Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.
February 2021
Please specify what the interview was for.
Summer Vacation Scheme 2021
Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.
9am arrival and briefing
9.30am multiple choice case study
10:30am case study reading and writing time
11:45am graduate recruitment interview
12:45pm crisis management task given
1pm partner interview
2:30 trainee Q&A
Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.
Online multiple choice questions: 30 minutes to review a contract, do SJTs based on integrity, prioritise emails.
Written case study: 25 minutes reading, 35 minutes writing - candidates have to pick 2 legal issues and 1 commercial issue from the case given and summarise it in an email to a supervisor.
Graduate recruitment interview: typical firm questions, competency questions and questions on candidates' skills and experiences.
Crisis management: 15 minutes before the partner interview, candidates will be given a crisis regarding their case study (eg: PR management, natural disaster, cybersecurity issue etc).
Partner interview: goes through the content from the written case study with more details and questions, and how the candidate should handle the crisis.
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.
Go through Linklaters' agile mindset framework - the questions are based on this. Also, for the 30 minutes MCQ - the first section (contract review) takes much longer than the others. I took 20 minutes on that section and 10 for the remaining 2 but did not regret this!
Were you successful?
Yes
