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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 8612" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Herbert Smith Freehills vacation scheme interview 2019 </p><p></p><p>The day begins with a meet and great by a member of the HR Grad team. They go through the day and answer any questions. There’s a group of about 6-8 candidates, but at no point does it feel like you are competing against each other. Perhaps due to the removal of the group exercise. </p><p></p><p>At this stage someone asked about whether it was possible to be considered for a direct TC. The member of the Grad team responded that the firm had taken the decision to recruit trainees solely through the vacation scheme. They had done analysis that a majority of their NQs who had stayed at the firm beyond the 3-4 years pinch point, had done vacation schemes at the firm.</p><p></p><p>Then a Partner comes in and provides a brief overview of their background and career history. There’s an opportunity to ask any additional questions.</p><p></p><p>The full group are then split into the various exercises; case study prep and interview, competency interview and scenario interview.</p><p></p><p><strong>Case study prep and interview</strong></p><p></p><p>45 minutes to prepare a presentation to a Partner on a fictional litigation issue, requiring answers to 6 questions. 10 double sides of A4 to read through. Some of the material is irrelevant and it’s worth having the confident to ignore it.</p><p></p><p>During my interview I referred back to documents and the Partner was happy for me to do so.</p><p></p><p>Throughout this interview I didn’t feel like the Partner was out to get me or intentionally was asking any trick questions. He did probe certain aspects of my presentation and ask questions on areas I missed out. I feel it was about understand your thought process and whether you could defend a point or provide an explanation as to how you arrived at a judgement.</p><p></p><p>I looked like he had a list of expected points and was ticking them off as I answered either through the presentation or subsequent discussion.</p><p></p><p><strong>Competency interview</strong></p><p></p><p>30 minutes with an associate on the traditional questions; why HSF, why law, why you, team work, challenge, etc.</p><p></p><p>Again in this and the case study, the interviewers really tried to put you at ease.</p><p></p><p><strong>Scenario interview</strong></p><p></p><p>30 minutes with a Partner discussing a case they worked on. For me this was a litigation case and the Partner would slowly build up the facts and ask what I thought the next steps would be. For example, before initiation court proceedings what things did I think were important to flag to the client? I mentioned alternative measures to resolve the dispute and costs.</p><p></p><p>Following all three interviews, there is a tour of the building with a Trainee.</p><p></p><p>Then a mini closing session to deal with expenses, answer any left over questions and return ID documents.</p><p></p><p>I was informed about an outcome on the same day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 8612, member: 1"] Herbert Smith Freehills vacation scheme interview 2019 The day begins with a meet and great by a member of the HR Grad team. They go through the day and answer any questions. There’s a group of about 6-8 candidates, but at no point does it feel like you are competing against each other. Perhaps due to the removal of the group exercise. At this stage someone asked about whether it was possible to be considered for a direct TC. The member of the Grad team responded that the firm had taken the decision to recruit trainees solely through the vacation scheme. They had done analysis that a majority of their NQs who had stayed at the firm beyond the 3-4 years pinch point, had done vacation schemes at the firm. Then a Partner comes in and provides a brief overview of their background and career history. There’s an opportunity to ask any additional questions. The full group are then split into the various exercises; case study prep and interview, competency interview and scenario interview. [B]Case study prep and interview[/B] 45 minutes to prepare a presentation to a Partner on a fictional litigation issue, requiring answers to 6 questions. 10 double sides of A4 to read through. Some of the material is irrelevant and it’s worth having the confident to ignore it. During my interview I referred back to documents and the Partner was happy for me to do so. Throughout this interview I didn’t feel like the Partner was out to get me or intentionally was asking any trick questions. He did probe certain aspects of my presentation and ask questions on areas I missed out. I feel it was about understand your thought process and whether you could defend a point or provide an explanation as to how you arrived at a judgement. I looked like he had a list of expected points and was ticking them off as I answered either through the presentation or subsequent discussion. [B]Competency interview[/B] 30 minutes with an associate on the traditional questions; why HSF, why law, why you, team work, challenge, etc. Again in this and the case study, the interviewers really tried to put you at ease. [B]Scenario interview[/B] 30 minutes with a Partner discussing a case they worked on. For me this was a litigation case and the Partner would slowly build up the facts and ask what I thought the next steps would be. For example, before initiation court proceedings what things did I think were important to flag to the client? I mentioned alternative measures to resolve the dispute and costs. Following all three interviews, there is a tour of the building with a Trainee. Then a mini closing session to deal with expenses, answer any left over questions and return ID documents. I was informed about an outcome on the same day. [/QUOTE]
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