Last visit was: 19 Nov 2025, 21:20 It is currently 19 Nov 2025, 21:20
Home
GMAT
Messages
Tests
Schools
Events
Rewards
Chat
My Profile
Close
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.

Customized
for You

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History

Track
Your Progress

every week, we’ll send you an estimated GMAT score based on your performance

Practice
Pays

we will pick new questions that match your level based on your Timer History
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Go to My Error Log Learn more
Close
Request Expert Reply
Confirm Cancel
Back to Forum
Create Topic
avatar
AndrewN
avatar
Volunteer Expert
Joined: 16 May 2019
Last visit: 29 Mar 2025
Posts: 3,502
Own Kudos:
7,511
Given Kudos: 500
Expert
Expert reply
Posts: 3,502
Kudos: 7,511
Wiley Efficient Learning: Timer Issues? 02 Apr 2020, 16:04
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Hello, everyone. I do not typically post my own queries, but I was wondering whether anyone else had noticed any timer issues in their practice sets on the Wiley Efficient Learning site recently. The past two days, I have completed two twenty-question Quant sets in Exam mode, and both times, my supposed time spent on each question has been wacky. I mean, I am pretty good at Quant--no Bunuel, but decent--yet I was supposedly spending over 4 minutes on more than one Easy question. The correct set time is listed in the Duration column of the Metrics screen. The set below, all twenty questions, took 24:47. Yet you can see from the screenshot that just the times of the last fifteen questions supposedly exceeded that amount of time. Has anyone else noticed such timing discrepancies?

If this is a common issue, then I think I will have to contact Wiley. It is dangerous to practice and then be misled into thinking your timing is off, and I, for one, rely on such metrics to gauge performance, both for myself and my students.

Thank you for any insights you may have.

- Andrew

Attachment:
Screen Shot 2020-04-02 at 18.49.09.png
Screen Shot 2020-04-02 at 18.49.09.png [ 82.24 KiB | Viewed 2729 times ]
User avatar
shameekv1989
User avatar
Joined: 14 Dec 2019
Last visit: 17 Jun 2021
Posts: 820
Own Kudos:
986
Given Kudos: 354
Location: Poland
Concentration: Entrepreneurship, Strategy
Schools: Cambridge '22 (D) WBS (A$) IIMA PGPX'22 (D) WHU MBA (WD) ISB'22 (D)
GMAT 1: 640 Q49 V27
GMAT 2: 660 Q49 V31
GMAT 3: 720 Q50 V38
GPA: 4
WE:Engineering (Consumer Electronics)
Products:
My Reviews
Schools: Cambridge '22 (D) WBS (A$) IIMA PGPX'22 (D) WHU MBA (WD) ISB'22 (D)
GMAT 3: 720 Q50 V38
Posts: 820
Kudos: 986
Wiley Efficient Learning: Timer Issues? 04 Apr 2020, 11:33
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
MentorTutoring
Hello, everyone. I do not typically post my own queries, but I was wondering whether anyone else had noticed any timer issues in their practice sets on the Wiley Efficient Learning site recently. The past two days, I have completed two twenty-question Quant sets in Exam mode, and both times, my supposed time spent on each question has been wacky. I mean, I am pretty good at Quant--no Bunuel, but decent--yet I was supposedly spending over 4 minutes on more than one Easy question. The correct set time is listed in the Duration column of the Metrics screen. The set below, all twenty questions, took 24:47. Yet you can see from the screenshot that just the times of the last fifteen questions supposedly exceeded that amount of time. Has anyone else noticed such timing discrepancies?

If this is a common issue, then I think I will have to contact Wiley. It is dangerous to practice and then be misled into thinking your timing is off, and I, for one, rely on such metrics to gauge performance, both for myself and my students.

Thank you for any insights you may have.

- Andrew

Attachment:
Screen Shot 2020-04-02 at 18.49.09.png
Show more

Hello Andrew,

You are right, I just realized after I took a short test of 5 questions in Verbal and 10 in Quant in Exam mode. I complete a set of 5 questions in Verbal in approx 8 mins. but the summary showed me I took more than 3:00 mins for almost every question. Similarly in Quant it showed me I took close to 10 mins for a question whereas I completed the whole set in 12 mins.

Please see, it shows the correct overall timing though in the test metrics section for that quiz.

Please let us know, if you happen to write to Wiley and hear from them.

Thanks for bringing it to our notice.

- Shameek
avatar
AndrewN
avatar
Volunteer Expert
Joined: 16 May 2019
Last visit: 29 Mar 2025
Posts: 3,502
Own Kudos:
7,511
 [1]
Given Kudos: 500
Expert
Expert reply
Posts: 3,502
Kudos: 7,511
 [1]
Wiley Efficient Learning: Timer Issues? 04 Apr 2020, 13:46
1
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Thank you, Shameek, for the response. I am glad to see that I am not losing it, that others are experiencing similar technical issues. I will reach out to Wiley and see if someone on that end can fix the bug. Until that time may come, I will practice my timing the old-fashioned way, with a stopwatch (even if it is just on my phone), and I will recommend the same to my clients.

Thanks again. I will let you know if and when I hear back from Wiley, since I imagine that, with COVID-19 concerns and lockdowns, longer wait times will be the norm.

- Andrew
User avatar
Argp
User avatar
Joined: 10 Aug 2019
Last visit: 30 May 2022
Posts: 44
Own Kudos:
10
Given Kudos: 151
Location: India
Posts: 44
Kudos: 10
Wiley Efficient Learning: Timer Issues? 18 Apr 2020, 09:34
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Hi MentorTutoring

I am facing the same issue for quite some time now. I reached out to them today, hoping they will help sort it out.

Was wondering if you heard back from the Wiley Team on this?
avatar
AndrewN
avatar
Volunteer Expert
Joined: 16 May 2019
Last visit: 29 Mar 2025
Posts: 3,502
Own Kudos:
7,511
 [1]
Given Kudos: 500
Expert
Expert reply
Posts: 3,502
Kudos: 7,511
 [1]
Wiley Efficient Learning: Timer Issues? 18 Apr 2020, 09:45
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
Argp
Hi MentorTutoring

I am facing the same issue for quite some time now. I reached out to them today, hoping they will help sort it out.

Was wondering if you heard back from the Wiley Team on this?
Show more
Hello, Argp. I wish I had heard back from Wiley. I would follow up on my original post. But alas, silence, and it appears as if this April Fools' joke is on us. Until the issue is resolved, if you want to get any sort of meaningful information about timing per question from your practice sets, I would recommend you use the stopwatch mode on your phone or some other device. This is annoying, but there is no reason you cannot be productive in your studies using the Wiley platform, all the same.

- Andrew
User avatar
GMATE1
User avatar
Joined: 22 Nov 2020
Last visit: 31 Dec 2021
Posts: 61
Own Kudos:
24
Given Kudos: 163
Posts: 61
Kudos: 24
Wiley Efficient Learning: Timer Issues? Updated on: 26 Jan 2021, 04:56
Originally posted by GMATE1 on 26 Jan 2021, 03:46.
Last edited by GMATE1 on 26 Jan 2021, 04:56, edited 1 time in total.
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
(I am trying to use their study mode, but I am left confused: You can set how many questions you want to practice in each set and even what type of questions and which difficulty level which is great to practice strategies specific to question types. For example, I am using it try the reading comprehension strategy by Rhyme to increase my speed https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-destroy-reading-comprehension-passages-by-rhyme-30247.html#p205035. However, after each question the site tells you whether you got the question right or not and gives you an explanation. This is very nice; however, the timer continues and therefore I am left between choosing whether I want to review the questions or continue with an accurate time.)

Does anyone know if it is possible to have the timer stop automatically after answering a question in order to review the explanation or whether it is possible to view the explanation afterwards?

EDIT (I should have first tried the program before expressing my confusion): For anyone who is focused on time, I would suggest to continue with the questions and not looking at the review/feedback which appears after answering each questions as the time continues counting. Luckily, after ending the session there is a review screen inwhich you can review the explantion again WITHOUT altering the time.
avatar
AndrewN
avatar
Volunteer Expert
Joined: 16 May 2019
Last visit: 29 Mar 2025
Posts: 3,502
Own Kudos:
7,511
 [1]
Given Kudos: 500
Expert
Expert reply
Posts: 3,502
Kudos: 7,511
 [1]
Wiley Efficient Learning: Timer Issues? 26 Jan 2021, 04:39
1
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
GMATE1
I am trying to use their study mode, but I am left confused: You can set how many questions you want to practice in each set and even what type of questions and which difficulty level which is great to practice strategies specific to question types. For example, I am using it try the reading comprehension strategy by Rhyme to increase my speed https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-destroy-reading-comprehension-passages-by-rhyme-30247.html#p205035. However, after each question the site tells you whether you got the question right or not and gives you an explanation. This is very nice; however, the timer continues and therefore I am left between choosing whether I want to review the questions or continue with an accurate time.

Does anyone know if it is possible to have the timer stop automatically after answering a question in order to review the explanation or whether it is possible to view the explanation afterwards?
Show more
Hello, GMATE1. I dislike Study Mode for the same reason—it is jarring to see the correct answer on the spot, knowing you have to keep going through other questions. For this reason, I always use Exam Mode instead (as often as I remember to switch at the beginning), and I recommend my students do the same. It is not as if the exam itself will tell you right away whether you have missed a question or gotten it right. Also, word to the wise, practice RC sets independently of the other Verbal question types, or you can expect to see not-so-mixed sets of almost all RC questions... again, not an accurate simulation of the test. (I once practiced a "mixed" set of 20 questions, and the first 18 were all RC. Talk about exhausting.)

In Verbal review, you want to really spend time understanding what makes the wrong answers incorrect. Too many students focus on the correct answer only, and then they continue studying and making the same mistakes. If the official explanations seem somewhat lacking, then look up the same questions in the forum, where you will find top-notch responses by Experts and other community members.

Good luck with your preparation.

- Andrew
User avatar
GMATE1
User avatar
Joined: 22 Nov 2020
Last visit: 31 Dec 2021
Posts: 61
Own Kudos:
24
Given Kudos: 163
Posts: 61
Kudos: 24
Wiley Efficient Learning: Timer Issues? 26 Jan 2021, 05:00
Kudos
Add Kudos
Bookmarks
Bookmark this Post
AndrewN
GMATE1
I am trying to use their study mode, but I am left confused: You can set how many questions you want to practice in each set and even what type of questions and which difficulty level which is great to practice strategies specific to question types. For example, I am using it try the reading comprehension strategy by Rhyme to increase my speed https://gmatclub.com/forum/how-to-destroy-reading-comprehension-passages-by-rhyme-30247.html#p205035. However, after each question the site tells you whether you got the question right or not and gives you an explanation. This is very nice; however, the timer continues and therefore I am left between choosing whether I want to review the questions or continue with an accurate time.

Does anyone know if it is possible to have the timer stop automatically after answering a question in order to review the explanation or whether it is possible to view the explanation afterwards?
Hello, GMATE1. I dislike Study Mode for the same reason—it is jarring to see the correct answer on the spot, knowing you have to keep going through other questions. For this reason, I always use Exam Mode instead (as often as I remember to switch at the beginning), and I recommend my students do the same. It is not as if the exam itself will tell you right away whether you have missed a question or gotten it right. Also, word to the wise, practice RC sets independently of the other Verbal question types, or you can expect to see not-so-mixed sets of almost all RC questions... again, not an accurate simulation of the test. (I once practiced a "mixed" set of 20 questions, and the first 18 were all RC. Talk about exhausting.)

In Verbal review, you want to really spend time understanding what makes the wrong answers incorrect. Too many students focus on the correct answer only, and then they continue studying and making the same mistakes. If the official explanations seem somewhat lacking, then look up the same questions in the forum, where you will find top-notch responses by Experts and other community members.

Good luck with your preparation.

- Andrew
Show more

Thank you AndrewN that is great advice 100 Kudos to you :thumbsup:
Moderator:
MBAACCOUNT2025
General GMAT Forum Moderator
444 posts