Governed signal Official source

SIG-185: A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman's London training-contract page publishes an online application followed by an online experience containing situational judgement, verbal and numerical reasoning and two video motivation questions; successful candidates then attend an assessment day with two one-to-one interviews, including a commercial case-study presentation and a scenario-based interview.

Observed · London · Training Contract · Training contract selection architecture

Evidence passage recorded against the source

Online application; online experience with SJT, verbal and numerical reasoning and two video motivation questions; assessment day with two one-to-one interviews, including a commercial case study and scenario questions.

LimitThe passage is what the research lead recorded against the official page on the observation date. Pages change; check the source and the retrieval date before relying on it.

Scope as recorded

Institution
A&O Shearman
Market
London
Programme or route
Training Contract
Category
Training contract selection architecture
Observed
Verification
Verified 13 Sep 2026
Publication ruling
Safe with source
Record status
Active
Corpus layer
Append-only canonical supplement (publication-rulings-supplement-06-2026-09-13.csv)

Official source record

https://careers.aoshearman.com/en/london-training-contract

SRC-119 · retrieved 13 September 2026 · Official page retrieval · source record page · supports 2 signals

  • A&O Shearman London training-contract selection architecture and human interviews after digital assessment

LimitOne signal describes one institution, programme, market and date. It is not evidence about other programmes, offices or cycles, and it is not a prevalence estimate.

Cite this object

Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), SIG-185 A&O Shearman, observed 13 September 2026, https://www.accessecs.com/who-gets-in/signals/SIG-185/

Preserve the institution, programme, geography, observation date and limitation. Do not generalise a single signal to an institution-wide or sector-wide rule.

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