasampleoftheactualMcKinseyProblemSolvingTestusedforselectionpurposes.Thispackageassessesyourabilitytosolvebusinessproblemsusingdeductive,inductive,andquantitativereasoning.Thispracticepackagecontainsatotalof10questionsdividedinto2hurdles.Eachhurdleshouldbedoneinnomorethan10minutes.Allquestionsinthispackageareclientinterpretationquestions.Thisquestiontyperepresentsabout8%ofallquestionsontheMcKinseyProblemSolvingTest.Eachquestioninthispackagewillhavea“*”mark,indicatingthelevelofdifficulty(includingthetimefactor)ofeachquestion.Themore“*”aquestionhas,themoredifficultitwillbe..YouwillbepresentedwithscenariosbasedontypicalbusinesssituationsMcKinseyfaces.Informationrelatedtoeachscenariowillbeshownintests,tables,orexhibits.Thequestionsaskyoutofindthemostappropriateanswertotheproblemasdescribedusingonlytheinformationpresented.Youshouldselectoneandonlyoneanswertoeveryquestion.Whilecompletingthispracticepackage,donotuseanyelectronicdevices(e.g.,calculator,computer)whenperformingcalculationstoanswerthequestions.Electronicdeviceswillnotbepermittedduringtheactualtestadministration.Alsoduringtheactualtestadministration,youmayusealltheblankspaceinthetestbookletasscratchpapertoassistyouinperforminganycalculationsandtorecordanynotes.Nootherscratchpaperwillbeallowed.Bookletswillbedestroyedafteryoucompletethetestandwillnotbeusedinanywaytodetermineyourtestscores.Yourfinaltestscorewillbebasedonthenumberofquestionsyouanswercorrectly.Afteryouhavecompletedthetest,scoreyouranswersusingtheanswerkeylocatedattheendofthisbooklet.Addthenumberofcorrectanswerstodetermineyourfinaltotalscore.ThecutoffscoreontheMcKinseyPro...
