Three steps to the interview process: 1) Hirevue (30 minutes); 2) Group interview; 3) Final round interviews the day after group interviews. For the Hirevue, it's very basic behavioral questions. A month or two later, they send you an invitation for the group interview along with assessments (Proofreading and Microsoft Suite Essentials) that take 90 minutes to complete.
Structure for the group interview:
1st red flag: The Zoom meeting room had not been opened until 30 minutes after the alerted time, and candidates were not notified whatsoever.
Note: More than 85% of the candidates were female (the total number of meeting attendees was around 80, including interviewers). There's nothing wrong with this, just something to keep in mind, along with the fact that this program is essentially you just doing menial work for attorneys in hopes of getting into a good law school and having a chance of employment at Latham once you graduate.
You will initially be met with a presentation where the employees, who don't even seem like they're happy, read off of scripts. Following a 15-minute break, you get put into breakout rooms with your group and solve a task. Once you solve it, you have five minutes to present the solution. Here is where your test of luck will come into play: whether or not you get matched with aggressive group members who constantly say things just to say things to get cookie points, or whether or not you get a group member who goes over your part of your presentation even after clearly discussing which sections you would present.
Our task was to role play as an employee to schedule out tasks (e.g., helping with technical issues, attending an orientation, etc.) that had conflicting deadlines with a lot of unnecessary things going on in the background (e.g., a dog running out of the house to your neighbors house, and your neighbor now has texted you about it; you have an LSAT studying session to attend with your friends). These examples were all actually brought up during the group task. Why might someone own a dog and a house while earning 60k annually in New York is beyond me. At this point, interviewers are examining how you are interacting with your teammates. Be confident, and don't be afraid to speak up.
General Tip: Emphasize teamwork in all of your answers.
Once you and your teammates figure it out and are ready to present, an interviewer will say, "So the manager who delegated a task to you has just received a notification that her son is sick and she needs to call asap to finish the task within 30 minutes." You will have 3 minutes to take this into consideration and change your answer. Then, after that, you will have 5 minutes to determine who will present what. Don't make the mistake of letting others talk first; they might never stop talking and take up all of the useful bits of the presentation. Tip: If on Zoom, write everything down on a Google Doc and volunteer to share your screen so that you have the power to steer the conversation of the group.
Once the group presentation is finished, you get a 15-minute break. You and another candidate are placed in a breakout room where you will get to talk for 10 seconds before the first two interviewers join the room. From here, you will move on with your partner through 9 breakout rooms, each with 2 interviewers who are at various stages in their careers. This is what they refer to as "speed networking/dating." Cookie points here if you are a female, LGBTQ+, or of color. The nature of the questions here is a blend of funny questions and normal behavioral questions. You also have around a minute at the end of each room to ask questions, so come prepared with at least a few questions.
I am unsure exactly what questions are asked on the final day, as I was not selected to proceed (thank God). I don't want to join a company that is lazy with their hiring process by creating a lousy excuse for a group interview to cut away a bulk of the candidates, which only rewards sweet-talking weasels and is so unorganized. The interview questions themselves are not difficult; it's just the fact that much of your experience is down to luck and which groups you are placed in, along with who your interview partner is. Best of luck to you if you have the unfortunate opportunity to go through this group recruitment event Latham has, and I hope this helps calm your nerves.