RPC Assessment Centre

[Deleted member 9747]

Does anyone have any experiences with RPC Assessment Days? It will be my first AC and so I'd rather go in completely blind

 

[Dheepa]

Hiya,

Unfortunately I don't have any personal experience with RPC, however if you're not already aware, there is an interview experiences section of the forum. Here's what someone's experience was with the RPC AC two cycles ago: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/rpc-vacation-scheme-interview-2019.1245/

 

[cmaj]

Does anyone have any experiences with RPC Assessment Days? It will be my first AC and so I'd rather go in completely blind

Helloooo! How did it go?!?! I think a few of us on here have been invited to the AC too and would be so grateful if you have any advice

 

[Deleted member 9747]

Helloooo! How did it go?!?! I think a few of us on here have been invited to the AC too and would be so grateful if you have any advice

Hey, i still haven't had it so unfortunately can't be of help yet

 

[Victoria R]

I've been invited to an AC as well! Would be grateful for any advice

 

[Matt_96]

I've been invited to an AC as well! Would be grateful for any advice

Have invites been sent out already? I'm starting to worry I haven't made the cut now! Oh well.

 

[IntrepidL]

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone is aware of RPC's vacation scheme dates? I am unable to find them online.

 

[PhoebeL]

Hey! I was invited to the AC last year. I've applied direct for a TC this year as i managed to secure a different vac scheme last summer but what I will say is:

1. Congrats! GR emphasised that out of 900 apps only 40 were invited to AC which is incredible.
2. The day consisted of:
- 1 x Written Exercise - 1hr to read a bundle of docs about a fictional business venture - mine was hotels in Romania and deciding which strategy to use - SWOT/ PESTLE etc. Then we had to pitch to 2 partners - 1 a legal partner and the other non-legal - I had the head of the secretaries for instance.
- Interview with partners - competency based/ why RPC etc. They gave me a situation which was basically examining how I would deal with increasing pressure, multiple deadlines etc!

It was my first AC so I was nervous which ultimately let me down. Everyone was super nice though and they provide really thorough feedback

 

[Deleted member 9747]

Hey! I was invited to the AC last year. I've applied direct for a TC this year as i managed to secure a different vac scheme last summer but what I will say is:

1. Congrats! GR emphasised that out of 900 apps only 40 were invited to AC which is incredible.
2. The day consisted of:
- 1 x Written Exercise - 1hr to read a bundle of docs about a fictional business venture - mine was hotels in Romania and deciding which strategy to use - SWOT/ PESTLE etc. Then we had to pitch to 2 partners - 1 a legal partner and the other non-legal - I had the head of the secretaries for instance.
- Interview with partners - competency based/ why RPC etc. They gave me a situation which was basically examining how I would deal with increasing pressure, multiple deadlines etc!

It was my first AC so I was nervous which ultimately let me down. Everyone was super nice though and they provide really thorough feedback

Thanks for this- interesting that they only invited 40 to AC. I think it was much more this year.
It was my first AC too which contributed to me not performing well. Hopefully will learn a lot though!

 

[Victoria R]

Thanks for this- interesting that they only invited 40 to AC. I think it was much more this year.
It was my first AC too which contributed to me not performing well. Hopefully will learn a lot though!

I actually think it was probably a similar number, in my AC they said we were the third out of five groups and in mine there were 9 candidates. Based on my experience, the info above is super helpful - I definitely agree that the RPC interviewers are really nice and reassuring!

 

[PhoebeL]

I also went on a tour of the offices but I'm not sure that is transferable to a virtual AC