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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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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2018 - 2019 Cycle
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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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- Forum: Interview Experiences 2018 - 2019 Cycle
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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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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Really happy to see all these AC/interview invitations coming through, well done everyone!- Jaysen
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Server Upgrade - 24-48 Hours
Hi All, I'm sure many of you may have seen an error when trying to use the forum from time to time (usually accompanied by a message noting capacity/maintenance work). Usually, if you wait 30 seconds and refresh the page, this should fix itself. The problem is I need to take down TCLA to fix...- Jaysen
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Kennedy's Application Questions
Yeah I’d be so surprised if you were asked a question on this. In any case, you’ll be able to find details of firm’s deals on its website (you might have to look under a practice area/expertise section).- Jaysen
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Motivation for those without stellar academics
Ah this is amazing, well done you!- Jaysen
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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Situational Judgement Interview Questions
Yeah STAR wouldn’t really work here, I think you’d risk having a rigid answer that wouldn’t really answer the question. I’ve never really applied a set framework for these kinds of questions, but sometimes I’d find it helpful to start by laying out my concerns/thoughts on the situation before...- Jaysen
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Sorry to hear this Beth, hang in there!- Jaysen
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Sometimes the good news comes all at once, well done :)- Jaysen
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Good luck!- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness - Silver Circle Firms
If this is for the typical 'tell me about a business news story that interests you?' question, there's no need to do this. I'd suggest choosing a commercial story that genuinely interests you (and ideally, one that you've been following). You're far more likely to show interest and handle follow...- Jaysen
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