WWW.MCONSULTINGPREP.COMMcKinseyProblemSolvingTestPracticepackage–Fact-basedConclusionFormorefreeanddetailedmaterialsontheMcKinseyProblemSolvingTest,visitwww.MConsultingPrep.com©2013MConsultingPrep,Inc.Fact-basedConclusionPLEASEGOONTOTHENEXTPAGE1McKinseyPST–Practicepackage–Fact-basedConclusionPracticePackageOverviewandInstructionsThispracticepackagehasbeendevelopedtoprovideasampleoftheactualMcKinseyProblemSolvingTestusedforselectionpurposes.Thispackageassessesyourabilitytosolvebusinessproblemsusingdeductive,inductive,andquantitativereasoning.Thispracticepackagecontainsatotalof10questionsdividedinto2hurdles.Eachhurdleshouldbedoneinnomorethan10minutes.Allquestionsinthispackagearefact-basedconclusionquestions.Thisquestiontyperepresentsabout14%ofallquestionsontheMcKinseyProblemSolvingTest,beingthemostpopularquestiontype.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.Addthenumberofcorrectanswertodetermineyourfinaltotalscore...
