Graduate Trainee (Legal) practice interview
A rotational legal trainee interview covering research, contract review, commercial judgement and readiness to learn across teams. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- Entry
- 15 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
A legal graduate trainee rotates through different matters while building practical research, drafting and client skills. The interview tests your legal foundations, curiosity and ability to connect careful analysis with a sensible commercial outcome.
How to prepare
- Review a simple commercial agreement and practise explaining the purpose of its main clauses.
- Prepare examples showing how you learned an unfamiliar topic and improved work after feedback.
- Follow current legal and business developments that may affect organisations and their contracts.
- Practise presenting a balanced recommendation when the available information is incomplete.
- Research the kinds of matters handled by the prospective team without memorising promotional language.
Common mistakes
- Reciting legal definitions without applying them to the facts in the question.
- Treating every legal risk as a reason to stop a transaction.
- Claiming sole credit for work completed by a group or under close supervision.
- Hiding an error instead of explaining how you would correct and report it.
What to expect
A real first-round interview
5 questions the way interviewers ask for this role, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 5 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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