I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at DLA Piper (San Francisco, CA) in May 2021
Interview
Initial warm call with HR.
15 min conversation with four partners. Friendly and "get to know you" type of interview with HR and the partners. Standard interview questions but were structured more as a conversation rather than a formal interview. Just be confident and yourself and you will do fine.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why DLA?
How are you interacting with clients?
What are your strengths?
I applied online. I interviewed at DLA Piper (Boston, MA)
Interview
Several rounds of interviews within a few hours. First met with paralegal team, then with associates, then with partners. Everyone was extremely laid back and nice. The partners weren’t intimidating and nobody grilled me with tricky questions. Very much just a conversation of why I was interested in the position and my previous background.
Had a phone screening then in-person interviews. The first in-person interview was with a paralegal, the second was with an associate, and the third and fourth were with partners. The interview wasn’t difficult. Just general questions about why I wanted to work at a law firm and what my previous experience was. Everyone was super nice - even the partners!
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at DLA Piper in June 2021
Interview
The day after I applied to 4 positions, I heard back from two the following day. I was asked to do a recorded interview, which I was fine with. I went through a similar online interview process last year for an internship position and I almost landed the position. However it’s been 2 weeks since submitting my recordings and I haven’t heard back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you have experience working with legal data bases? Experience with Microsoft Outlook?