How important are the A&O Shearman application questions?

[alohamora]

Are the questions a main deciding factor or do they not matter as much when looking at other factors such as grades, work experience etc?

 

[ayiiii05]

If it wasn't important, they wouldn't ask it. I don't think it's a case of "my grades and work experience are strong, if my answers are not as strong I'm good" but more of "my grades are not the strongest, I have limited experience, my application answers should be strong to make up for it".

If you ask this because you're worried about the video interview element, try your best to plan and practice a strong, concise answer that showcases your interest in law and A&O effectively. Practice on video to see if you look natural and if you have enough to say in 2 minutes.

 

[alohamora]

If it wasn't important, they wouldn't ask it. I don't think it's a case of "my grades and work experience are strong, if my answers are not as strong I'm good" but more of "my grades are not the strongest, I have limited experience, my application answers should be strong to make up for it".

If you ask this because you're worried about the video interview element, try your best to plan and practice a strong, concise answer that showcases your interest in law and A&O effectively. Practice on video to see if you look natural and if you have enough to say in 2 minutes.

yeah I think in my case it would be more of the latter, I was really happy with my answers, but I'm a bit worried that my grades are gonna get in my way

 

[ayiiii05]

yeah I think in my case it would be more of the latter, I was really happy with my answers, but I'm a bit worried that my grades are gonna get in my way

don't worry! the recruiters look at everything as a whole.