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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Amazing, well done!- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
I can see why this was difficult. While it's common to be asked questions like these, you wouldn't necessarily know that unless you knew this was a series of questions likely to be asked at interview. It'll be very easy to trip up on this questioning unless you've thought this through. Going...- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
Current saga between Trump and TikTok is just very interesting: Trump has ordered firms to stop doing business with the companies that own TikTok and WeChat within 45 days. The executive orders would prohibit “any transaction by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the...- Jaysen
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Allen & Overy "Introduce a new law" question for VS application
Looks like this is A&O's new application question this year, so I suspect this will be a popular thread!- Jaysen
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Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus
That's very useful, thanks for sharing - I'll update the homepage. If anyone else receives updates from the firms they've applied to, feel free to continue to post in this thread - it would be a useful place to keep all of this information.- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Well done you guys!- Jaysen
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Allen & Overy "Introduce a new law" question for VS application
This sounds fine to me. As the other candidate was an accountant and then writing about tax reforms, I think it's more important for them to choose something outside of their field.- Jaysen
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Jones Day Interview 2019 - 2020
Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm. October 2019 Please specify what the interview was for. Winter Vacation Scheme 2019 Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings. Arrive at 2. 2-2.30 tour with Trainee. 2.30-3 interview with two Partners. Please...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2019 - 2020 Cycle
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
As @Raam, mentioned in this thread, Microsoft is currently in talks to buy TikTok's US operations: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53628108.- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Discussion Thread
A good snapshot of the recent antitrust hearings with the Big Tech firms: If anyone watched this, would be curious to hear you felt the different tech founders held up!- Jaysen
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General, Commercial Stories themes for AC discussion
Here's a few additional commercial topics I’ve seen come up in interviews recently (late 2019 - 2020). Many of these are firm specific: - The regulation of big tech firms (competition concerns/whether social media should be better regulated etc.) - Recent companies entering...- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
This is so nice to read, well done!- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
This is really tough - I just want to give a quick shoutout to both of you for being so open about your experiences. Right now, I think social media can really distort the training contract journey. Because people generally only post their successes, it can give the impression that everyone...- Jaysen
- Post #3,161
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
Nope, I wouldn't just focus on your academics here, it can be any of those things suggested. You don't have to put something for each of those suggestions either, so if there's nothing relevant to mention about your position in your cohort, you don't have to say anything about this here. (It's...- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
So happy for you, well done!- Jaysen
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Application Help - Trowers
Personally I would try to steer away from mentioning experiences you've already discussed anywhere in the application. With the point about showing how your work experiences demonstrate your character, I would question why you can't just include the information within the work experience section...- Jaysen
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General Discussion Thread 2020-21
So so happy for you!- Jaysen
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Ask a future MC Trainee (international applicant) anything
This is such a brilliant idea Carina, thank you!- Jaysen
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Linklaters Interview 2019 - 2020
Thank you to this recent successful candidate who shared their experience of the Linklaters vacation scheme interview/assessment day and vacation scheme: Vacation Scheme Interview/Assessment day The assessment day consisted of 3 main parts: an HR interview, a case study & eTray exercise, and a...- Jaysen
- Post #3
- Forum: Interview Experiences 2019 - 2020 Cycle