I applied online. I interviewed at Dentons in May 2016
Interview
Fairly Straightforward- Mixed of competency and commercial awareness questions. Interviewer was quite friendly and started off by explaining the interview process and what to expect. Then after, she went straight into competency questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Dentons (Londres, Inglaterra) in Mar 2022
Interview
It was a 30 min interview mainly competency and commercial questions. It was not a member of the graduate recruitment team so it did feel like a box ticking exercise.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Dentons, Why commercial law, who are our competitors
Case study that was non-legal, had to give presentation to associates. A partner interview where you had to advise a client based on a scenario given. Partners would then ask questions based on the scenario to test understanding. Other half of interview was general questions about skills and interests.
Online application; Watson Glaser, followed by a Competency interview, then assessment centre; which includes i. Written Work (1 hour) + Role Play (20 minutes with Associates) ii. Case study + interview (1h 30 with Partners)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Dentons? What distinguishes it from Competitors