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Firms Without The Watson Glaser / SJTs In Their Application Process

Amma Usman

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Hi TCLA Community!


Due to popular demand, a thread has been created which outlines the firms that do not require situational judgment tests (SJTs) and the Watson Glaser test in their application process.

As always, do let us know if there are any suggestions for improvement, or anything we could add to the information below.

We hope you find this useful, and best wishes with all your applications this cycle! We are very much rooting for you all!

Firms Without The Watson Glaser


A&O Shearman (SJT-like online experience instead)​
Freshfields (website description seems to mirror SJT-like assessments, though previously a WG existed)​
Goodwin​
Greenberg Traurig​
Haynes & Boone​
HSF Kramer​
Jones Day​
King & Spalding​
Ashurst (seems to be strength-based, unlike previous cycles’ games-based assessments)​
Mayer Brown (website mentions “behavioural, numerical, verbal reasoning questions” instead)​
Paul, Weiss​
Reed Smith (SJT-like test instead)​
Weil​

Firms Without SJT’s

Cleary (Watson Glaser instead)​
Clifford Chance (Watson Glaser instead)​
Cooley (“online appraisal designed to assess your critical thinking skills” has been interpreted from firm’s brochure as Watson Glaser instead)​
DLA Piper (Watson Glaser instead)​
Goodwin​
Greenberg Traurig​
Haynes & Boone​
Hogan Lovells (“critical thinking test” is interpreted from firm’s website as Watson Glaser instead)​
Jones Day​
K&L Gates (“group exercise, a swift analysis test, critical reasoning test and a written test” instead)​
King & Spalding​
Paul, Weiss​
Weil​

 

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