Trainee Solicitor applicants have rated the interview process at Hogan Lovells 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 50% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Trainee Solicitor roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Hogan Lovells overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Hogan Lovells as a Trainee Solicitor according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Background check: 25%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Hogan Lovells in Oct 2025
Interview
Online interview. Standard interview questions: Why Hogan Lovells, what is a commercial trend impacting the legal industry at the moment? Make sure you prep these questions as it can be quite difficult to come up with them on the spot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Hogan Lovells? what is a commercial trend impacting the legal industry at the moment?
Around 30mins Human resource screening on zoom, nice interviewer , very interactive process in general, little Q&A section at the end. Also, there is a second round of partner interview, and vacation scheme
I filled the application online and I was contacted by the recruiter by e-mail. After a preliminary review by the HR, I was given the chance to do an interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions related to my academic background. The environment seemed nice.