How to pass the Watson Glaser test. (Cheat Sheet included)
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- The Watson Glaser test... Law firms seem to love it but applicants often find it difficult to navigate this step in the application process.
For those of you who don't know, Watson Glaser is an online test that usually lasts around 30-40 minutes. It assesses your "critical thinking" which, in this case, means your ability to logically and rationally consider information that's presented to you.
The questions in the test fall into 5 different categories:
1. Inferences
2. Recognising assumptions
3. Deduction
4. Interpretation
5. Evaluating arguments
There's no secret trick to passing the Watson Glaser test. But, I think that the key to performing well is to really understand what these similar-sounding (but very different) categories mean.
In this video, I go over how I would suggest approaching each stage of the test to give yourself the best chance of getting getting through it!
I hope this video will help you out in your applications! Use the comments section to let me know your thoughts and what topics you want me to cover in the future.
⬇️ DOWNLOAD MY CHEAT SHEET: gum.co/watsonglaser
Hope it's helpful!
🏫 WATSON GLASER COURSE:
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Also, here's a really useful video on the Watson Glaser test from Lucy Does Law (a future-trainee at Clifford Chance): bit.ly/3myLj59
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:01 Inferences
05:44 Recognising Assumptions
08:10 Deduction
10:23 Interpretation
12:36 Evaluating Arguments
15:17 Outro
🤔 WHO AM I:
I'm Idin, a qualified lawyer in New York. I'm also on the road to qualification in the UK at a commercial firm in London.
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Hey guys - I've added the cheat sheet download link in the video description to make things easier.
I hope it's useful!
Wow, bless you for helping us so much.
Where is it in the download link?
Hey Brenda! It's in the video description above. 👆
@@IdinSabahipour There's no link in description
@@saisudhakar8624 It is - have a look👆
Here it is again: gum.co/watsonglaser
Your videos are amazing, by far the most helpful that I've come across, thank you!
Hey there!!!
I really appreciate the work. Your way of approaching things really connected with people out here.
Helped a lot in understanding complete WG TEST.
Thanks again. MGBU
Man this is the most useful thing i have watched in TH-cam in months.
Thanks for the really informative video. It puts the whole test in perspective. Just had a question concerning deductions: is there any reason to not use Logical Venn Diagrams/Syllogisms while dealing with them? I suspect it'd be much easier that way.
I watch many legal related TH-cam Videos, you video are by far the most useful, practical and beneficial. Can’t lie I made two pages worth of notes 📝, thank you 🙏🏻 💕
Thank you so much, Mercia.
It means a lot to hear that - gives me the motivation to keep at it, too! 🙏
Thank you Idin, that was a great presentation.
thank you so much for taking the time to make this video!! so incredibly helpful
I'm glad you found it helpful! 🙏
The best video out there on the Watson Glaser Test! Thank you Idin!! Also, great editing and presentation :D
Thank you so much for watching 🙏
Good luck in this awful test 😉
Thank you for this video and all the helpful resources you’ve put out!
Thank you for watching!
This has been hugely helpful! A lot of other resources dive into explaining them in a complax manner, but this was a good foundation video to watch first.
I'm glad you found it helpful, Saira!
This is amazing! Thanks for posting!
Thank you so much for this video. It is the most helpful one around. Feeling much more confident about the test after watching!
Yes, Tansy! I'm so glad it was helpful for you. ☺
This is the best, Watson Glaser breakdown I've seen. Thanks!
Thank you so much, Anton! I really do hope it help you with the test.
Super informative and a massive help for WG prep! Thanks for a great video, Idin :)
I'm glad it was useful! Good luck in the test, Jamie.
I viewed plenty of videos about taking the WG assessment. Your approach strategies are by far the best I've seen! Thank You!
Yes! Thanks so much, it means a lot.
I hope it helps you out in your test.
Thank you for this detailed explanation. This is really helpful. Currently binge watching your videos. Thanks!
Hahaha glad to hear that! Let me know if there are other topics you want me to cover.
@@IdinSabahipour You're welcome! Please could you cover how to prepare for Video interviews? And perhaps how to prepare for case studies for City law firms? Thank you.
@@mariag479 Thanks for the suggestions. I've added them to the list!
Thank you so much! You break it down so well, I really appreciate this :)
Thank you so much ♥
this is the most informative breakdown of the Watson Glaser I've seen - thank you so much! Was SO helpful! ✨🙌🏼
Thanks so much Salma!
It means a lot.
The document can be downloaded from the description 👆
@@IdinSabahipour Bro there is no link in description
Hi Indin, I really appreciate your calm, paced explaination of this test. thanks for going through the worked examples too.
I'm glad you found it useful, Eleanor!
@Idin Sabahipour Hey, I've just realised I've mis-spelt your name....sorry. I'm facing one of these tests this Friday so your video was extremely valuable
@@eleanorrobertson3387 No worries - I've been called worse!
Thanks for correcting. ☺
Your video is fantastic! I had been finding the practice tests really difficult but your cheat sheet has simplified everything !
Yes!!! I'm so glad it's helped you!
Good luck in the exams 🤞
Thank you for the very useful and calm explanation of the test. Way better than all the people trying to scare you off before making it 😂. All the best in your career!
Haha glad it was useful!
Definitely not trying to scare anyone off - I think with the right technique people can improve their score on this test a lot.
Good luck with applications!
Excellent video. Very helpful in understanding how to interpret and answer the test questions. Thanks for your help
Thank you for watching, Jeff!
I recently turned 34 and I am going back to community college. I am going after my associates in paralegal studies. This test is mandatory in order to get in. You have been quite helpful.
I'm so glad it was helpful for you! Good luck in the application too.
This is a frustrating stage in any application process, so I hope you are able to get through it! 🙏
Just watched through for tips. Very helpful explanations & much appreciated.
Thank you, Matt!
This was soooo incredibly helpful. Thank you ❤
Thank you for watching, Raquel!
You’re a legend for this!
I'll take it!
Glad you found it useful
Great stuff, really helpful. Thanks!
Thank you so much. I appreciate your effort . I feel very confident after watching this video and I am clear on the right kind of approach towards each section.
So glad to hear that, Divya!
And thank you for watching.
Amazing video - so informative and insightful. Thank you!
Thanks, Mia! I'm glad it was helpful.
Thank you so much for this video! It all makes sense and you have some really good advice.
You're welcome. I'm really glad you think so!
Thank you so much for this wealth of information and tips! I won't have much practice time but your video helps me to not go into the assessment blindly.
Thank you for watching, Jessica - good luck with the test!
Thanks for the cheat sheet I forgot to tick the checkbox as a gift while purchasing . I regret that decision was made in a hurry. Thanks mate;)
This is great, this really helped me understand it better!
Thank you Steph! I'm glad you found it helpful.
Wow man, thank you for your time. Found this very useful.
So glad it was useful for you.
Thanks for watching 🙏
Thank you so much I didn't get this until you explained it!! About to do my test.
Good luck 🤞
Brilliant and extremely helpful! THANK YOU
That's so kind, Erin - glad it was helpful :)
Thank you so much. This really helped clarify things for me
You're welcome - thank you for watching!
Thank you so much Idin, a super helpful explanation! GW test to do later today! Ekkk!
I'm glad it was useful, Naheed! Good luck with the test later. 🍀
Idin, you are AMAZING, I have listend to several different people discussion how to understand and ace the Watson Glaser test and you are the #1 BEST out there. I took the test and yes, I ACED it ! Thank you SO MUCH!
Thanks so much, Jane!
I'm so glad to hear it helped you smash the exam. 💪
Hey jane from x men
This really helped me-Thanks!
I'd never heard of this test when asked by a prospective employer to take it, and am very glad to have found your video! Provides clear instruction and insight, presented in a friendly, practical way.
I'm so glad you found it helpful, Robyn! Good luck with the test :)
This is hugely helpful! Thank you so much!
You're welcome, Connor! I'm glad you found it useful
Thank you so much for this video I’ve got to do a Watson glaser test for CMS in 5 days time as this has really helped me !
🙏 🙏 🙏
i need to pass this test for my undergrad scholarship application and this video has been really helpful! thanks man
I'm glad it was helpful, bro!
thank you! This is very helpful!
Good One, Very informative, Thanks alot
This was insanely helpful. Thank you!!!!!!!
Thank you for watching 🙏
super helpful! thanks man!
This was super helpful, thanks a lot for the video.
Thank you for watching!
Idin, your video on the Watson Glaser Test is the best of all other videos on TH-cam. Thanks a million.
Hahaha I'm glad you enjoyed it, Rassin!
thank you so much for this! I did the test before and after watching your video and jumped from a 70 to an 80 :)
YES! Love to hear that, Issy. I'm glad it helped you.
I'm in Healthcare Management and have to take this test. I've looked at articles and videos and was thinking I'd never get it. My brain was aching. I've watched your video and feel much more confident. Thank you a million times over. You've really broken it down to where I definitely feel like I understand the style of this test.
@clrmsn5283 - thank you so much for your kind words.
I'm so glad the video's helped you get over this hurdle - I hated this test too!
Good luck with your exam - while I appreciate the views on the video, I hope you don't have to ever come back to it!
:)
very well structured video with good ways to interpret the questions and examples. Thank you.
Shame you can't change improve my enthusiasm about this test!
Thanks so much! Haha think of it as a quiz instead of a test. Maybe that will help 😋
Thanks a lot! Very informative
This is super helpful, thank you!
You're welcome, Jenna! I'm glad it was useful for you.
Many thanks! Fantastic content.🙏
Thank you for watching, Lee!
thank you for this video, it was super helpful as a first year law student who is applying to insight schemes where a few require me to sit this test!
Thanks for watching - good luck with the tests, Megan!
This was very needed.
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Thank you so much this was extremely helpful
You're welcome!
Thank you for watching. 🙏
Idin, Thank you for this. Very helpful!
You're very welcome!
Really, really good guidance video. Thank you.
You're welcome! I hope it's helpful for you.
Useful video. Thanks
I would love your cheat sheet please.:) This was very helpful!!
Hey Michele!
Thanks so much for watching!
The link to the sheet is in the description box. 👆
Just put in £0 when prompted to get it for free!
It really helped thanks dude!!
You're welcome! Glad it's useful.
Great work
Thank you for watching
thank you very muchhh! stay happy and healthy yaa
This is brilliant, thank you so much
Thank you for watching ♥
Thank you, sir. It is a really helpful video.
You are most welcome
Thank you very much! the video is really helpful :))
Thank you for watching!
Thank you, a very helpful video, would love the cheat sheet too.
Hey! Thanks for watching the video. The link to get the cheat sheet for free is in the video description above 👆
wow, this is very helpful! thank you sm :)
You're welcome!
so helpful. thank you!!!
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Hope! Thank you for watching.
Hey this is as an amazing video, bar far the most helpful!! I have a Watson Gla
Haha thank you for that 🙏
Hope it's helpful for you 💪
@@IdinSabahipour sorry I didn’t manage to finish my sentence! I’m a committee member for the uni of bath law society. What’s your Instagram so I can recommend your page to fellow students? 🙏🏻
great video
Thank you, Raj
This was great, but I’m still scoring really low in assumptions and it’s bringing down my percentage overall 😭
Hi there , thanks for the valable and supportive video. however, what is the best adves for those who has the English language as second language
super helpful!!!! thank you!!
Thank you for watching ☺
Thank you so much sir!
Superb explanation brother. Thanks alot
Thanks for watching!
Excellent and informative, very well explained thank you!
Thankyou for this clear explanation, I definitely feel more prepared to do more practice tests with these methods. I'm planning on applying for vacation schemes and training contracts soon!
Just a suggestion, I wonder if you could perhaps do a similar video on the general psychometric tests (numerical, verbal reasoning) as some law firms also use this method of assessment (although Watson Glaser is definitely the more popular one)
Hey - Thank you so much for watching and for the kind words.
I'd love to cover other test types, but haven't don't really know the "standard format" these take. If you know, I'd love to hear from you about what sort of things are asked in these.
Also, I never got a numerical test in my law applications. Have you? If so, which firms set them?
This is very informative and helpful Idin. I would appreciate a cheat sheet.
I'm so glad it helped, Robin. The cheat sheet is listed in the video description above 👆
Very good video.
Thank you for watching 🙏
Thanks a lot God bless you!🙏🏽
Very helpful!
I'm really glad to hear that, Jason!
Thanks bro! Hopefully I'll pass tomorrow
Yes man! Definitely.
Download the cheat sheet from the video description too. When prompted, you can just put in £0 to get it for free.
Very useful and easyly understanding vedio thank you somunch for doing this video sir
Thank you for watching, Divya!
I’ve been invited to take the Watson Glaser for CMS. So nervous because I keep getting around 65ish % in practice WG’s. Your video was super helpful though! Thank you. Please pray I pass, LOL.
Awesome news! My prayers are with you. 🙏
Hi, how did it go?
@@ibtihalc4406 didn’t make it through to the next stage, unfortunately. Watson Glaser’s are the biggest bane of my life currently.
@@immyk3991 ah I understand the pain. I have also done the test but CMS have not responded just yet!
@@ibtihalc4406 best of luck!
why you have less subscribers?`
i subscribed your channel before 1st test explanation because explanation was really nice bro
i watched three times back to back for write down imp points you said.
thanks!
Thank you so much for watching!
Haha, I guess I don't post consistently enough for people to subscribe. I don't blame them!
I passed! Thank you.
Love to hear that!
Thank you for this
You're welcome, Temitayo!
Hi Idin. Super informative as usual. Would love a copy of that sheet you mention. Many thanks.
Thanks Essra - let me know your email address and I'll send it across
I've just added the download link in the description. That should make it easier!
@@IdinSabahipour Much easier, and thank you for the links too
Hi Idin, thank you for the video. It is great but I have one question. You mention @10:00 for deductions that "you could try to come up with a counter example that disproves the conclusion". Can you provide an example of when coming up with a counter example that would disprove that there are clear days that are boring?
Hey James!
I didn't make that so clear in the video, so thanks for asking that.
In the example at 10:08 we're given the statement that (1) some Sundays are rainy and (2) all rainy days are boring.
So, let's take those both as a fact, as you're meant to do for this section.
Following from that, some days of the week could be clear, right? We're only told that *some Sundays* are rainy.
So, on a clear day, we're not given a rule as to whether it's boring or not. So you could say that on a random Tuesday, it might be (1) a clear day and (2) it might be boring anyway.
So that's a counterexample that you've come up with, while following the statement, that goes against the conclusion.
Therefore the conclusion doesn't *necessarily follow* from the rule.
I hope that helps!
@@IdinSabahipour Thank you very much. I was curious how we could apply this tactic on more complicated questions.
Thank you so much bro 👍
You're welcome 🙏
Thank you for the video. It's very helpful. I would like to get a copy of the cheat sheet.
Hey! Thank you so much for watching the video.
There's a link to the cheat sheet in the description above 👆
Hello and thanks for your helpful video. Can I ask what software you used for the drawings in the presentation. Looking for something to similar as well as trying to pass the BCAT. Thanks again :)
Hey Maria! So glad you found it useful.
I used a video editing software called Final Cut Pro.
Good luck in the BCAT, too! 🤞
where do we find the answers to the clifford chance practice test???
11:23 My interpretation was that it does not follow considering all the children in study within the range of 8 months to 6 years. We don't know whether the older children learned to talk by the age of 6 months. The conclusion is quite ambiguous.
I agree that its not 100% stated that the children did not know how to talk at 6 months. But the important term here is the standard of "beyond a reasonable doubt"... So it doesn't have to be 100% certain for you to be able to conclude that it "follows".
The statement tells us that at 8 months old, the children had a vocabulary of 0 words (so, didn't know how to talk. Based on this, it seems to follow that at 6 months (2 months before) they also did not know how to talk. That's why the "conclusion follows" here. The alternative would be to argue that the children spoke some words at 6 months but then lost that ability by 8 months of age before rebuilding it. I think this would be considered too improbable to be the answer.
I hope that helped! ☺
Hi Idin, may I ask how long after completing the Watson Glaser do I have to wait to hear if I have passed or failed and whether I will proceed to the next round usually? (mine is from Hogan Lovells)
It is a great and informative video indeed. Thanks a lot:))
Hey Amanada!
This really depends on the firm. From my experience they tend to be quicker with good news than bad. But I've been accepted before after 2+ weeks wait. So it's not always a hard and fast rule!
Sorry - That's not a clear answer. But I think it just depends.
I'd suggest that once you have done it, try to forget about it for now. If you're through to AC, there'll be time to prepare after you've been informed!
@@IdinSabahipour Thanks a lot. I am just too anxious to know the results haha. Really great thanks to your tips as well.