Summer Vacation Scheme applicants have rated the interview process at DLA Piper with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Group exercise - you need to contribute a lot to the discussion, build on others points
Case study - very lengthy documents, take time to review the document
Strength based interview - there's no way to prepare for this, just answer the question without thinking too much about it
it was the whole day, lasting from 9am to 3pm. We were assessed through three types of interviews - a 30 minute partner interview, 40 minute case study presentation, 30 minute group discussion.
I applied online. I interviewed at DLA Piper (Birmingham, England) in Jan 2026
Interview
Group exercise (3/4 candidates), individual presentation (15 minutes) to a partner with follow up questions and a motivational/ strength based interview (1 hour) to another partner with prompting questions to expand on your answers.
Quite interactive - 1 partner asked competency questions; another round of group interview testing commercial awareness; another round of individual presentation on a commercial case study
Overall people r quite supportive - not harsh on interviewees
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would I handle tasks if there are conflicts of time