I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Macfarlanes (London, England) in Apr 2021
Interview
I did 4 partner interviews over a period of 6 weeks, only for them to suddenly ask me to do an assessment. They kept dragging out the time before they sent me the assessment, and then decided not to hire me. Found out from the recruiter that they hired the daughter of a friend of a partner instead - who had been interviewed, offered and accepted in the two weeks they’d been delaying on sending me the assessment. Nepotism always wins it seems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tax restructuring scenario for a group of companies
Pretty standard for a big law interview process. One important point to note is that I was asked to explain the meaning of the term 'top decking' by three separate interviewers. Would be a good idea to go in prepared to speak to that specifically.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you explain the meaning of the term 'top decking' in a way that's easily understandable for someone without deep technical knowledge?
