When was your Slaughter and May interview?
April 2018
What was it for?
[Not provided]
Please describe the interview process at Slaughter and May.
An hour to read through some documents and to write an email with recommendations to the client; 15 minutes or so sitting in reception reading an article; an interview with two partners about competencies, motivations and discussing the article; an office tour by a trainee; an interview with someone from HR.
What advice would you give to future applicants for the Slaughter and May interview?
The case study is pretty straightforward, but it's really important to manage your time well. For me, it was reading through different possible business strategies and writing a recommendation to a client for which would be the best future option. Maybe brush up on your SWOT analysis for this, it could be helpful when it comes to structuring your answer. You're given the option to type it or write it.
After this, you're given a short article to read for about 15 minutes in the reception area. I had more than 15 minutes because my interviewers were late. You can take notes. A partner then collects you from the reception.
The interview with partners was okay. It wasn't very conversational in my experience though - it felt a bit "question-answer" and the partners both had extreme pokerface. Don't expect them to start talking about the article straightaway - this was the second half of my interview. Form an opinion and be able to articulate your arguments clearly.
The HR interview is a strange one. I'm not really sure what this is all about - I think just getting a feel for you and putting a face to the name when it comes to eventually having a discussion about who gets an offer. It covered the partner interview, what I felt had gone well and not so well, other work experience. They said that this wasn't actually "assessed" but that's rubbish, it 100% is and the HR person takes loads of notes so stay in interview mode.
