I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at A&O Shearman (London, England)
Interview
A personal interview, asking you questions about your CV and motivation to be a lawyer. This was followed by a practical test. You were given 20 minutes to skim read a document, and then discussed this and were asked questions by a partner. Overall, a friendly and effective interview, designed to find a strong candidate, rather than trip you up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Skills test - asked to come up with a creative/out of the box solution to a problem that arose in the documents.
It was very kind and professional. The interviewers were conversational and seemed like they wanted me to do well. They were also happy to answer all my questions at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Why the firm
- What I would do in various scenarios that trainees encounter
Video interview immediately after a situational judgment test. Little time to prepare and camera on the whole time. A bit jarring. Try and practice video interviews before so you aren’t distracted.
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Question 1
Tell us about a difficult time in your life and how you handled the situation
Assessment centre case study was very confusing- lots of pages of info to go over in short amount of time- it was on a mergers and acquisition case example- we had to advise client whether they should merge/acquire given company based on pages of finance documents and articles etc