As law firms compete to attract and recruit the best lawyers of the future, so their graduate recruitment is becoming increasingly sophisticated. But while psychometric testing and competency-based interviewing are ever more prevalent, the traditional biographical interview remains their primary and determining method of trainee recruitment.
Good lawyers do not necessarily make good interviewees, but with common sense, preparation and by observing a few simple rules, it is equally possible for a technically weaker candidate to impress and therefore succeed at interview.
