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BCG - Logical Test

BCG Logic

Most recent answer on Sep 18, 2023

gave the best answer on Sep 14, 2023

Hi there, Yes I do - feel free to shoot me a message! Lucky for you the McKinsey PST, BCG Online Test, Bain SOVA test, etc. are all quite similar so you really can leverage the practice tests for all of them in order to ... (read entire answer)

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Rigorous thinking

Logic logical thinking

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Cristian

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Cristian

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gave the best answer on Aug 31, 2022

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Hi there, This is very tough question! :) The short answer is - practice. The more cases you do and try to understand, the more you will start to identify a pattern. Attempt cases on your own and then review the answer ... (read entire answer)

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Got an invite for in-person (now zoom only) LEK numerical reasoning test - already passed the Applied

LEK LEK Consulting Logic London Londonoffice math numerical reasoning test

Most recent answer on Nov 09, 2021

Clara

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Clara

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gave the best answer on Nov 12, 2020

McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello! GMAT & the similar tests (like this one you are referring to with LEK), unfortunately only gets better with practicing. Good news is that there are many ways of doing so! There are free exams in the inte ... (read entire answer)

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did anyone take STRATEGY& TEST?

GMAT Logic McKinsey PST strategy& test

Most recent answer on Dec 17, 2020

Antonello

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Antonello

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gave the best answer on Dec 17, 2020

McKinsey | NASA | top 10 FT MBA professor for consulting interviews | 6+ years of coaching

Hi, I've recently supported some candidates for Strategy& in Spain. Don't hesitate to reach out to me if you need support on that. In the meantime, here you can find some useful links to simulate PST: - https:// ... (read entire answer)

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Logic questions on big 4 interviews - how do I practice??

Big 4 Case Interview Logic Market sizing

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Nathaniel

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Nathaniel

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gave the best answer on Mar 01, 2020

McKinsey | BCG | CERN| University of Cambridge

Hello there, Typically, the brainteasers on interviews on these firms would focus more on market sizing, such as how to calculate rubber needs for a target country, from the perspective of a tire manufacturer. For thi ... (read entire answer)

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How to properly use issue trees to analyze problems and derive solutions?

Case Interview drivertrees issue tree Logic MBB McKinsey

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Sidi

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Sidi

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gave the best answer on May 06, 2019

McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi! Issue trees are at the heart of the problem-solving approach. For case interviews in strategy consulting, two distict types are primarily important: diagnostic trees and solution trees. Generally speaking, an is ... (read entire answer)

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How to tackle M&A cases?

Framework Logic M&A

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Vlad

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Vlad

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gave the best answer on Nov 13, 2018

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Hi, There are three types of M&A cases you may have: Commercial due-diligence of the target company Synergies calculation of two merging companies Integration of the 2 companies Note also that it can be ... (read entire answer)

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How many are there? - Which method is better?

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Hi Anonymous, you should always use the second method (b). The first method (a) is not as accurate for two reasons: it neglects the frequency people have using a vehicle, as Vlad mentioned it assumes that a sing ... (read entire answer)

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How to start a profitability case with the right logic?

Case Interview Logic profitability

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Vlad

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Vlad

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gave the best answer on Aug 30, 2018

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Hi, It doesn't matter whether the revenue decrease is bigger than the costs increase or vice versa. Both the revenue decrease and the costs increase are the profit decrease drivers and you have to examine both. Also ... (read entire answer)

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Logic Profitability

Logic Logic Profitability Logic Profitability Changes in Profits profitability

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Jeremy

Jeremy gave the best answer on Aug 24, 2018

You may be getting confused on the difference between profit ($) and profitability (%). If profits are stagnant then either a) revenue and costs haven't changed or b) revenues and costs changed by the same amount (e.g ... (read entire answer)

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Fysikum Case Logic/Math Question

Logic math

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Anonymous B gave the best answer on Aug 17, 2018

You're correct in stating that the assumption of "court use = 1 hour per member per week" means that each member can only use the court for one hour per week. This prevents double counting as each member can only use a ... (read entire answer)

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Profitability Framework

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Vlad

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McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Vlad

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gave the best answer on Aug 15, 2018

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi, That's correct, and that's exactly the 2nd case - increased costs Noone said that while you have a decline in costs you can not have an increase in revenues. It's important which factor contributes to profit dec ... (read entire answer)

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