To be frank, you are most likely to have to sit an online verbal reasoning test at some stage in an application to a corporate firm for a training contract. Even if  you  manage to escape one at the time of submission of your online application form, you are likely to have to do one as a precursor to an interview, or part of an assessment day. You might even have to do two online verbal reasoning tests; one in your time, and one ‘under exam conditions’. It’s probably fair to say that the test will be administered on behalf of the corporate firm by SHL or Kenexa; this test has a ‘true’, ‘false’ or ‘cannot say’ format. Some, including one Magic Circle firm, have used the Watson-Glaser Critical Reasoning Test, which you are likely to do in the head office of that corporate firm instead. Here is a suggested route from ‘Legal Recruit’, an initiative by students in the BPP Legal Awareness Society, but it’s important to note that this training is not a product of BPP, nor endorsed by BPP. We hope, in our Society, hope that you find these free materials helpful, anyway.

Introductory video to an online verbal reasoning test

Factsheet on the online verbal reasoning test

Examples of questions of a verbal reasoning test

150 examples of verbal reasoning test questions

A free full-length practice verbal reasoning test for you to try [you can only do this if you are a graduate and speak English fluently.]

Answers to the trial (only to look at if you’ve done the trial)

Best of luck! We hope it goes well for you.