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    Macfarlanes Interview

    When was your Macfarlanes interview? Summer 2017 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Macfarlanes. The day involved a 20-minute exercise with a partner, a written exercise and a group exercise. It was very well-structured but I feel the rather high...
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    Womble Bond Dickinson Interview

    When was your Womble Bond Dickinson interview? March 2018 What for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Womble Bond Dickinson. The assessment centre was the longest I've had (I believe about 5.5 hours), but it was also the most enjoyable. It began with a casual...
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    Irwin Mitchell Interview

    When was your Irwin Mitchell interview? February 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Irwin Mitchell. The assessment centre was a few hours in the morning. there were only 6 of us, total. The first section was an individual interview with a...
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    Fieldfisher Interview

    When was your Fieldfisher interview? February 2018 What for? Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at Fieldfisher. The assessment centre was held on a Saturday. We were in a group of about 10 or 12, and were then split into two groups. Within these groups, we began with a...
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    Berwin Leighton Paisner Interview

    When was your Berwin Leighton Paisner interview? November 2016 What for? Vac Scheme Please describe the interview process at Berwin Leighton Paisner. After arriving and held and in the client waiting area, we were taken to a meeting room for the written exercise. This was a case study of a...
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    Weil Gotshal & Manges Interview

    When was your interview at Weil Gotshal & Manges? February 2017 What for? Summer Vacation Scheme Please describe the interview process at Weil Gotshal & Manges. Weil actually interviewed me at my university which was slightly surreal but made me feel more relaxed than going into London- I...
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    Vinson & Elkins Interview

    When was your Vinson & Elkins interview? March 2016 What was it for? Summer vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Vinson & Elkins. It was just a single interview for the vacation scheme. It was conducted by two senior associates in the firm. It was very straightforward...
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    Clifford Chance Interview

    When was your Clifford Chance interview? February 2018 What was it for? Springboard Scheme Please describe the interview process at Clifford Chance. There were two interviews, one requiring a case study beforehand. The interviewers were very friendly and grad recruitment were around all...
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    Reed Smith Interview

    When was your Reed Smith interview? January 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Reed Smith. Reed Smith - strengths-based interview with one partner and one senior associate. Different approach as questions were left open-ended, no probing but you...
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    Dechert Interview

    When was your Dechert interview? January-February 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Dechert. First round: Video interview (short questions on why law/the firm). Second round: Approximately 45 min written exercise answering an email from a...
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    Gibson Dunn Interview

    When was your Gibson Dunn interview? September 2017 What was it for? Training contract Please describe the interview process at Gibson Dunn. Met grad recruitment for 10 min informal chat on my career aspirations and where I saw myself in 5 year then an approximately 45 min case study...
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    Pinsent Masons Interview

    When was your Pinsent Masons interview? February 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Pinsent Masons. Psychometric Test and Interview with a fee earner What advice would you give to future applicants for the Pinsent Masons interview? Interview...
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    Addleshaw Goddard Interview

    (1) Addleshaw Goddard Interview Experience When was your Addleshaw Goddard interview? February 2018 What was it for? Summer vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Addleshaw Goddard. Interview with two partners, analysis discussion with two partners, group exercise...
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    Eversheds Sutherland Interview

    When was your Eversheds Sutherland interview? March 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Eversheds Sutherland. You start off with the in tray exercise, which is the hardest part of the entire day in my opinion. You get one and a half hours to...
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    Freshfields Interview

    When was your Freshfields interview? January 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Freshfields. There was a very clear structure for the assessment centre, and this was laid out to us very clearly in the invitation email. There were no surprises on...
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    TLT Interview

    When was your TLT interview? April 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme & TC Please describe the interview process at TLT. Assessment Day: Commercial letter writing exercise (45 mins) three person team exercise (20-30 minutes pitching a law firm you created with your team with some...
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    Burges Salmon Interview

    When was your Burges Salmon interview? January 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Burges Salmon. There was an assessment day at their office in Bristol. It was the longest assessment centre that I have attended, and there were quite a few...
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    Travers Smith Interview

    When was your Travers Smith interview? February 2018 What was it for? Vacation scheme Please describe the interview process at Travers Smith. A partner interviewed multiple applicants at my University. The interview lasted around 30 minutes and it felt very relaxed. For all of the firms...
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    What courses would you like to see?

    Hey everyone, You may have seen the email we sent round recently. We're developing a series of mini-courses to help you practice for interviews and case studies, and learn about commercial law and business. I'm keen to hear what content you'd like to see so I've created an anonymous poll...
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    Vacation scheme and training contract applications

    Question 1: How do I tailor my application to a law firm? Specifically, the 'Why are you applying to this firm?' question. Most law firms seem to say the same thing. When it came to answering this question in my first round of applications, I used language like "multi-jurisdictional" and...

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