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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 904" data-attributes="member: 1">When was your Clifford Chance interview? February 2016What for? Summer vacation schemePlease describe the interview process at Clifford Chance.The assessment centre felt quite formal, all applicants were sat in a central area and divided into two groups. One group receiving their 'case study' interviews first and the second group receiving their 'general' interview. Both interviews were conducted by a single partner one-on-one.The case study interview was fairly straightforward, I was given a document prior to entering the interview and given time to proof read and come up with a 10 minute presentation (however in the end my interviewing partner did not get me to present my full presentation- instead stopping me very early to just discuss the issues). The case-study involved a news story about a client of the firm and I had to discuss the firm's options regarding that client- such as what advice the firm could give, whether the firm would want to maintain a relationship with the client etc. I felt it was a much simpler case study than I have had at other similar firms and they just wanted to make sure you could flag up lots of issues- rather than say focussing on a select few.The general interview was very straightforward too. The partner who interviewed me had a list of questions that he was reading from and wrote notes on as we went through. Very standard questions covering 'why me, why Clifford Chance, why law' with some competency questions about how I deal with difficult people and how I keep myself organised thrown in too.Overall this was a transparent interview process and it felt like the key was having a good, individual reasons for why you wanted to work for Clifford Chance, and, being capable of flagging up basic legal issues in the case study.What advice would you give to future applicants about the Clifford Chance interview?In prepping for interviews with Clifford Chance I think it is key to have a very tailored reason why you want to work for them over any other magic circle firm. The interview structure is very bland so I think its important to go out of your way to demonstrate why you are different instead of giving bland answers to bland questions.I was successful in getting the vac scheme and on the vac scheme itself they told me that my general interviewer had said my knowledge of the firm didn't extend much beyond what was on the website- so I think it would be good to try and meet a firm's representative at recruitment events to try and really get a personal account of what the firm is like.</blockquote>

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