You’ve got a test invite. Here’s what to do with the days you have.
The firms below give 4 to 7 days to finish the online test, according to their own pages. That’s enough time to find your weakest section and work on it, if you start today.
Your Days, Step by Step
- Today: read the invite, then take the diagnostic
Note the last day the link works and which test it is. Then take the diagnostic, 20 Watson Glaser-style questions in 15 minutes, to see which section is costing you marks.
- Set the plan to your last day
Put the window’s last day in your plan as the test date. Each day it gives you a short session on your weakest sections first.
- Two days before: one timed practice
The plan puts a full timed practice here, so you’ve sat one against the clock before the real thing.
- The day before: a short warm-up
5 questions, nothing more. Cramming the night before doesn’t help.
- The test: on your own, with time to spare
Sit it somewhere quiet, on your own, and well before the link closes, so a problem with your connection doesn’t run into the deadline. Practise before the test, never during it.
How Long Each Firm Gives
Only where the firm’s own page says. Check your invite too: it’s the email that counts. For the other firms, see which test each firm sets.
- Clifford Chance: 4 days
You will also have four days (including weekends) to complete the Watson Glaser test.
From Clifford Chance’s page, checked 30 Oct 2026. Plan my 4 days
- Linklaters: 5 days
You’ll have five days from submitting your online application form to complete it.
From Linklaters’s page, checked 30 Oct 2026. Plan my 5 days
- Ashurst Perkins Coie: 7 days
you will have seven days to complete the test once from the time you receive the link
From Ashurst Perkins Coie’s page, checked 30 Oct 2026. Plan my 7 days
- HSF Kramer: 7 days
However, you must complete the online test within 7 days of receiving the link.
From HSF Kramer’s page, checked 30 Oct 2026. Plan my 7 days
- Macfarlanes: 7 days
You will then be invited to complete our first stage online assessment, which you will have seven days to complete.
From Macfarlanes’s page, checked 30 Oct 2026. Plan my 7 days
- Withers: 7 days
You will have one week to complete the assessment from the date and time that you receive the invite.
From Withers’s page, checked 31 Oct 2026. Plan my 7 days