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    Stephenson Harwood interview vac scheme

    Stephenson Harwood HR interview Feb 2019 I went to the London office for an hour long interview with HR. This interview also applies if you are applying for a training contract, though you also have another AC after this interview for a TC (you do this on the vac scheme). The interview was...
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    DLA Piper vacation scheme

    AC Jan 2018 I applied for London office but the AC also had people applying to other offices so it the same process for all. The AC had about 12-15 people on it, and at the start we had about 30 mins to chat and get to know each other a bit. There were 3 different exercises, and we were split...
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    Answering why specific office question

    Hey all. I am trying to prepare an answer for a question asking 'why the London office' of a firm which has both other international and national offices (DLA Piper). I think it is quite likely that I will get asked why the London office (As I did an Open Day at a different office) and am not...

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