About Ashurst
Ashurst was founded in 1822 and its vision has always been to be the most progressive global law firm in the world.
With 29 offices worldwide, 3,600+ employees, and 400+ partners you can find plenty of career opportunities in law at this organisation.
Ashurst advises corporations, financial institutions and governments on their most complex transactions, disputes and projects offering reach and insight into a global network.
Their shared values help define their law firm's culture and drive the way they work with one another, clients and wider stakeholders.
Their core values are:
- Quality
- Collaboration
- Thinking differently
If you are considering a new career in law or furthering your existing one, you might want to consider applying to Ashurst.
Ashurst Application Process
The Ashurst application process requires you to submit an online application and complete a series of tests.
These online assessments include:
- Cognify test
- Values fit test
- Emotify test
Ashurst Online Application
The online application requires you to answer a series of questions as well as provide information from your CV.
It's important to provide concise responses to the online application, including your insights into the industry and details about yourself such as education and work experience.
Successful applicants who meet the minimum requirements will be required to complete an online assessment.
Ashurst Revelian Online Assessment
Revelian is a popular test publisher for employers looking to test a variety of aptitude and competencies of candidates. They typically provide the assessments for large legal firms and companies with tests to assess numerical, cognitive, verbal and abstract reasoning.
It's important to be prepared for any online assessment, which is why practicing tests beforehand can be critical to your success.
Cognify
The cognify test requires you to complete a variety of online games. The games help Ashurst measure your problem-solving and analytical skills.
Cognify uses game-based assessments to measure a number of abilities that directly link to your ability to succeed in a role. Cognitive tests assess your ability to read, learn, remember, think, reason and pay attention.
On a typical cognitive ability test, you might answer questions on any of these topics:
The assessment consists of a few short games and takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Ashurst Values Fit / Values Inventory
The values fit test assesses an employee's values and if they would be a good cultural fit in the law firm. Your work ethic, drive, and key work factors play an important role in ensuring the best cultural fit for yourself and Ashurst.
Your work-related values are compared with the values of Ashurst. The match (known as cultural fit) is linked to commitment such as loyalty to and the desire to stay with Ashurst.
The test asks you to rank different characteristics of your dream job from most important to least important. It takes approximately 10 minutes to complete although it is un-timed. There are no right or wrong answers but it's important to be strategic when ranking the items and reflect on the values of the company.
The culture at the firm is key to reflect on for this test. Ashurst focuses on personality and pride themselves on the social and supportive aspects of the firm.
Emotify
The emotify assessment is a mini-series of game-based tests that measure the emotional intelligence of candidates.
The two tests include:
- Matching Faces
- Emotional Ties
Matching faces involves assessing the emotion displayed on a person's face.
Emotional Ties provides you with a number of different situations where you must predict the types of emotional results that come from these situations (similar to a situational judgement test).
The purpose of the assessment is to see how well you perceive emotions and can understand the connections between emotions, and situations which can lead to specific reactions.
Emotify is timed and takes approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Ashurst Interview and Assessment
If you successfully pass the online assessments you may be invited to the Ashurst office to complete a case study and interview.
For the case study, you should try to sharpen your commercial awareness as a way to prepare. You only get one hour to complete the case study task. Try to ensure that you answer the case study fully, giving both sides of the argument.
The interview is approximately one hour with a member of HR and an Associate or Senior Associate.. The interviewers want to know more about your personality, management styles, and thought process.
Be prepared to discuss these points and answer motivational questions such as why Ashurst? Why commercial law? Why do you want to be a solicitor?
You should also know your CV well so you can answer questions about it. One tip is to put special emphasis on the ability to work in a team as this is a common characteristic looked for in the law industry.
You will also have a tour of the Ashurst office.
