Pro practiceCommercial Litigation Associate practice interview
Case strategy, pleadings, interim applications, evidence and client advice in complex commercial disputes. Practise the 5 questions interviewers ask for this role with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
A Pro practice interview, on the Pro plan from ₦5,000 a month billed yearly, or on Premium.
- Mid level
- 20 minutes
- 5 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About the role
This interview tests whether you can take responsibility for a commercial dispute from early assessment through hearings and settlement discussions. The panel is looking for sound procedural judgement, persuasive drafting, careful use of evidence and advice that reflects the client's commercial position.
How to prepare
- Choose two commercial disputes and map your own work, the strategic decision and the result in each.
- Refresh the court rules and authorities most relevant to the firm's litigation practice.
- Practise explaining the tests for urgent interim relief through a realistic client problem.
- Review how you authenticate, organise and disclose documentary evidence.
- Prepare an example of giving difficult settlement advice while preserving the client relationship.
Common mistakes
- Reciting legal principles without applying them to the facts and commercial objective.
- Claiming sole responsibility for work led by a partner or senior associate.
- Discussing a former client's confidential facts in unnecessary detail.
- Ignoring procedural deadlines while focusing only on the merits.
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 4 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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