McKPST Coaching Guide.ashx.pdf

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1、McKinseyProblemSolvingTestCoachingGuideTHREECOREAREASONWHICHTOFOCUSWehaveidentifiedthreeareaswithassociatedkeyactions,thatwhenproperlycombined,maybehelpfulontheproblemsolvingtest.Theseare:•Absorbing:Identifyingessentials•Solving:Employingshortcuts•Executing:ManagingtimeAbsorbing:Identifyingessentia

2、ls•Readthequestionsbeforethetext/graphs/tables.Textandexhibitsarefollowedbyasetofquestions.Readthequestionsandscantheanswersinasectionbeforereadingthetextandexhibits.Asyouread,circletheimportantwords.Thiswillallowyoutoreadthetextanddata/graphs/tableswithapurpose.•Speed-readtext.Asyoureadthroughthet

3、extquickly,circleorunderlineanyinformationthatyouthinkisrelevanttoansweringthequestions.Youdonothavetoreadeverywordinordertogetthegistofthetextualinformation.•Paycloseattentiontodata/graphs/tables.Data/graphs/tablesarelikelytoholdinformationneededtoanswermanyofthetestquestions.Whenreadingthistypeof

4、informationensureyouhavenotedthetitle,legend,labelsoftheaxesandtheunitsforeachitem.Solving:Employingshortcuts•Structureyourapproach.Beforeansweringaquestiondecideonyourapproach.Sinceeverysecondcountsyoudonotwanttowastetimeworkingoutthingsyoudonotneedto,orsimplychurningdata.Makesureyouhavetrulyunder

5、stoodwhatyouneedtoworkoutandhowyouwilldoitbeforebeginningtosolve.•Approximate.Oftenquestionsmayseemtocallforyoutoperformcomplicatedmaths.Giventhetimelimit,thiswouldbeverydifficult.Therewilloftenbeashortcutthatwillallowyoutosavetimeandavoidtrickycalculations.Oftentheshortcutinvolvesroundingnumbersto

6、makethemmoremanageable.•Eliminate.Yourapproachformanyquestionswillbetoeliminateincorrectanswersinordertofindthecorrectanswer.Byworkingoutapproximateanswersassuggestedaboveyoucanruleoutsomeoptionsquicklyandincreasetheoddsofacorrectchoice.1of6Executing:ManagingtimeThequantitativetestcontains26questio

7、nsandhasa60minutetimelimit.Withonlyalittleover2minutesperquestion,thereisclearlytimepressure.Afewtechniquescanhelpyoutobettermanagehowyouuseyourtime.•Keepcalculationsorganized.Whenyouneedtoperformcalculatio