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<blockquote data-quote="Nicole" data-source="post: 879" data-attributes="member: 16">Hogan Lovells vac scheme interviewee (2018):Hey, so the day starts with the Watson Glazer.You then get given the case study which is a short article with a few bullet points at the end. You can't take your notes with you to the interview but you're not expected to give a presentation; you'll just have a discussion of the bullet points. Reading up a bit on shares and financial markets (and recent events in this area) will be helpful (although they'll probably change the case study for future years). There are also the standard questions - why law, why commercial law, why Hogan Lovells etc. I was then given a few more off-the-wall questions e.g. I needed to discuss an area of academic law which interested me with them. They also picked up on a few things on my CV e.g my interest in access work.The second interview is a 'situational' one. You're given scenarios and need to talk through how you would react. I think that it's just about showing you're a team player and client-focused. So, for example, one of them was about handling a fellow trainee who was acting superior to the paralegals. Another concerned whether you would still go on a client secondment if other trainees had told you that it was bad. Another was about a Partner inviting you to a client dinner at the last minute but you have a lot of work to get through.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nicole, post: 879, member: 16"] Hogan Lovells vac scheme interviewee (2018): Hey, so the day starts with the Watson Glazer. You then get given the case study which is a short article with a few bullet points at the end. You can't take your notes with you to the interview but you're not expected to give a presentation; you'll just have a discussion of the bullet points. Reading up a bit on shares and financial markets (and recent events in this area) will be helpful (although they'll probably change the case study for future years). There are also the standard questions - why law, why commercial law, why Hogan Lovells etc. I was then given a few more off-the-wall questions e.g. I needed to discuss an area of academic law which interested me with them. They also picked up on a few things on my CV e.g my interest in access work. The second interview is a 'situational' one. You're given scenarios and need to talk through how you would react. I think that it's just about showing you're a team player and client-focused. So, for example, one of them was about handling a fellow trainee who was acting superior to the paralegals. Another concerned whether you would still go on a client secondment if other trainees had told you that it was bad. Another was about a Partner inviting you to a client dinner at the last minute but you have a lot of work to get through. [/QUOTE]

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