Watson Glaser Tips and Tricks?

[Matt_96]

Hi guys,

I have a WG test coming up in a few days and haven't practiced any since quite early on in the year as I had to change my focus from law apps to uni work.

I've never been amazing at the tests, as I have a slight learning disability. I think the highest score I ever got was in the 70s, but that was on JobTestPrep and one that I had taken before about 6 or 7 months prior already. In real tests, I've scored between 54% and 60% which is not great, but has just about made the grade for some firms.

Would anyone be willing to share some tips that helped them succeed at the test?

Thanks

 

[Alice G]

I have this book

https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Thi...ecome+critical+thinking&qid=1595330843&sr=8-1

I found it really really useful! I’m not sure why it’s as expensive as this- might be worth shopping about slightly but I’d recommend investing in a good book like this as opposed to buying tests. I only ever used a book and free tests and I found this was enough for me personally practice does make perfect and using books like this to understand the logic which drives the various sections of the test.

good luck!

 

[D]

My absolute top recommendation is to go and do the practice tests you can do on the Clifford Chance website, or similar. But, ensure they are from the provider that the firms use (I think its PersonVue? Whatever is on the CC Practice test).

I did so many of these through the application cycle that the same questions started to be asked. You will become very familiar with the paragraph and I found that every time I read it, I would note something different and adopt a stronger view. I never considered myself great at these, but, I have never fallen at the WG hurdle of the application.

Best of luck!

 

[Jessica Booker]

For anyone with a disability, you have to ensure you ask for any reasonable adjustments to these tests. It is pretty easy for any employer to apply things like additional time if this is an appropriate reasonable adjustment for you.

 

[futuretraineesolicitor]

I just took the Watson Glaser on Clifford Chance's website and my scores are the following:
total score- 58%
recognising assumptions- 62%
evaluating arguments- 50%
drawing conclusions- 58%
This was my first watson glaser test ever with no practise, how are these scores, I mean definitely there is always scope for improvement and I will continue practising these but I want to know what boat I'm in right now
Would be great if I could have your inputs

 

[Jessica Booker]

I just took the Watson Glaser on Clifford Chance's website and my scores are the following:
total score- 58%
recognising assumptions- 62%
evaluating arguments- 50%
drawing conclusions- 58%
This was my first watson glaser test ever with no practise, how are these scores, I mean definitely there is always scope for improvement and I will continue practising these but I want to know what boat I'm in right now
Would be great if I could have your inputs

it’s difficult to know as they are percentages and yet firms set percentiles as benchmarks instead. This means they just take you percentage score (possibly with other factors) and then rank it against other people who have taken the test.

This means your 58% percentage could be a high percentile if ranked against a lower performing group (let’s say interns) but could be a lower percentile if ranked against a high performing group (let’s say partners).

Generally I would say a percentage of around 65-75% if probably a safer bet - but that’s making some pretty poor assumptions and generalisations (which is why I am useless at WG tests!).

 

[Camilla]

I just took the Watson Glaser on Clifford Chance's website and my scores are the following:
total score- 58%
recognising assumptions- 62%
evaluating arguments- 50%
drawing conclusions- 58%
This was my first watson glaser test ever with no practise, how are these scores, I mean definitely there is always scope for improvement and I will continue practising these but I want to know what boat I'm in right now
Would be great if I could have your inputs

Really good scores for your first try but I would keep practising. I usually average between 80 and 90% on the Clifford Chance Watson Glaser test and I was ranked in the 65th percentile for the Linklaters Watson Glaser and 88th percentile for Hogan Lovells when I took live tests, evidencing Jessica's point about your ranking being different for each firm/intake etc.

 

[Sim96]

I have this book

https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Thi...ecome+critical+thinking&qid=1595330843&sr=8-1

I found it really really useful! I’m not sure why it’s as expensive as this- might be worth shopping about slightly but I’d recommend investing in a good book like this as opposed to buying tests. I only ever used a book and free tests and I found this was enough for me personally practice does make perfect and using books like this to understand the logic which drives the various sections of the test.

good luck!

Thanks Alice. Is this e-copy (https://www.how2become.com/wp-conte.../2018/01/Critical-Thinking-Tests-Workbook.pdf) the same as the paperback you purchased? Thank you

 

[Sim96]

Thanks Alice. Is this e-copy (https://www.how2become.com/wp-conte.../2018/01/Critical-Thinking-Tests-Workbook.pdf) the same as the paperback you purchased? Thank you

@Alice G Sorry Alice - the hard copy is slightly expensive therefore I was asking for guidance on whether this soft copy is the same as your hard copy. If this is difficult to tell, apologies. Please let me know.

 

[s.k.o]

Hi guys,

Just struggling with a WG assumption question, please would love your opinions.

Statement: If you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you logically"


Proposed Assumptions:

- Logical proof will cause you to alter your belief about the matter under discussion.

- What I present as logical proof will influence your thinking


I'll be grateful if anyone can share their thoughts on if assumptions are made or not

 

[BiancaM]

not sure if this thread gets much traffic but i have a query about the inferences portion of WG... what does it mean that you're allowed to use common sense but you still can't assume? i find this portion very tough as common sense tells me that most americans are probably working virtually because of the way the question was phrased as a growing trend and because of changing styles of working to remote/wfh 😭 sorry for being dense

 

[Jessica Booker]

not sure if this thread gets much traffic but i have a query about the inferences portion of WG... what does it mean that you're allowed to use common sense but you still can't assume? i find this portion very tough as common sense tells me that most americans are probably working virtually because of the way the question was phrased as a growing trend and because of changing styles of working to remote/wfh 😭 sorry for being dense

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Don’t bring external knowledge into these questions. You have to go on the basis of the information presented to you alone.

 

[futuretraineesolicitor]

not sure if this thread gets much traffic but i have a query about the inferences portion of WG... what does it mean that you're allowed to use common sense but you still can't assume? i find this portion very tough as common sense tells me that most americans are probably working virtually because of the way the question was phrased as a growing trend and because of changing styles of working to remote/wfh 😭 sorry for being dense

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Hey. You can check this out. I'm not sure if you are looking for more tips but this person literally walks you through the entire test.

 

[BiancaM]

Hey. You can check this out. I'm not sure if you are looking for more tips but this person literally walks you through the entire test.

thank you! yeah i've watched this and gone through her workshop and cheatsheet. thank you! i need to keep practicing