Legal

Paralegal SJT

This Situational Judgement Test assesses purposeful engagement, creating clarity, driving peak performance and professional credibility in scenarios relevant to paralegal work.

The assessment presents 16 scenarios, with candidates selecting the most and least appropriate response from four options for each. It is untimed and typically takes up to 15 minutes, and is designed for trainee paralegals and paralegals; SJTs of this kind are used by major law firms during recruitment.

Duration

Approximately 15 minutes

Untimed

Scenarios

Format

Written scenarios

Competencies

Professional Engagement, Creating Clarity, Driving Peak Performance, Professional Credibility

Try a sample question

These are the practice questions a candidate sees before the Paralegal SJT starts. Have a go — the answer and an explanation appear after each one. Nothing is recorded.

A partner has asked you and three of your colleagues to complete a complex project within the next week. It involves reviewing a large volume of detailed legal documents. How would you tackle this?

Select the response you believe is MOST appropriate and the response you believe is LEAST appropriate.

MostLeast

Suggest splitting the work fairly amongst you all, so you can clearly focus on what you need to deliver

Talk with your colleagues about how you work together to meet the deadline and ensure high

Suggest working closely as a team is likely to be the best approach, so you can support each other

Request a meeting with the partner to discuss the work and ask how they think you should approach it

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