Business Services Trainee applicants have rated the interview process at Latham & Watkins with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 64% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Business Services Trainee roles take an average of 37 days to get hired, when considering 25 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Latham & Watkins overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Latham & Watkins as a Business Services Trainee according to 25 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 24%
Phone interview: 21%
One on one interview: 16%
Background check: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Latham & Watkins in Mar 2024
Interview
I am writing this because I utilized glassdoor when I went through the process and want to make this as detailed as possible to help you all.
The final round after the hirevue is a group interview. Mine had about 15 people in it. You start with the other BSTs and ask them questions, then are paired with a partner and go through 4 rounds of questions delivered to you by two employees. The rounds are ten minutes each and include general behavioral questions like "what led you to this job" and more "fun" questions, such as "if you could have dinner with one person real or fictional who would you choose." It is supposed to be pretty low stakes, but in general I would be careful what you say and treat it seriously. At the end of the day, this is a major law firm and you should speak in a manner that aligns with the mostly very serious people that are evaluating you. After that it is a group session where you can ask all the employees there some questions. We made it through about 8 questions before time ran out. Next, you do a group activity. Mine was about putting together an event for an affinity group. There are many factors to it with a 20 minute time limit and you have to present something as a group. Utilize time wisely and make sure you come up with a plan at the start. Once you are done they give you a curveball you have to adjust to. This activity is done to ensure that you can work well in a team and that you can process information and communicate with your peers. After that, you break for lunch and see if you make it to the next round.
In general, once you get to the final round you should be confident. You were probably one of 10% of candidates that made it this far. Prepare well, believe in yourself, and be confident. You got this.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell me about something new you learned and how it affected you
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Name a time you paid attention to detail and that helped to save a project
I applied online. I interviewed at Latham & Watkins in Jan 2026
Interview
The first round of this process is HireVue. The HireVue is just to get to know you better, nothing very challenging or difficult. Second round consists of a big group zoom. You will have a chance to meet people currently working at Latham and learn more about the position. You'll be placed in a breakout room where you will all have to work through a case study. There will be someone monitoring your group so you will be able to ask them questions if you are confused but you also have your teammates there to help you out. After the group activity, you will have some one on one interviews. I was really nervous going into this because I didn't know what to expect but everyone that I spoke with was truly so kind. They all made me feel really comfortable and seemed excited to learn more about me. Shortly after the second round was over, I got an email inviting me to participate in the final round. The final round was in LA but no worries if you are from out of state, the Latham & Watkins team is super helpful and they were able to organize my flight and hotel accommodations for me. During the final round, it was more one on one interviews. All the questions were just about getting to know how I worked in a team and handle different situations. After the interviews, everyone eats lunch together. They gave all the interviewees assigned seating and then other people that were already working there were able to join our table and talk to us. This was amazing because I was able to hear from individuals from different departments. One man that I spoke to, he was super sweet and he showed me an app that he helped create for Latham (which was so cool). Also, the lady that was in my in breakout room came and said hi to me while I was eating lunch, which I thought was really thoughtful of her. She didn't need to do that but I thought just the fact that she remembered me and made it a point to come talk to me was so generous.
Meeting more of the Latham & Watkins team just made me even more excited for this opportunity. Throughout this whole process, there was constant communication so you were always aware of what was going on. Latham & Watkins made this process very smooth and made sure everyone was well taken care of.
I applied online. I interviewed at Latham & Watkins (New York, NY) in Jan 2026
Interview
2 rounds of virtual interviews. First round: during the first half, you are partnered with someone else and you go through multiple rounds of short behavioral interviews. Second half is a group activity. You then wait about a week to hear back on if you made it to final round. Final round: first half is individual interviews with partners and other people on the BST team. Second half is a Q&A