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How to prepare for a one-way video interview
The one-way video interview is on the rise: companies like Apple, Twitter, Google, and many more use a one-way video interview at some point in their hiring process. Some estimates have seen a nearly 30% increase in the use of pre-recorded interviews in the last year. While one-way interviews are a great time-saving tool for recruiters, they can be an awkward experience for the candidate. Unlike in-person interviews, one-way video […]Read More...
260+ Training Contract Interview Questions (Updated for 2019!)
We’ve compiled these training contract interview questions to help you practice for interviews and assessment centres at commercial law firms. Why? Well, we’ve arranged many mock interviews over the years and we see a substantial difference in performance after students have practised real interview questions. Are these real interview questions? Over three-quarters of these questions were asked during recent vacation scheme and training contract interviews. The rest are variants of […]Read More...
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