I applied online. I interviewed at Hay and Kilner (Newcastle upon Tyne, England)
Interview
The interview consisted of a negotiation between 5 candidates and a written task in their office where you were given an article and had to summarise it in the form of an email to your supervisor
Other Trainee Solicitor interview reviews for Hay and Kilner
Some generic competency questions and also questions to make you think outside of the box as opposed to simply what are your strengths and weaknesses, et cetera. Overall it was a fun and enjoyable interview and the people were really nice.
- The process itself is relaxing. It looks like some applicants have some sort of networking with some partners, and they were allocated to that certain partner for the assessment. They took a longer time to chat with the partner after the team that I was in completed the assessment for a while.
- The firm promised to provide individual feedback if the applicant can reach the stage of the assessment centre, but I got nothing although I sent two emails to politely request the feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- A case study in which every applicant represented a department to negotiate with each other about budget allocation
- A written exercise about IP law
