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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Unless you have a lot of time to accept, I’d confirm with DLA and wait for now. You can then make a decision when you have your offers.- Jaysen
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Well done!- Jaysen
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Hogan Lovells Assessment Centre 2020
Hogan Lovells Summer Vacation Scheme Assessment Centre - January 2020 - anonymous The first part of the day is a Watson Glaser retake. I found this part generally alright. Just be confident! You passed it once to get here you’ll get through it again. Next is 15 minutes to read over the case...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2018 - 2019 Cycle
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Herbert Smith Freehills Vacation Scheme Assessment Centre 2020
Herbert Smith Freehills Assessment Centre 2020 - Anonymous There were 7 of us at the assessment centre in total. We were taken to a holding room where the graduate recruiter explained what to expect on the day at around 9:30am. A partner also came to speak to us. She provided an overview of...- Jaysen
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Really well deserved, congratulations!- Jaysen
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Server 503 issues
Those of you who have been using the forum today, have you had any problems? I want to tentatively say we may have fixed the issues.- Jaysen
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The Financial Crisis Guide
Our star writer Ginevra Bizzarri is back! This time she breaks down one of the hardest, most complex commercial awareness topics out there: the global financial crisis, all in an easy-to-understand manner. You'll learn: - The role played by banks, governments and regulators leading up to the...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Knowledge Articles
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Server 503 issues
Just sent you an invite! Let me know if there are any issues.- Jaysen
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CMS Vacation Scheme Assessment Centre 2020
CMS Training Contract Assessment Centre 2019 - Anonymous Assessment Centre: Activity 1 – Written Exercise 1 hour to read a bundle of information and write a summary with your suggestions. My scenario was advising a fictional oil/gas company on whether or not to invest into a fictional African...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2018 - 2019 Cycle
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Dentons Vacation Scheme Assessment Centre 2020
Dentons Training Contract Interview 2019 - Anonymous HR Interview: 45min-1hour This was done on a separate day and was the round before the assessment centre. Essentially it took the place of a video/telephone interview but in much more depth. Questions mainly revolved around standard...- Jaysen
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Server 503 issues
Thanks guys - I have my developer working on this now, apologies for any further inconvenience over the next day or so!- Jaysen
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DLA Piper Summer Vacation Scheme 2020
DLA Piper Summer Vacation Scheme 2020 - anonymous 1. Group Exercise The day started off with the group exercise. I was in a group of 6 (including myself). We had 15 minutes to read a pack of information which included 6 different issues. You want to try and form opinions on all 6 issues because...- Jaysen
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CMS Academy 2020 Assessment Centre
CMS Academy 2020 AC - anonymous 1. Case Study and Interview You are given preparation time to read over a pack of information about whether a client should expand into an imaginary country. You have to essentially decide whether they should/shouldn't and why based on the given information. You...- Jaysen
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Herbert Smith Freehills Vacation Scheme Interview 2019
HSF Winter Vac 2019 - anonymous 1. Scenario Interview This was an interview with one partner. I had a pensions funds partner and she gave me a briefing on a case that she had been working on. She would then ask me how I think the client should proceed and what steps HSF can take. I think the...- Jaysen
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Macfarlanes 2021 Training Contract Assessment Centre
Macfarlanes 2021 Training Contract Assessment Centre (anonymous) 1. In-tray exercise The intray was something very hard to prepare for and specific commercial knowledge isn't actually required. The task requires you to read over information (3 different sets) in the preparation time and then go...- Jaysen
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Server 503 issues
Hi All, I know many of you are facing a 503 error at the moment when trying to access TCLA* (usually accompanied by a message noting capacity/maintenance work). I really apologise for the inconvenience here - it doesn’t reflect well on us! Unfortunately we didn’t anticipate this amount of...- Jaysen
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Help needed: application questions about a firm's clients...
I've never seen an 800-word question like that - sounds quite specific to the regional firm! Your best bet is to use the firm's website to find a client and then go through the associated articles/press releases. When answering the question, it's an opportunity to show your interest in...- Jaysen
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Might be wrong on this but I don’t believe they’ve used a Swiss verein structure before. The BLP and Bryan Cave merger was a financially integrated merger from the get-go.- Jaysen
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Private Equity and Venture Capital
It’s a bit of a grey area as the two are often used interchangeably. I think it depends on how broadly you’re defining private equity - if we’re just talking about investing in shares of private companies, you can think of VC as a subset of PE, so calling it one of the largest PE funds wouldn’t...- Jaysen
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