WWW.MCONSULTINGPREP.COMMcKinseyProblemSolvingTestPracticepackage–Root-causeReasonFormorefreeanddetailedmaterialsontheMcKinseyProblemSolvingTest,visitwww.MConsultingPrep.com©2013MConsultingPrep,Inc.Root-causeReasonPLEASEGOONTOTHENEXTPAGE1McKinseyPST–Practicepackage–Root-causeReasonPracticePackageOverviewandInstructionsThispracticepackagehasbeendevelopedtoprovideasampleoftheactualMcKinseyProblemSolvingTestusedforselectionpurposes.Thispackageassessesyourabilitytosolvebusinessproblemsusingdeductive,inductive,andquantitativereasoning.Thispracticepackagecontainsatotalof10questionsdividedinto2hurdles.Eachhurdleshouldbedoneinnomorethan10minutes.Allquestionsinthispackageareroot-causereasonquestions.Thisquestiontyperepresentsabout13%ofallquestionsontheMcKinseyProblemSolvingTest,beingthesecondmostpopularquestiontype.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.Thecutof...
