Vacation Scheme applicants have rated the interview process at A&O Shearman with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 71.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Vacation Scheme roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at A&O Shearman overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at A&O Shearman as a Vacation Scheme according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 14%
Other: 14%
Personality test: 14%
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Online application with an interactive assessment to test applicant’s behavioural judgement. Also two video interviews question asking why apply for the firm and important quality as a solicitor. Successful applicants will be invited to the firm’s virtual assessment centre to complete a commercial case study assessment on M&A
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavioural question and future plans for the legal industry
Quite difficult to navigate but as long as you haev a solid structure to the commercial case study it should not be too bad. Motivational questions are quite generic questions about what you would do in specific scenarios.
There was a online immersive assessment portal, where you had to complete a series of questions, and situations, and decide how you would like to approach the situation. This is mainly to test your soft skills and values.