McKinsey PST practice tests
Hello Folks,
I will soon be taking the McKinsey PST, and I am having trouble finding practice tests.
I have ofcourse found the McKinsey ones and 1 other one but would really appreciate if someone could help me with a few more practice tests.
Thanks in advance!
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Hello whiterabbit,
Can you please share with me the access of consulting101. That would be so helpful.
Thanks a lot
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I would like to share costs.
Hi whiterabbit! Would much appreciate it if you could share with me as well. Thank you.
Hello Whiterabbit.
Could you please share with me the access to consulting101. I need it so much.
Thanks a in advance
New McKinsey PST (Originally Posted: 03/27/2016)
Does anybody know anything about the new PST for the APD recruits? Apparently it is an online version and it is only 45 min long. Is it suppose to have fewer questions, and are calculators allowed?
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Problem Solving Test experience for McKinsey (Originally Posted: 10/27/2017)
Hi guys, I applied for McKinsey and they told me to take the test next week. I've gotten myself familiar with this test for quite some times now. But I still want to know if any of you guys have experiece you would like to share on this? And any recommendation on materials I should check out before the test?
Thanks a lot!
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I recently passed the PST and I found that 2 general things you need to do well. First is the ability to take tests quickly. You have to do the test under time pressure, sometimes PST test is called as a time test. Therefore, I would recommend you to practice math to drill speed. Second is the ability to think logically. It takes time to improve. Don’t worry. With my own experience, I think that it’s just all about practicing. The best way is practice practice and practice. Practice will make you success. Truly, I got 10 out of 26 wrong at PST at my first try with the sample test. However, I realized that it did not mean that I didn’t have enough capacity to pass the test. I just did not find the right method and good resources. After that, I found some resources to practice, one of the best website I want to recommend for you is MConsultingPrep. Their tests are very similar to the real test I took. Beside that, they also had a good methodology to crack the types of questions in PST. I did each test more than twice. And now, I think what I did was just to find the right resources and practice. It worked! Hope it work for you also!
Thank you for this helpful advice ^^
The PST is a time test which requires the association of problem-solving skills and arithmetic skills followed an excellent time-managing ability. The unique aspect of the test is that it forces you to focus on the vital factors and there are so many techniques you have to master in a short time. Bear in mind that it's very easy to get caught up in the moment with a question - you feel like you've invested a lot of time thinking about a particular one and wonder if you have to skip this question. You need rigorously plan to approach each question type in given time. You can focus on areas where you are naturally good and try to get better. There are helpful resources on the internet that you can take a look. There also is prepping effort you can put and it’s more about developing a strategy to ensure you don't lose against time.
McKinsey PST exam next week (Originally Posted: 02/08/2018)
Hey everyone, first post here.
To much of my surprise, I have been invited to take the McKinsey PST in London at the end of next week. I have a few questions regarding the exam: -Is every applicant invited to take the exam? If not, what percentage is? -What are the best resources to study for the exam? I really cannot afford to pay hundreds of pounds for the revision.
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PST prep material review (Originally Posted: 10/30/2017)
Hi guys, As a little background, I'm coming from a technological field and I have just finished up my MBA degree. I began researching about consulting industry a few months ago and sent off my CV for MBB firms. Now I have got an invitation to do the McKinsey PST. I am wondering if anyone here has experience on doing this test? I've collected some information about this test and I also find that there are a lot of paid tests and preparation materials as well. Has anyone used these paid materials? Are they really useful? I'd love to get your feedbacks before buying any one of those materials. Thanks a lot.
OSH1234, have you checked out these or run a search:
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McKinsey PST is a preliminary test conducted before first case interview which is used to evaluate a candidate's analytical and quantitative ability. From what I have collected, it is primarily a math and logic test, take root the real case in consulting firms and you should sharpen both your analytical skills and arithmetic skills to pass that test. I haven't paid for those materials but I prefer to go for MConsultingPrep Dot com and Igotanoffer whose tests are very similar to one that McKinsey have and very comprehensive through their customer feedbacks. You can also practice GMAT to enhance your skills and try the real test of McKinsey from their official website. Hope it can help you.
I have been using materials from igotanofferDotcom. Quite helpful and comprehensive. But I haven't tried other sources so I don't know if there's anything else better on the market? I heard MConsutingPrep has some really nice quality materials, broken down by types and cases. Did anyone try it yet?
I've tried their PST comprehensive package and totally satisfied. Basically everything you need to get through the PST test (study road map, questions broken down by type, detailed explanation...) I've passed the McK's PST test solely with this. Highly recommend!!!
The most challenging part of PST is time pressure. You only have about 2.5 minutes for a question, and some of them require a lot of reading or computing or both. Thus, you need to find yourself a consistent strategy to read and solve the questions and practice those methods until you master them. The ideas of grouping questions and techniques of MCPrep are good, but you also need to find some the specifically applicable to your mental process as well. After taking the first 2 tests, I also realized I was bad at Word-problem and Verbal questions at first like you, so I bought their practices in those questions type for extra practice. Some of the tips I find: - Underline keyword of verbal question, especially the word "NOT" and keep them in mind - Check and read only the paragraphs that hold the keyword when answer the question at hand, so that you don't get distracted. - Only when the context doesn't bear any clue about a certain keyword that you should make your own guess about how the common meaning of the keyword affect the problem at hand. Good luck
I just passed the PST a few days ago. I used materials from MConsultingPrep, myconsultingcoach, igao and consultingcase101 during my prep. For me, mconsultingprep has the highest quality and replicate the offical tests well. In addition, their breakdown of the test into question types is extremely helpful. I scored over 80% of the offical tests by following that approach. Their customer support is impressive also. They asked me proactively if I needed any help. If you have a tight budget, I believe there is no need to buy other materials. As for myconsultingcoach, their materials are also good, though the language used is not like McKinsey style and there are a few grammatical errors here and there. However, their customer support is slow, it took them 5 days to answer my question. Regarding IGAO, they provide only mock tests without any training guides. Their training videos are not worth the money, just basic concepts and tips that are available free of charge on youtube. their mock tests are numerically challenging and much longer than McKinsey actual tests. The qualitative questions, on the other hand, are not as good as those in mconsultingprep or myconsultingcoach materials. Finally, Consultingcase101 provides no real mock PST test, just an anthology of chart-reading questions with litte context.
PST prep resource (Originally Posted: 11/06/2012)
I'm thinking of purchasing VC's PST prep
http://www.caseinterview.com/mckinsey-pst?inf_contact_key=508075960c6e57...
Please PM me asap if you're interested in sharing costs.
I am planning to go through with the purchase in the next 3-4 days max.
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Hey querty, I'm interested but can't PM you yet. You can contact me at avelez89 at g mail dot com P.S: I'm interested in both LOMS and the PST package!
PST test taking experience (Originally Posted: 10/27/2017)
Hi guys, I applied for McKinsey and they told me to take the test next week. I've gotten myself familiar with this test for quite some times now. But I still want to know if any of you guys have experiece you would like to share on this? And any recommendation on materials I should check out before the test?
Thanks a lot!
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PST and case interviews: NPV, compound interest, and other finance math question (Originally Posted: 12/18/2017)
Hi all,
I have been studying for cases and the McK PST. I have noticed that NPV is an important concept to know and on the PST I recently took, you had to know how to calculate compounded interest. The formula you had to use was F=P(1+i)^n and the question itself was something like F=13.8(1+.05)^10. Now calculating 1.05^10 by hand, seems like an extremely complicated and time consuming thing to do. As does say calculating a NPV by hand for something over a ten year time period. I know I am not the greatest at math, but these seem like an obscene amount of math to be done by hand to obtain exact figures.
I am just curious to know, are these the kinds of things you're expected to know? And if so, am I missing something here, perhaps a shortcut or something I should be figuring out to make this calculation quicker?
This also seems to be a HUGE jump from practicing estimation or precision math on something like Victor Chen's site.
Thanks.
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Word problem and Root-causes in PST (Originally Posted: 11/17/2017)
I have McKinsey's Problem Solving Test coming up next week and I am pretty nervous. When I first practised the sample tests, I got 10 out of 26 wrong due to my misinterpret what questions were asking.
After reflecting my answer, I found that there were 2 types of questions I often did wrong. One type is about quantitative questions. The given data in these question is really complicated to calculate. Frankly, it takes me a lot of time to find out the answer. Another type is about verbal questions which ask you to define the reason of something happened. I really confuse to choose the most suitable answer. I'm not sure if anyone here has the same problem with me. But I would like to find out the following: - Any tips for doing these questions? - Any good preparation materials to practice these types of questions? Thank you a lot.
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