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<blockquote data-quote="JYP" data-source="post: 16264" data-attributes="member: 3953">Is it just me or is this question rather forced? I recently had a interview and the partner asked me who I believed their competitors are (I was quite puzzled as I have no idea how I am even supposed to research this) and it resulted in an awkward silence for a few seconds and then I replied with a few firms in the same &quot;category&quot; as the firm in question (City firm). Needless to say I was rejected about 45 minutes after the interview (amazing turnaround in all honesty) - now this question just seems quite desperate. I was hoping someone could give me a way to find out who a firms compeititors are and how to go about answering this. I take quite a bleak view of the question in general, rather I cannot fathom why a law firm expects a law student to know who a particular firm is under threat from. Not to mention that students do not just send out one application (pretty much self-explanatory) and its often the case that they are applying to said &quot;competitor&quot; firms too and surely everyone knows this. I dont believe for one second that law firms are really that naive to believe students have only applied to their firm so the other &quot;who else have you applied for&quot; question just seems absurd.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JYP, post: 16264, member: 3953"] Is it just me or is this question rather forced? I recently had a interview and the partner asked me who I believed their competitors are (I was quite puzzled as I have no idea how I am even supposed to research this) and it resulted in an awkward silence for a few seconds and then I replied with a few firms in the same "category" as the firm in question (City firm). Needless to say I was rejected about 45 minutes after the interview (amazing turnaround in all honesty) - now this question just seems quite desperate. I was hoping someone could give me a way to find out who a firms compeititors are and how to go about answering this. I take quite a bleak view of the question in general, rather I cannot fathom why a law firm expects a law student to know who a particular firm is under threat from. Not to mention that students do not just send out one application (pretty much self-explanatory) and its often the case that they are applying to said "competitor" firms too and surely everyone knows this. I dont believe for one second that law firms are really that naive to believe students have only applied to their firm so the other "who else have you applied for" question just seems absurd. [/QUOTE]

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