The interview process for this position is long, strange, and not well managed in my opinion. I applied online in December and received a call (which served as a preliminary screening and interview) which led to me being invited to a group interview at the DC office in February. At this group interview there were about thirty or so candidates that came from all over the United States (there is no travel reimbursement by the way) even though they were only going to select 15 to come back for another round of interviews and four to five for the actual positions. At this group event there was a presentation including former members of the program in addition to associates at the firm. Then we were split into teams and given about an hour to complete a presentation on the firm from what we had learned. After completing this task we had a "speed date" with the members of the firm, and went two at a time table to table. I found this to be one of the strangest things and received weird and irrelevant questions such as. "what's your favorite dessert? and Where would you go if you could go back in time?" A few days later I was informed that I had made it past this initial stage and was invited for a more formalized interview. During the first week of March I went back for this final interview which consisted of three separate sections. The first two sections were with managers of different departments and they asked the basic questions such as what's your GPA, strengths and weaknesses, and why are you interested? The last was with two former trainees from the program and they simply took me out to coffee and chatted for a bit to get to know me a little better. I personally feel that this process is too long and requires to much on the part of the candidate. I had to make the trek to DC twice during my school semester even though the firm would eventually only hire a fraction of those it invited. Additionally the firm required me to complete testing and write a paper to prove my capabilities and desire for the position. This required several hours of my time and I had already submitted a cover letter which stated my desire. The senior HR manager is also very disorganized and does not respond right away. Also the salary is only $40,000 until you are placed into a position, which you will still have to fight your other trainees and outside contenders to get! There are more thoughtful and thought provoking things to do in the legal field in DC that pay better and are also more considerate. I think this firm needs to make some adjustments and not simply think its prestige will continue to attract top student from top schools. Overall I do not think I would go through with this again.

First round is a basic Hirevue with three questions. Second round then consists of interviews with their HR team. These could be done at the same time or across multiple interviews depending on your and the interviewers' availability.