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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 94364" data-attributes="member: 2672">Firms' preferences for what they value in candidates can differ massively and that's why recruitment processes rely on different assessment methods.In the same way that firms ask different questions on an application form or ask for different methods of application, different forms of psychometric assessments such as SJTs or games based assessments will mean they are evaluating what is important to them in a method that works for that firm. Even the same assessment can then be evaluated differently, with different weightings placed on elements meaning you could have the polar opposite result with one firm even if you did the same assessment with another.I think these differences are often what people struggle to get their heads around (and I completely understand why). Law as a topic tends to be much more definitive, rigid, defined and standardised, while the recruitment for it isn't. To make it worse, what is valued by individual firms is often opaque and rarely explained to an audience who want it explained so they can work out how best to demonstrate it.From someone who has been doing this for far too long, every recruitment system has its flaws and can often be deemed unfair one way or another. Whether you throw more money or more people at selecting candidates, the flaws are still there. If someone came up with a completely fair, objective and attractive recruitment assessment, they would be living the high life. The issue is when you are dealing with people (which ultimately recruitment is all about) pretty much everything becomes subjective, open to interpretation and all about individual preferences.I understand why many people see the recruitment process as a reflection of the firm and try to align themselves based on that, but I'd encourage them to try to look past this, especially when assumptions have to be made about why it is designed the way it is.</blockquote>

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