Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) Interview Questions

Interview Questions

The application and interview process at Field Fisher Waterhouse is as follows:

Application

• Online application

Assessment Day

• Interview with graduate recruitment
• Individual presentation
• Group exercise
• Written exercise (in the form of a case study)

Final Interview

• Partner interview

Assessment Day

Interview with Graduate Recruitment

Your interviewer will go through your CV and ask you some competency based questions about:

• Teamwork
• Organisation
• Commercial awareness

Prepare for questions such as:

• Are you an organised person?
  • Do you get nervous before exams?
• Tell us when you lead a team
• Tell us when you have dealt with a very difficult client
• Give me an example of when you have worked as a team for a common goal.
  • How did you divide the work load?
  • How many people were in the team?
  • What was the outcome?
• Why law?
• Why Field Fisher Waterhouse?
• Which seats are you interested in?
• Tell me about a commercial issue that interested you recently

Individual Presentation

Candidates should be informed of details regarding the presentation before the assessment day itself. The subject of your presentation will probably be about selling Field Fisher Waterhouse at a university event.

Try not to just discuss the information you have picked up from the firm's brochure. Your assessors will be listening to a great deal of presentations on this topic, so try and be individual and make clear intelligent points.

Be confident during your presentation. If possible use notes rather than a whole sheet of info, or better still, don't use anything. Keep eye contact with your audience throughout the exercise.

At the end of the presentation you will get asked questions so try and anticipate what will come up and prepare yourself and your answers.

Case Study

The case study exercise will probably be to do with writing a letter of advice based on a detailed scenario, with the help of various statutory provisions. No prior knowledge of the law is required.

You will be rushed for time during this exercise. Try not to spend time planning or making notes. Read the scenario, then the law, try to understand it and then try and find key issues as you go/write.

Group Exercise

Partner Interview

The partner interview is the final stage of the interview process at Field Fisher Waterhouse. Prepare for questions such as:

• If you had to invest in two companies in the LSE which companies would it be and why?
• What do you think about the energy sector? What about alternative energy resources?

Make sure you have kept up to date with large commercial issues before your interview. The partner interviewing you will want to see evidence of your commercial awareness.

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