My first playthrough was a Warrior Hawke. He showed up Sword and Board which was fine by me because that was what he was in DA2. It got kind of comical though because my Inquisitor was also one, as was Cassandra, and the accompanying Warden. But Solas and Varric never had a chance at getting any aggro which was nice. xD
My second playthrough was a 2H Inquisitor and a Mage Hawke. I didn't see her fire off any spells beyond the default fire staff attacks, but I do recall she was doing decent damage regardless.
I'm just at the part where Hawke shows up at my third playthrough (haven't had the time to fix his face) and he was a rogue there, so I'll be interested to see if he does any weapon-swapping or anything like that.
Regarding the equipment, I was a little surprised that Hawke didn't have an Amell or Kirkwall shield instead of a plain reinforced one. I just handwaved that as Hawke trying to stay inconspicuous, but as usual, isn't thinking about the fact that his armour screams 'Look at me! I'm the Champion of Kirkwall!' He's a busy man. He doesn't have time to go shopping. ;D The mage used the 'Staff of Parlathan' model...but it seems to be the new default (Which I think is a positive. I was worried it would be 'Malcolm's Honour' or even 'Freedom's Promise.' I cannot take that guy seriously waving that staff around, he just looks ridiculous). Too bad about the rogue daggers, though, Finesse was pretty neat.
EDIT: First time meeting Rogue!Hawke...and he has no weapons at all. Weird.