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Hi all, does anyone have a recommended website to use for purchasing watson glaser prep tests/material? I'm really struggling with finding a substantial source. Thanks!
Wow thank you so much! I wish I had looked at this sooner. Currently I have been using Job test Prep and Assessment Day but I didnt think to look at the Bar's examples! Hopefully the next time I do the test Ill get an even higher score !I don’t really purchase tests as I found the free practice tests helped with passing the WG! As it does help you develop an approach when doing the WG. I practised using Assessment Day (both their free practice and the one available for my uni - check with your uni if they provide additional access!), JobPrep, and a free Pearsons WG pdf booklet - which explains the answers. Additionally there’s Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells, and Linklaters.
I have also practised using the BCAT practice test (they use the WG for entry into the Bar). I found that some of the passages on this test has even appeared on some of my WG tests this cycle! The BCAT one doesn’t give a specific numerical score nor answers, and just tells you whether you pass etc. http://www.talentlens.co.uk/bcat-practice-test/
If anyone is looking for more Watson Glaser resources - this thesis has some practise questions: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1126/1/1126.pdf.
Read on from page 391 of the document for the actual questions.
Interestingly, I just did a real Watson Glaser test for a firm, and some questions came up which were identical to the ones in that thesis.
Hey! So I'm having a look at the thesis and I can't seem to find where the answers are. Any help?
NRF graduate recruitment confirmed at a presentation event today that their pass mark is 33% this year. Nevertheless, the higher you score, the higher chance you get for a telephone interview. They use the test score alongside the application to make a judgement. Bakers also have a bench mark but they declined to disclose it.
This won’t be highly accurate. The 33% is actually probably the 33rd percentile - these are two very different things.
The first means you can get two thirds of the questions wrong, the second means you have to perform in the top two thirds of applicants (or against the group you are being benchmarked by).
This is why you never really know your score - you will only ever know what you are benchmarked against and given a percentile ranking.
You could get 90% of the questions right and be under the 25th percentile, you could get 10% of questions right and be the 90th percentile or above. All depends on who you are being benchmarked against.
Hi, I am going to go through the WG Qs in the thesis myself and work on the answers to them. Do you want to do it with me, and compare answers?Hey! So I'm having a look at the thesis and I can't seem to find where the answers are. Any help?
@Taylor thank you so much! For anyone else who submitted it quite close to the deadline and is stressing, I submitted my application at 10pm GMT on 16th Dec, and received the WG link at 9am GMT today (17th Dec). I also got
All the best!
I would like to compare as wellHi, I am going to go through the WG Qs in the thesis myself and work on the answers to them. Do you want to do it with me, and compare answers?
Arun
Hi I just completed the test and was wondering if anyone by any chance had the answers/explanations?I would like to compare as well
Hi I just completed the test and was wondering if anyone by any chance had the answers/explanations?
Hi! I'm 17 and have applied for the Clifford Chance PRIME work experience programme, which requires you to take the WG. I have taken the CC practise test, which I rushed as it is late, in order to get a feel for the questions. I actually got 100% in evaluating arguments, 75% in drawing conclusions, but only 25% in recognising assumptions, giving me an overall score of 70%. I'm assuming, as I am a college student with no experience of the law, the pass mark will be lower, but could someone please point me in the direction of somewhere that would help me up this score?
Thanks so much!I wrote a TCLA article on pyschometrics here:
https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/the-watson-glaser-test/
some free practice tests here (don’t bother purchasing any of them - just use the free practice tests):
https://www.thelawyerportal.com/e-learning/free-watson-glaser-practice-test/
https://www.wikijob.co.uk/aptitude-test/watson-glaser
https://www.iprep.online/courses/watson-glaser-test-wgcta-free/
https://www.assessment-training.com/uk/Training/Free#/test/269?mode=free
http://www.pearsonvue.com/phnro/wg_practice.pdf
Spend your time taking these practice tests slowly. Don’t rush them - analyse the questions carefully.
With assumption questions base it on the information in front of you only. Some people go wrong as they are trying to put real life scenarios into play and therefore put extra information in based on their own experiences or common sense. You have to go only by what’s in front of you with the question.
There is also some good advice here:
https://www.assessmentcentrehq.com/watson-glaser-practice-test/
I wrote a TCLA article on pyschometrics here:
https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/the-watson-glaser-test/
some free practice tests here (don’t bother purchasing any of them - just use the free practice tests):
https://www.thelawyerportal.com/e-learning/free-watson-glaser-practice-test/
https://www.wikijob.co.uk/aptitude-test/watson-glaser
https://www.iprep.online/courses/watson-glaser-test-wgcta-free/
https://www.assessment-training.com/uk/Training/Free#/test/269?mode=free
http://www.pearsonvue.com/phnro/wg_practice.pdf
Spend your time taking these practice tests slowly. Don’t rush them - analyse the questions carefully.
With assumption questions base it on the information in front of you only. Some people go wrong as they are trying to put real life scenarios into play and therefore put extra information in based on their own experiences or common sense. You have to go only by what’s in front of you with the question.
There is also some good advice here:
https://www.assessmentcentrehq.com/watson-glaser-practice-test/
Hello, I know this thread is inactive but I thought i would let you know that I found out today that I got a place on this scheme, so thank you so much for your help!