Bird & Bird Application Process

We are a disability, neurodiversity and mental health inclusive employer and want to ensure that you have a barrier-free recruitment experience. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process or require assistance completing an application as the result of disability, you can get confidential advice from our Early Careers team.

The recruitment process is different for each opportunity and programme, so please check our website for further information. As a candidate, you must be prepared to showcase your skills and experience in different assessment styles. We operate rolling recruitment, which means we screen applications as they are received, rather than after our deadline. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Application form

The application form consists of your personal details, education, work experience, and firm-specific and/or strengths-based questions.

We operate blind screening, so all identification details are hidden from our assessors to minimise bias from the recruitment process. We also use the Rare Contextual Recruitment System to enable us to recruit people from different backgrounds and help us understand your achievements in the context in which they were gained. Please detail any relevant information in your application for us to take into consideration.

We operate rolling recruitment, which means we screen applications as they are received, rather than after our deadline. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.

Critical thinking test

The Watson-Glaser Critical Thinking Test evaluates your critical thinking skills. It is a multiple-choice aptitude assessment widely used by law firms to access the ability to think critically, draw conclusions, assess arguments, recognise assumptions, and evaluate arguments. There are five sections to complete: assessment of inferences, recognition of assumptions, deduction, interpretation, and evaluation.

Video interview

The online video interview consists of a range of strength-based and firm-specific questions, which you should answer to the best of your ability. Typically, there is a set amount of thinking time and answering time for each question.

Assessment centre

The assessment centre typically consists of an interview, written assessment, and sometimes, a group exercise. An assessment centre can be in-person or virtual, depending on the opportunity. As a candidate, you must be prepared to showcase your skills, own experience, legal knowledge, and commercial awareness in different assessment styles. We operate blind interviewing, so all identification details and previous assessments are hidden from our interviewers to minimise bias from the recruitment process.

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