Critical thinking test: free practice

A critical thinking test, often in the style of the Watson Glaser test law firms use, checks how you judge an argument. It has five kinds of question: inferences, assumptions, deductions, interpreting a conclusion and weighing arguments. Each one tells you how to answer it, and everything you need is in the passage.

Practice test

Critical thinking

12 questions · about 12 min · no time limit

Quick test

A fresh set of questions every time.

Show each answer as I go. Real tests don’t, but it’s a good way to learn.

Take the passage as true, even if you know otherwise, and judge each statement by the rules the question gives.

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Numbered tests

The same questions each time, so a retake shows your progress. They get harder as they go.

Tips for the real one

Read each kind’s instructions: “follows” and “probably true” mean different things.
An assumption is something the passage takes for granted without saying. It isn’t the same as a conclusion.
A strong argument is both important and directly about the question. A true point can still be weak.

Who uses them

Linklaters, Hogan Lovells, CMS, Addleshaw Goddard, Burges Salmon and HSBC all say on their own pages that their application process includes one. Real ones are usually longer, and many are timed. The firm’s invite tells you which test it uses, and how long you get.

These questions are Apprenza’s own, written in the same style. They aren’t any employer’s or test provider’s real questions.

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Critical thinking test: free practice