Research programme of Elite Careers StrategyGoverned signal Official source
SIG-1399: Cleary Gottlieb
Cleary Gottlieb London states that shortlisted vacation scheme applicants first complete Watson Glaser, then an online interview with a training principal and senior associate, followed by an in-person assessment day.
Observed · United Kingdom / London · Vacation scheme applicant selection · Named assessment sequence
Evidence passage recorded against the source
Watson Glaser test
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
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Market
- United Kingdom / London
- Programme or route
- Vacation scheme applicant selection
- Category
- Named assessment sequence
- Observed
- Verification
- Official employer primary source directly reviewed 2026-11-02
- Publication ruling
- Net-new to compared governed register; The sequence is employer-declared; individual assessment-day exercises and pass thresholds not specified.
- Record status
- Active
- Corpus layer
- Append-only canonical supplement (publication-rulings-supplement-52-2026-11-02.csv)
Official source record
https://www.clearygottlieb.com/locations/london/legal-landing-page/vacation-schemes.
SRC-501 · retrieved 2 November 2026 · Official employer primary webpage directly opened and read · source record page · supports 4 signals
- Cleary Gottlieb London grades, contextual recruitment, Watson Glaser and trainee route
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.
Related signals
Cite this object
Who Gets In? (Elite Careers Strategy), SIG-1399 Cleary Gottlieb, observed 2 November 2026, https://whogetsin.com/signals/SIG-1399
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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