Bird & Bird Application Process

As an applicant, you must be prepared to showcase your skills, experience and suitability for the role, programme, or opportunity you’re applying for through different assessment styles.

We’re 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 at earlycareers@twobirds.com

Go to our employability hub, The Nest, to develop your legal skills and commercial awareness, learn about the recruitment process and what we look for in successful candidates, and general advice on navigating your career in law.

Online application form

The application form includes your personal details, education, work experience, and (in some cases) competency and firm-specific questions. You may have a word limit to answer these questions. You should be specific to us and the role in your answers, showcasing your research, commercial awareness, skillset, and experience.

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.

Watson-Glaser critical thinking test

This evaluates your critical thinking skills and is used by lots of law firms to recruit solicitors. It's 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 5 sections to complete: assessment of inferences, recognition of assumptions, deduction, interpretation, and evaluation.

Pre-recorded video interview

The video interview includes a range of competency-based and firm-specific questions. You'll have one minute thinking time and two minutes answering time for each question - you need to use this time wisely.

Assessment centre

A virtual assessment centre consists of an interview and written assessment. An in-person assessment centre consists of a group exercise and additional assessments. An assessment centre can be in-person, virtual or hybrid depending on the role, programme, or opportunity you’re applying for.

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