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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 26422" data-attributes="member: 1">Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.February 2020Please specify what the interview was for.Summer Vacation Scheme 2020Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.9AM arrival, 9:15 Watson Glaser test, 10:00 Case study preparation, 10:20 Situational judgment interview with a member of HR and a senior Associate, 11:15 Interview with two Partners, 12:15 Lunch with Trainees, 12: 45 Firm tour.Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.WGT- Paper version, it lasted 40 minutes because I had extra time due to my visual impairment so I am pretty sure it would normally last 30 minutes instead.Case study preparation- 15 minutes (I had 5 minutes extra time) to read through a couple of pages long document on Joint Venture. Not a Joint Venture agreement, but rather background info, as a pre-negotiation stage.Situational Judgment interview- 55 minutes long interview based on 6 different scenarios written down on cards. They would then ask follow up questions to make it harder and harder.Partner interview- one hour long interview about your motivations and background as well as on the case study that you have prepared earlier.Please list any interview questions you were asked.Situational judgment interview, examples include:- On Casual Friday, you are still in the office very late because you know that on Monday you’ll arrive late due to an upcoming weekend out. You want to make use of this time to work on something otherwise your work would start piling up. However, a partner that you do not know well comes to you and asks if you can immediately go to a client dinner with him as the person who was supposed to go had to cancel. You understand that these opportunities at this stage of your career do not arise often but you are busy and you are dressed this way. What do you do?I remember that a follow up question was something like “what if it was not work that kept you indecisive but rather a family reunion? What would you have done then?”- It is late in the day and a senior associate who is in Paris for an upcoming client meeting the next morning has asked you to proofread a contract and send it over to her. You have done it and sent it 1 hour ago but have received no response from her. Her phone is not working and you do not know the details of her accommodation. What do you do?A follow-up question was something around the lines of: “ If by the time you got back home nothing happened, and no news arrived, what would you do to make sure that the next morning you take control of the situation?”Partner interview:- Why don’t you introduce yourself a bit and guide us through why you decided to study English and European Law in London?- Can you demonstrate me how your visual impairment affects your daily life?- Where and what do you see yourself doing in 10 years?- What do you look for in firms? (And in turn which law firms I applied to)I cannot actually recall the questions they asked me in the case study part because I have done most of the talking starting from the ones that were written on the case study preparation paper. Basically what they asked for on paper was a) any risk that the client could have gone through b) any concern that the counter party could have raised and how I would have addressed it. They only asked for follow up questions.. for instance I talked about the choice of jurisdiction issue (as one of the party was international) so they asked me “Which one would you suggest?” etc.What is your best advice for each aspect of the assessment on the day? Please break this down for each assessment. This can include advice for preparation, as well as tips for the day.For arrival and waiting time, I couldn’t stress more how important it is to go there with a smile on your face and be grateful for the time that every person is taking to make sure your experience is complete. This is why in the moments you least expect it, they will be watching you. I remember sitting at the reception sofas with the other candidates before being called for interviews and literally only two people would talk to me. The others (I’d say around 5 more people at least) were super focused on their paper and minding their own business. Please don’t be like that... it is rude and they can feel it (and also intensifies the stress so it’s not worth it!). They give you some preparation time for a reason so they want you to stick with that.On another note, be prepared to genuinely justify your choices up to where you are now. At the partner interview, they will do their best to make you feel at ease because they are just there to get to know you, not to scare you. I really hope you have taken the time to reflect on your experiences so that you can be ready to answer any question (and follow up question) with serenity. It is always nice to talk about yourself so just be coherent with what you have written down in your application and you’ll be fine. They only read your app I’d say 15 minutes before you enter so they might be very picky because they just read one part of it... so make sure you actually know it inside out.My case study was on a joint venture, but without a joint venture agreement so of course some general knowledge that I acquired on TCLA was super helpful. Make sure you have a simple yet genuine understanding of common topics. As for the case study questions, It is very subjective. I’ve heard when I left the room that the other guys were saying they’ve been asked so many questions one after another, including technical competency. If I have to be honest with you, I haven’t been asked that many questions.. I did most of the talking and I think I was smart enough to cover stuff generally without necessarily having to stuck on one thing or anything, kinda as if I wanted to let them know that I knew and they should trust me for it. It worked because they didn’t ask me hard follow up questions which might have put me in trouble but you never know... so I guess trust your instincts.Listen to who the partners are, they will introduce themselves at the beginning, use it as a way to discuss points which are relevant to their specific practice (e.g., I had a litigation partner and brought that up by saying that a concern might have been the choice of jurisdiction to decide the dispute court for potential litigation).Well just understand your skills and try your best to make your talking, approach and attitude coherent to what you’ve said before! I think this one really is subjective so I can’t tell you more... also ask questions at the end which seem natural to ask after the conversations that you had!For the situational judgment interview... there’s no right or wrong, so just be sure you express your thought process clearly. They will try their best to make it an even harder situation to see how you think and potentially behave. It is okay to take firm decisions as long as you justify them. I found this one quite enjoyable because I never felt the omg what do I do now. Never. But truth is even if you do think that, try your best to keep it together and sound reasonable.While in the room I felt observed, which can be quite uncomfortable so please practice with someone... even better if it is someone that you know too well (because they give you constructive feedback and because you are truly embarrassed). It can really make a difference. This will make you feel okay and as if you are having a conversation, rather than an exam.Good luck, your time will come!Were you successful?Waiting to hear back</blockquote>

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