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  1. Nicole

    White & Case interview

    White & Case vacation scheme interview: The focus is on your application form, then why W&C, why law, some normal competency questions a number of questions about what the trainee role involves trying to assess your response to typical situations trainees might find themselves in Thanks...
  2. Nicole

    General interview advice

    From @Amy Hillier, future trainee at CC. Thanks again Amy! General points to mention from my experience would be as follows: In terms of preparation: - I genuinely believe you can never over-prepare for an assessment centre. This may not be the case for everyone, but for my second AC (which...
  3. Nicole

    Hogan Lovells Interview

    Hogan Lovells vac scheme interviewee (2018): Hey, so the day starts with the Watson Glazer. You then get given the case study which is a short article with a few bullet points at the end. You can't take your notes with you to the interview but you're not expected to give a presentation; you'll...
  4. Nicole

    Hogan Lovells Interview

    TC interviewee for Birmingham office (now future trainee at Hogan Lovells): Was for the Birmingham office. 6 candidates! Still haven't heard back from last Wednesday. If I don't get it, I don't exactly know what they were looking for - the other candidates were very different. SJT with HR and...
  5. Nicole

    Osborne Clarke Interview

    Another Osborne Clarke vacation scheme interviewee: Osborne Clarke - around 25 people per intensive, all-day session. There were three sessions AFAIK. Group exercise was a due diligence task. Started with reading through, and then a monitored discussion about the scenario. Each person had to...
  6. Nicole

    Sidley Austin Interview

    Sidley Austin interview (vacation scheme) Sidley Austin was pretty much a conversation for half an hour with two senior partners. Their questions were quite generic and were based firmly around my understanding of what type of work I would be doing at the firm. They asked me about a recent deal...
  7. Nicole

    Squire Patton Boggs Interview

    Squire Patton Boggs vacation scheme interviewee: Squire Patton Boggs is big on personality, be sure you interact with the partners/trainees and make a good impression. It is really important to them that you can get on with them and those around you. - Know your CV inside out. The interview...
  8. Nicole

    Osborne Clarke Interview

    Osborne Clarke vacation scheme interviewee: Quite short. Focussed on the firm and my motivations for joining the firm. One situational question. The rest of the time was dedicated to any questions I had so make sure to prep your own questions.
  9. Nicole

    Gowling WLG Interview

    Vac scheme interviewee at Gowling: Flowing conversation and dependent on the partner. He was interested to know my thoughts on how the firm could improve and recent commercial events.
  10. Nicole

    Michelmores Interview

    Michelmores vac scheme interviewee: Michelmores - competency-based, very structured so, unfortunately, not much opportunity to have a flowing conversation. Would recommend a thorough preparation of answers against the common competencies for law.
  11. Nicole

    DLA Piper Interview

    Anonymous, DLA Piper vac scheme interviewee I was successful for DLA Piper and scored really high in everything so I can give good guidance for that. It consisted of three parts: analysis presentation, group exercise and partner interview. 1. Group Exercise The usual tips would come in handy...
  12. Nicole

    Linklaters Interview

    When was your Linklaters interview? February 2018 What was it for? Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at Linklaters. My day started with the ‘E-Tray Exercise’. We essentially had to read a book of documents regarding a proposed M&A and, after 20 minutes, had half an...
  13. Nicole

    Allen & Overy Interview

    (3) Allen & Overy interview (vacation scheme): Whenever people told me that all case studies are common sense and all I should do is use that common sense, it felt too abstract a piece of advice. Until the Allen & Overy case study, which required knowledge (so thank god it wasn't my first AC!)...
  14. Nicole

    Taylor Wessing Interview

    (1) Taylor Wessing Interview Experience Vacation scheme interviewee: 1) a group case study exercise + presentation (1h) - It included the standard (introduction of a crisis) midway into the discussion. 2) Following the case study, there was a commercial awareness partner interview (managing...
  15. Nicole

    Slaughter and May Interview

    Future trainee at Slaughter and May, anonymous Of course! I’ve jotted down a couple of points below which will hopefully be of some use (they’re probably slightly generic, but perhaps useful). 1. The written exercise is very time restricting. I was provided with information and had to write a...
  16. Nicole

    Skadden Interview

    From a Skadden future trainee. The AC is structured into 3 parts: an interview with a partner + associate, a group exercise, and a panel discussion (consisting of graduate recruitment, a trainee, an associate and a partner). Interview Nothing out of the ordinary here. The partner and...
  17. Nicole

    Clyde & Co Interview

    From a Clyde &* Co future trainee: My main advice would be to know why you want to work at an international law firm (rather than a national one) and to show you have an interest in contentious work as most of the firm is litigation based. It would also be advisable to think about why you find...
  18. Nicole

    Clyde & Co Interview

    From future trainee, Jazil Eddaikra Please see below for my tips regarding Clyde & Co Vacation Scheme interview/assessment centre. Preliminary Point Before listing the tips, I just want to emphasise that the process/interview structure may well have changed since I completed my AC (Feb 2017)...
  19. Nicole

    Allen & Overy Interview

    (2) Allen & Overy interview (vacation scheme): There's quite a lot to get through in a short time for the prep so probably make sure to read through the whole thing at least once and don't panic if he doesn't know the answer - they just want to know how he thinks.From what I can remember, it is...
  20. Nicole

    Dentons Interview

    (1) Dentons Interview Experience Chris Dunne, future trainee at Dentons Know the firm and what it stands for / how your mentee fits into that picture Research general commercial areas such as finance/energy etc Approach anything they give you logically Make sure you Know how to do basic...

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