I have been invited to take P&Gs in-person Global Reasoning Test at P&G.

It is a 65 minutes test
and has 40 multiple choice questions. It has 3 sections- numerical reasoning questions, logic-based
reasoning questions and figural reasoning questions. I would like to ask anyone who has taken the
test the following questions.

Essentially, the split is quite fair across the numerical, verbal and logical reasoning. Question wise, I
can't remember off the top of my head but I'm tempted to say 15/10/15 respectively.

The test is quite difficult, more so than your initial online reasoning tests and the numeracy part of it
does involve some maths (as opposed to simple numeracy) - one question needed knowledge of pi
actually.

As for preperation; continue to complete the practice tests - that's about as helpful as I can be I'm
afraid. Assessment Day have an excellent pack you can purchase if you're struggling on where to
find high quality examples.

You need 75% to pass - so 30 correct questions! It doesn't matter whether you score 75% or 95%, a
pass is a pass and the score won't come back to feature in the decision-making process at P&G.

You are likely to be yourself taking the test (perhaps one or two other candidates may be there).
Contrary to your invitation email; you'll be provided a pencil, calculator and scrap paper by them and
asked to use them. You need to pass this test in order to progress on to the first round of 1-1
interviews, if you fail them, you'll be asked to leave there and then.

Try not to worry about the tests too much, they are doable! The real focus should be on how to
impress the P&Gers... Over 1 million people apply worldwide every year, and 0.04% get offered
employment! Good luck!

1. One in 1,000 licensed traders will eventually be convicted of violations of the

Securities and

Exchange Act. Over the last five years, eight of the 1,000 traders at Salamen, a
top trading firm, have been convicted of such violations. This record clearly
indicates that traders at Salamen are approximately eight times as corrupt as
other traders from similar firms.

Which one of the following statements, if true, most weakens the argument?

1. A) Salamen hires from business schools with the highest quality of graduates
and the most scrupulous standards.
B) The Securities and Exchange Commission is far more likely to investigate
trading firms than other businesses.
C) A greater number of the Salamen employees with MBAs investigated for
possible violations of the Securities and Exchange Act were cleared of all wrong
doing than were their counterparts at other trading firms.
D) Most of the employees of Salamen are scrupulously honest and would not
intentionally act in such a way as to violate a regulation such as the Securities
and Exchange Act.
E) The level of corruption of individuals on a staff is not directly related to the
proportion of these individuals who have been convicted of corrupt behavior.

(E) The key issue is a false assumption. The argument is based on the premise
that if eight times as many people as the average were convicted, then the firm is
eight times more corrupt. The convictions of a few individuals do not mean the
firm is eight times as corrupt as other firms. (A) is a poor choice since the place
from which the traders were hired is not relevant to the contention that a higher
record of conviction means a higher level of corruption. (B) doesn’t directly
address the issue of corruption: just because they are investigated more doesn’t
mean they are more or less corrupt. (C) seems to counter the passage, but does
not address the eight times as corrupt issue. (D) does seem to suggest that
Salamen employees are less corrupt, but does not address the eight times as
corrupt issue directly.

2. Former prisoners of Japanese internment camps seeking monetary reparations

from the government are often told, “There is neither wealth nor wisdom
enough in the world to compensate in money for all the wrongs in history.” Which
of the following most weakens the argument above?

A) Prior wrongs should not be permitted as a justification for present wrongs.

B) Even though all wrongs cannot be compensated for, some wrongs can be.
C) Since most people committed wrongs, the government should compensate for
wrongs with money.
D) Monetary reparations upset social order less than other forms of reparation.
E) Since money is the basic cause of the wrongs, should it not be the cure?

(B) The argument states that there can be no compensation for “all the wrongs in
history,” but the argument is about just one wrong of history. Even though all wrongs
cannot be compensated for, some wrongs can be.
3. The earliest known Askinazi Indians are those of the Arizona small pueblo
settlements near the Grand Canyon at 100 A.D. Their adaptive success is obvious
in the speed with which they spread eastward and south across New Mexico and
they reached the Mexican plateau by 1000 A.D. Which of the following, if true,
would refute the above?

A) The earliest Grand Canyon pueblos date back to 100 A.D.

B) The Maya dominated Mexico during 800 and 1100 A.D.
C) Askinazi artifacts of early settlements in northeast Mexico date back further than
artifacts found near the Grand Canyon.
D) The Askinazi built massive pueblos that required advanced technologies.
E) The Askinazi faded by 1200 A.D.

(C) Alternative (C) suggests that the Askinazi were in northeast Mexico prior to the time
they settled near the Grand Canyon. This contradicts the claim that they first settled at
the Grand Canyon and migrated eastward. Because the argument is based on their
rapid expansion, choice (C) best refutes the passage. Answer choice (A) supports the
statement chronologically. Answer choices (B), (D), and (E), are not relevant to the
argument.

4. A group of scientists studying an adobe community in New Mexico discovered

extensive pre-Columbian tribal records that discuss contact with UFOs. These
records outline how the aliens taught the tribe to build pyramids and how the
alien culture was integrated into tribal culture. The scientists concluded, based
on the unprecedented nature of the find, that UFOs must exist.

Which one of the following represents the most reasonable conclusion to be

drawn from the passage?

A) The technology used to analyze and detect UFOs has improved considerably since
the tribe recorded its encounters.
B) Scientists have never found evidence of this kind before.
C) There are other undiscovered accurate records of encounters between the aliens
and the tribe.
D) The tribal culture was exclusively devoted to learning from the aliens.
E) The tribe commonly uses hallucinogenic drugs as part of ceremonies and this may
responsible for their unusual “sightings.”

(B) The passage says that this was an “unprecedented find” so we know that the
scientific community has never seen something like this before. (A) Technology here is
not relevant and not an issue. (C) The records may be a local mythology and have no
basis in fact. Even if they are true, that doesn’t mean that other records exist,
undiscovered or otherwise. (D) and (E) may be true, but you cannot draw these
conclusions from the paragraph.

5. Opening a retail business in Kosovo is not inadvisable, despite what critics of

the plan may say. Eighteen years ago, we opened a retail business in Beirut
during an invasion, and that location has been generating profits ever since.
Which of the following is the author of the above argument trying to imply?

A) The proposed retail store can make money despite being in the middle of a war
zone.
B) Wars are profitable for retail.
C) Kosovo is not as politically unstable as Beirut.
D) Opponents of a new construction company in Kosovo are probably biased.
E) The proposed company in Kosovo will do better than the construction company in
Beirut.

(A) The author is using his prior experience to make a generalization. If he thought wars
were profitable, he would be more encouraging of the venture instead of stating that it is
“not inadvisable”. Choice (B) is incorrect because, though the author does imply that
war is not bad for business, he does not argue that war is good for business.

6. The main export from Zambia is natural resources. Bauxite and silver are the
two main exports, and zinc and tin are insignificant. Outside of this group, the
only important item is ivory (largely illegal), though the exports of grain and meat
are by no means negligible.
Which one of the following conclusions is best supported by the statements
above?

A) Ivory, though not as important an export as natural resources, is an important

component of the export trade.
B) Ivory is nearly as important an export as silver.
C) Zinc is a valuable Zambian export.
D) Food exports are a bigger industry than bauxite in Zambia.
E) Meat exports are critical to the Zambian economy.

(A) Natural resources are mentioned as the major export, and bauxite and silver as the
most important. Apart from natural resources, ivory is mentioned as the only other
significant export. Therefore, (A) is correct. No mention is made of the importance of
ivory relative to silver or other natural resources, so choice (B) can be ruled out. Zinc
and tin were mentioned as insignificant exports, so choice (C) is not appropriate.
Though the passage does not rule out the possibility that the food trade is larger than
the bauxite trade in Zambia, it also does not provide any evidence for concluding this,
so choice (D) can also be ruled out. Choice (E) is clearly incorrect: the first sentence of
the passage states that by far the main export is natural resources.

7. It is a myth that U.S. workers are pricing themselves out of the market. The
wages of U.S. manufacturing workers increased at a slower rate in the 1970’s
than those of workers in other major countries. Between 1970 and 1980, pay
increased 489% in Japan and 464% in Germany, compared to 128% in the United
States. Even though these countries experienced faster productivity growth, their
unit labor costs still rose faster than in the United States. During the 1970’s, unit
labor costs rose 192% in Japan, 252% in Germany, and only 78% in the United
States.
According to the above passage:

A) unit labor costs in the 1970’s were higher in Japan than they were in Germany or the
United States
B) the wages of U.S. workers need to be increased to be consistent with other
countries.
C) U.S. workers are more productive than Japanese or German workers
D) the wages of U.S. workers in manufacturing increased at a slower rate in the 1970’s
than the wages of workers in Japan or Germany
E) Workers in Japan and Germany work harder than workers in the U.S., and their
wages have increased accordingly.

(D) Answers A and C are incorrect because they are simply not supported by the facts
stated in the passage. Answer B is not necessarily true because the passage compares
wages in terms of percentage increases, not actual wages. Answer D is almost identical
to the second sentence in the passage, and is correct.
8. It is only in the last 6,000-years or so that men have descended into mines to
chop and scratch at the earth’s crust. Human history is the equivalent of a few
seconds in the 15 billion year life of the earth. What alarms those who keep track
of the earth’s crust is that since 1950 human beings have managed to consume
more minerals than were mined in all previous history, a splurge of a millisecond
in geologic time that cannot be long repeated without using up the finite riches of
the earth.
Which is the main idea of the author:

A) There is cause for concern at the escalating consumption of the earth’s minerals in
recent years
B) Human history is the equivalent of a few seconds in the 15 billion year life of the
earth
C) The earth will soon run out of vital mineral resource
D) The extraction of minerals from the earth’s crust only began 6,000years ago.
E) Advances in technology have enabled humans to utilize the minerals in the earth’s
crust.

Answer B is true, but is not the main point of the passage. Likewise, answer D is true,
but again, is not the main idea of the author. Answer C is possibly true, and is certainly
suggested as a potential problem, but it is almost too strong a statement without
something like “unless something changes” at the end. Answer A is the only one that
really reflects the main idea of the passage.

9. Enrollment in computer training programs tends to be high in a strong

economy and much lower during weak economic times. How individuals view the
likelihood of future job availability, therefore, affects people’s willingness to pass
up immediate their current employment opportunities in order to invest in career-
related training. The argument above assumes that:

A) those who enroll in computer training schools during a strong economy help increase
the economy’s strength.
B) computer training programs admit fewer students during recessions.
C) perceptions of the likelihood of job availability are related to the state of the
economy.
D) the perceived likelihood of job availability has decreased in recent years.
E) all those who avoid computer training school during an economic slump do so
because of the perceived lack of future jobs.
(C) In this question we have to find what assumption underlies this argument. The
argument involves a question of cause and effect. Since enrollment in computer training
programs tends to be high when the economy is strong and low when it is weak, the
reason must be, according to the author, a matter of people’s perceptions of job
availability. Sounds reasonable, but do all the terms match up with those in this
conclusion? We know from the question stem that they do not. What’s missing? Well,
the evidence pertains to the state of the economy. But the conclusion strays into the
area of psychology–people’s perceptions. Are these the same things? The author treats
them as such by arguing from evidence regarding the state of the economy to a
conclusion based on people’s perceptions of the economy. The author takes the
relationship between these for granted, but technically, in order for the argument to
work, this must be established. (C) is this basic assumption.

10. In Los Angeles, a political candidate who buys saturation TV advertising will
get maximum name recognition. The statement above logically conveys which of
the following?

A) TV advertising is the most important factor in political campaigns in Los Angeles.

B) Maximum name recognition in Los Angeles will help a candidate to win a higher
percentage of votes cast in the city.
C) Saturation TV advertising reaches every demographically distinct sector of the voting
population of Los Angeles.
D) For maximum name recognition a candidate need not spend on media channels
other than TV advertising.
E) A candidate’s record of achievement in the Los Angeles area will do little to affect his
or her name recognition there.

(D) An L.A. political candidate who buys saturation TV advertising will get maximum
name recognition. In other words, such advertising is sufficient for maximum name
recognition. If so, then it must be true that, as (D) says, a candidate can get such
recognition without spending on other forms of media.