it was the whole day, lasting from 9am to 3pm. We were assessed through three types of interviews - a 30 minute partner interview, 40 minute case study presentation, 30 minute group discussion.
I applied online. I interviewed at DLA Piper (Birmingham, England) in Jan 2026
Interview
Group exercise (3/4 candidates), individual presentation (15 minutes) to a partner with follow up questions and a motivational/ strength based interview (1 hour) to another partner with prompting questions to expand on your answers.
Quite interactive - 1 partner asked competency questions; another round of group interview testing commercial awareness; another round of individual presentation on a commercial case study
Overall people r quite supportive - not harsh on interviewees
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would I handle tasks if there are conflicts of time