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The Watson Glaser test is widely considered one of the most challenging employment assessments, with its unique rules and counterintuitive solving methods. It's a timed psychometric test used extensively by law firms and government legal services to evaluate candidates across several core critical thinking skills.
Our experts have developed an adaptive Watson Glaser PrepPack that starts with a diagnostic assessment of your level, then adjusts as you practise to close your specific gaps. It includes realistic practice simulations that reflect the actual test's structure and timing, as well as interactive study guides for each of the five skill areas with detailed explanations that reveal the logic behind each answer.
Our PrepPack is the most comprehensive product on the market, trusted by top law schools and universities in the UK, including Oxford University and Cambridge University!
Our Watson Glaser Test PrepPack is built entirely around one adaptive learning system. As you work through the course, it learns from your performance and continually adjusts your practice to your progress, strengths, and weaknesses.
Every one of these adapts as you go, which is really what sets this apart from a fixed set of practice tests you work through once.
Generic practice questions, or asking a general AI chatbot to quiz you, can help you get a feel for the test, but neither can replicate its exact timing and format, adapt to your specific weak spots, or tell you how you genuinely compare to everyone else sitting the same exam.
Our adaptive system is built to do exactly that.
Our adaptive system works for you:
Together, this means your practice time is always going toward whatever will move your score next, not just repeating what you've already mastered.
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The Watson Glaser is genuinely difficult, not because it demands specialist knowledge, but because it challenges intuition with subtle reasoning and counterintuitive rules that catch even well-prepared candidates off guard.
Our practice questions are deliberately built to expose those traps, so by test day, you'll spot them instantly instead of falling for them.
Here's what that's meant for people who've already used it:
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Want to see exactly what one of those traps looks like in practice?
Here are three real examples, with the full reasoning behind each answer.
Read the following text, and then choose whether the question below is true or false to varying degrees according to the following text:
Virtual employees, or employees who work from home via a computer, are an increasing trend. In the US, the number of virtual employees has increased by 39% in the last two years and 74% over the previous five years. Employing virtual workers reduces costs and makes it possible to use talented workers no matter where they are located globally. Yet, running a workplace with virtual employees might entail miscommunication and less camaraderie and can be more time-consuming than face-to-face interaction.
Statement: The marked advantage of virtual employee hiring is the ability to benefit from the output of unsociable employees without involving them in face-to-face interactions.
Would you rate this as:
Select your answer before looking at the explanation below.
The correct answer is: False
The words marked advantage insinuate that the ability to benefit from unsociable employees is the most significant advantage. However, that advantage is not even mentioned in the text. That means that the answer is either False or Probably False.
The text specifically mentions the benefits of face-to-face meetings on social interaction: “... a workplace with virtual employees might entail miscommunication and less camaraderie and can be more time-consuming than face-to-face interaction”. The conclusion, however, refers to the problems it creates, which is negated by the general message of the passage.
Therefore, the answer is "False".
Below is a statement followed by a proposed assumption. Determine whether the statement implies the proposed assumption, treating it as true without needing to justify it.
Increasing the number of employees in the department will increase its business performance.
Proposed Assumption: It is possible to predict the impact of department size on business performance.
Would you rate this as:
Choose your answer before looking at the explanation below.
The correct answer is: Assumption Made
To see why the assumption is made, let’s use the Negative Test algorithm:
Therefore, in our scenario, the correct answer is "Assumption Made".
Here, you're presented with a premise followed by a suggested conclusion.
I have a nine-month-old baby at home, and she usually agrees to be put to bed, where she falls asleep promptly. But every time her grandparents visit in the evening, she cries when I put her to bed, and she continues to cry for an hour.
Proposed Conclusion: My baby’s difficulty is mostly physiological. Her grandparents give her chocolates to eat, and the sugar makes her hyperactive.
Would you rate this as:
Select your answer before looking at the explanation below.
The correct answer is: Conclusion Does Not Follow
The conclusion proposes a reason that is neither given explicitly in the text nor probable beyond a reasonable doubt. It provides an explanation that stems from our own personal perceptions.
And these are just three examples, across two of the five sections you'll face on test day. The PrepPack walks you through every trap like this, across all five, so nothing catches you off guard when it counts.
(Pack includes all variations and editions: WG-II Form D and Form E, as well as WG-III.)
The Watson Glaser test assesses five critical thinking skills, namely logical reasoning (Inferences), critical judgement (Assumptions), logical-based reasoning (Deduction), analytical reasoning (Interpretation), and argument evaluation (Evaluation of Arguments).
Each section has its own rules and question format, and success requires mastering all five. Candidates cannot compensate for weakness in one area by performing strongly in others. Head to our Watson Glaser test guide page to learn more about the test structure, scoring, and more.
The Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal is considered to be one of the hardest pre-employment tests on the market today, due to its unique and counterintuitive set of rules, as well as its focus solely on critical thinking.
A good score is generally 33 - 34 correct answers out of 40, placing candidates at around the 80th percentile, the benchmark typically required for competitive roles such as training contracts at top law firms. Scores are assessed relative to other test takers, so the more applicants competing for a role, the higher the score needed to progress.
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No, there is no limit. Your progress is saved in your account, allowing you to revisit previous attempts, and the adaptive system uses that history to keep directing your practice toward whatever needs the most attention.
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Hadassah, Cognitive Test Developer at JobTestPrep
Hi, I'm Hadassah, a Cognitive Test Developer at JobTestPrep. I hold a BSc in Neuroscience and Cognition Studies with a minor in Philosophy. I’m here to help you understand the Watson Glaser test and prepare for it with confidence. If you have any questions about our Watson Glaser PrepPack, please contact me at:
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