Gujarat National Law University

Attalika Avenue, Koba, Gandhinagar, Gujarat -382007

FREQUENTLY ASKED HR QUESTIONS

1. Why did you choose law as a career option? Please list at least 2 reasons.
2. Please list the top 3 criteria that you are using to evaluate Trilegal as a potential employer.
What are the top 2 reasons for applying to Trilegal.
3. Where do you see yourself in the future? Please list at least 2 short term goals (next 1-2
years) or at least 2 long term goals (next 4-6 years). Please outline steps that you have
identified to achieve these goals?
4. Do you see yourself pursuing further studies? Please indicate if this is one of your goals?
5. Please provide a brief write-up of your family background i.e. in relation to your immediate
family (including their professional particulars): your hometown and schooling. Do any of
your family member practice law?
6. Briefly describe yourself (in your own words). Please provide at least two examples from
your life to support your description.
7. Who is somebody that you would look up to (i.e. as a mentor or a role model) and why?
8. Alternatively, who or what has been the single largest influence in your life? Please list the
top 3 reasons for your choice.
9. Please describe an instance where you have gone above and beyond the call of duty. This
could be any situation that you have faced yourself?
10. What would you say is your greatest strength? Similarly, what is your greatest weakness?
Please provide examples.
11. Trilegal has offices in Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. Which city would be
your first preference and what are the top 3 reasons for this selection?
12. Why law? When did you decide to go for law? How did the interest develop?
13. Why corporate/commercial law?
14. Why Commerce?
15. Why Trilegal? Which office? Why?
16. Any offers from any other place?
17. Why not Khaitan? What if you get offers from both Khaitan and Trilegal? Which will you
choose? Why? If not a good rapport at Luthra, then why associate’s name as reference?
18. Why not Luthra? If not a good rapport at Luthra, then why associate’s name as reference?
19. Which team? Why? Why not Litigation or Projects when you did their work primarily?
What if we give you some other team?
20. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
21. Do you have any plans for further studies?
22. What is your long term plan?
23. Is this a stepping stone in your career?
24. Will you leave soon? If you quit, what are the possible reasons for it?
25. Why should we hire you? What sets you apart from the other candidates?
26. Why was your performance low in the beginning?
27. What if we promote your colleague, when you were expecting the promotion? What if it
keeps happening again and again?
28. What are your strengths?
29. What are your weaknesses?
30. How do you handle conflict?
31. How do you like to be managed?
32. Do you have any questions for us?
33. What does your father do?
34. What does your mother do?
35. Do you have a sibling? What does he do?
36. Describe one instance in college where you have showcased your leadership.
37. Why did you stop mooting after only 1 moot?
38. Why would you choose X over (rival firm)?
39. Would you be willing to take up a position not in the city of your choice?
40. Are you familiar with the work we do and how you are inclined to undertake this kind of
work?
41. Tell us about your immediate family
42. Tell us about yourself *
43. Why choose (area of interest)?
44. Why law as a career?
45. Why not litigation/corporate law as an option?
46. Why did you choose this particular location? (Especially for people who pick places away
from home)
47. If not law, what else?
48. What do you like/dislike most about law school?
49. What was your favourite subject in college and why?
50. Where do you see yourself in 5 (or 10) years?
51. Where else have you applied for a job? Why would you pick us over them?
52. Why should we select you over the others?
53. What are the most important things for you at a workplace?
54. Tell me about your moot. Do you think it helped shape your knowledge of Indian law?
55. Do you think your grades are a good indication of your ability to perform? Why are your
grades so low?
56. Why did you decide to switch from commerce to law?
57. Why did you choose to intern at these specific offices/firms? Why are you applying for a
corporate job when your CV is largely litigation-based?
58. What would you consider your greatest achievement in law school?
59. How well do you think you handle pressure?
60. What type of people would you have trouble working with? OR Do you prefer to work on
your own?
61. What would you say your strengths/weaknesses are? OR Describe yourself in a few words.
62. Whom do you consider your role model? (I wasn't asked this but a lot of other people
were)
63. Do you read? What is the most recent book you read? (Again, wasn't asked this, but it's
good to keep a book in mind, just in case)