How many types of cases will be asked within Mckinsey interviews (both 1st and 2nd rounds)

Hi,

I would add:

• New product
• Investment decision (not the same as M&A. Rather investment in new technology, business)
• Operational math problems - (How to reduce the traffic jams on a bridge with certain output rate, capacity?)
• Cost cutting
• Digital (IT Strategy, IT investment, etc)

Finally, 30% of McKinsey cases are non-conventional. Here are some examples:

1. Factors influencing the price (What are the factors influencing the price of oil? Factors influencing the price of real estate?)
2. Macroeconomic cases (How will you improve life expectancy in a particular city? How will you decrease the unemployment?)
3. Public sector non-profits (Increasing the revenues of a museum; increasing the revenues from tourism in a city)
4. Redesigning the processes (How will you develop a new anti-monopoly regulation?)
5. Non-profit investments (A billionaire is building a new school. What are the factors to look at?)

Best

Off the top of my head, I can also think of non-profit fundraising and cost cutting / right sizing,

Operations could includte capacity change, logistics and lean manufacturing for example.

Really, there is a near infinite type of cases you can be given; a single word may alter the case completely. This is why I always teach the mechanics of the case (teach a man to fish) rather than focusing on a specific type of case (give the fish). Even as a consultant, you'll always do well the second time you have to work on the same problem - but this will pretty much never happen at MBB (it would at Tier2 and boutiques however)