Fairly standard process: after sending the relevant documents you may get invited to an interview. Interview was about 30 minutes with an associate and a recruiter, asking for motivation, experience, etc. No assessments, so creating a good impression during the interview is paramount.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not one hard question specifically, but the entire conversation is designed to understand you and your background/demeanour.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Freshfields (Paris) in Jul 2017
Interview
Entretien dans les locaux du cabinets avec 2 avocats collaborateurs. Ils ne m'ont posé aucune questions pièges. Entretien classique : présentation de mon parcours, questions sur mes motivations et mon intérêt pour le cabinet et la spécialité puis ils ont répondu à mes questions.
Stagiair applicants have rated the interview process at Freshfields with 3 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 62.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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