I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Baker McKenzie (London, England) in Jan 2024
Interview
This was a video interview completed by someone from the graduate recruitment team. They asked if I had any questions then shared their screen which had a slideshow presentation with a 2 minute timer to answer each question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q1: What are 3 key attributes of solicitors?
Q2: What was a time you weren’t able to deliver on a promise and how did you deal with it?
Q3: How do you ensure that your work is of a high standard
Q4: What is an area of law / a case you’re interested in?
online video interview - 4 hour case study with group discussion - quite hard and people were dominating the chat so make sure that you are fast but at the same time not rude
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
video interview was online and basic questions like why baker mckenzie
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Baker McKenzie (Hong Kong)
Interview
Zoom interview, they sent us a 2-paged problem on a company looking to expand into another country, and we needed to broadly discuss the legal issues involved for about 20 minutes. Also had to summarize our discussion in both English and Chinese.
Online application-hr interview (online)-online test-Clerkship day (on-site)
The clerkship day consists of self-introduction, group discussion and Q&A, which is also a great chance to see around the office. People are nice, and the process is enjoyable.
Summer Vacation Scheme applicants have rated the interview process at Baker McKenzie with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Vacation Scheme roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Baker McKenzie overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Baker McKenzie as a Summer Vacation Scheme according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 22%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 22%
Phone interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 11%
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