Marshall Wace Psychometric Tests Prep

• Core-skills practice. Numerical, verbal and logical reasoning at graduate level: the skills under Marshall Wace's test, without pretending to be its interface.
• Provider-true difficulty. Item difficulty mirrors the band the real tests sit at, so your score means something.
• Coaching, not just a score. "You are spending too long on table-data questions" beats "you scored 68%". Specific advice per weak section.
• Percentile benchmarking. Your score placed on a modelled UK graduate norm curve, so you know if 70% is excellent or worrying for that test.

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1. 1

   Poor time management

   Running out of time before attempting the final third of the test questions.

2. 2

   External knowledge bias

   Injecting real-world facts into verbal reasoning passages instead of relying solely on written text.

3. 3

   Calculation errors

   Making careless arithmetic mistakes due to rushing under tight temporal pressure.

4. 4

   Interface unfamiliarity

   Wasting valuable seconds figuring out how to use on-screen scratchpads or calculator tools.

5. 5

   Inconsistent pacing

   Spending too long on a single intractable logical matrix and sacrificing multiple easy questions downstream.

6. 6

   Skipping calibration

   Attempting the real test without running through practice diagnostics first.

• Platform fluency

  Mastering the keyboard shortcuts, zoom functions, and calculator tools of the test interface before starting.

• Strict time-budgeting

  Allocating a strict hard stop per question (e.g., 60 seconds) and guessing or flagging before moving on.

• The Cannot Say discipline

  Treating verbal statements with rigorous detachment, never assuming facts not explicitly written.

• Systematic elimination

  Crossing out obviously incorrect multiple-choice answers in logical matrices to improve probability before guessing.

• Pre-test calibration

  Completing timed mock runs under identical test-day conditions to build stamina.

• Error-checking habits

  Double-typing decimal inputs and percentage calculations to eliminate careless entry errors.

• Simulation practice

  Complete full-length, uninterrupted mock tests under strict exam conditions to build mental stamina for back-to-back cognitive modules.

• Error log maintenance

  Record every incorrect practice question in a log to identify recurring weaknesses in percentage calculations or logical rule identification.

1. 01Set your own clock per question. Divide section time by question count. Move on when you hit your per-question budget, even if you are mid-thought.
2. 02Read the question before the chart. Half the work in numerical is finding the right number in a table. Knowing what you are looking for cuts the time in half.
3. 03Use "Cannot Say" generously. Verbal reasoning rewards strict reading. If the passage does not say it, the answer is "Cannot Say", not your own inference.
4. 04Skip the impossible ones. Most tests do not penalise wrong answers more than skips. If you cannot see it in 20 seconds, flag and move on.
5. 05Practise the exact format, not a generic stand-in. a multi-section reasoning test has its own rhythm, and a generic reasoning test is not the same. Intervyo's simulation is calibrated to this format, so you rehearse the real thing under real timing rather than a generic aptitude set.