Our recruitment process is designed to put you through your paces, but it’s also about sharing our unique culture with you, so you get a real sense of the firm you might be joining.
The first stage of our process is a short application form. You’ll be asked to share details of your undergraduate degree and any further vocational education, your life history, and information as part of the Rare Contextualised Recruitment System, which allows us to understand the context in which your experiences have been gained and enables us to identify top candidates from the widest pool possible.
Shortly after the close of the application window, everyone who has applied and is eligible to complete a training contract will be invited to complete our short online assessment.
Candidates who are successful in the online assessment, will be invited to participate in a brief telephone interview with a member of the Early Talent team. The purpose of this conversation is to gain a deeper understanding of your motivations for applying to WBD.
If you’ve been successful in the telephone interview stage, you’ll be invited to attend an assessment day. Our assessment days vary year on year but it will likely involve a critical thinking task and some short interviews, as well as giving you the opportunity to hear from a variety of people at WBD and ask them any questions you may have about the firm.
Remember, it’s a two-way process – by the end of the assessment day, you’ll be able to decide whether WBD is right for you – and we’ll have a better understanding of who you are.
Our placement weeks form part of our recruitment process. Our placement weeks give you a great insight into our business as well as the responsibility and quality of work that is given to our trainees. The placement week will also involve a final, strengths-based interview with two of the WBD team. Again, this is also a chance for you to find out more about our business, get a feel for what it would be like to work in our team, and understand if it’s the right place for you.
At Womble Bond Dickinson, we’re excited to meet candidates who are curious, engaged, and genuinely interested in building a career in law. We’re proud to be a forward-thinking firm, embracing innovation and legal technology to enhance how we work and deliver for our clients. That said, we also deeply value the human side of law - the relationships, perspectives, and individuality that each person brings to our team.
So while AI-generated content can be a useful starting point, it should never replace your personal reflection or understanding of our firm, values, and culture. We want to hear from you - your voice, your motivations, and your insights.
AI tools can also be helpful when preparing for interviews or tasks as part of our assessment process - for example, summarising research or helping you structure your thoughts. But again, we encourage you to use these tools to support your preparation, not to do it for you.
Our interviews and assessments are designed to explore:
We want to get to know you, not an AI-generated version of you. So while it’s fine to use tools to help you prepare, make sure you’re ready to speak confidently and authentically about your experiences, ideas, and ambitions.
