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Mainly the big ongoing topics: Brexit US trade war with China Challenges facing high street Big tech regulation/growth Rising interest rates Rise of tech/AI I'd also be aware of the US tech sell off/stock decline. The Saudi Aramco IPO would have also fallen into this category, but the story...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019
I wouldn't assume that. I'd think they were more likely to come up in that kind of interview (compared to a commercial one).- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Brexit updates, news and resources
It's a very big day for the UK tomorrow. The House of Commons will be voting on Theresa May's Brexit deal at around 7pm. If May fails to convince a majority, she will be forced to present a new plan within three days (to explain this further, I've copied a snapshot of our TCLA Premium weekly...- Jaysen
- Post #25
- Forum: Commercial Awareness Discussion
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Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019
Sorry to hear that Helena. Best of luck for your next one.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019
Well done!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Debevoise & Plimpton Open Day/Interview
I asked a future trainee at Debevoise about this. He said the Debevoise AC is very different from the standard AC and a lot less formal. The impression he had was that there was more emphasis placed on personality at Debevoise than other firms. In terms of whether the interview is based on the...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019
I'm genuinely still waiting to hear back from Cleary. Pretty sure it's a silent PFO.- Jaysen
- Post #639
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Commercial Class 1 - Private Equity - 20/21 January 2019
Hi All, As a reminder, we are restarting our series of commercial classes next week. The first class will be on private equity and is scheduled for Sunday 20 January and Monday 21 January. You can find below a snapshot of the preparation material and the outline for our next class. A few...- Jaysen
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Taylor Wessing Questions
I'm one of those advocates of sticking to the question. To me, if you start giving examples of how you demonstrated those skills, you show that you haven't read the question properly. I don't know TW's POV on this though and in the TW applications I've reviewed I've seen some students do both...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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DLA Piper Interview
Hi Matthew, I’ll see if I can find more information about the presentation.- Jaysen
- Post #6
- Forum: Older Interview Experiences
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Addleshaw Goddard video interview
From a very kind-hearted future trainee at Addleshaw Goddard who wrote all of this while travelling! "Firstly, I believe that the AG video interview is limited to generic I) motivation, ii) competency and iii) commercial awareness questions, and therefore it is possible to have a pre-prepared...- Jaysen
- Post #15
- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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A&O and CC interview
From another student who interviewed at CC this month: "It was a two-part interview and for both I felt that it was pretty relaxed. The first interview was a typical competency interview (i.e. why law, why CC, and then 3-4 "tell me about a time when..." questions which I imagine vary across...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Application Qn
I think it's a good answer. Your writing is clear and I like your analysis. You show a good understanding of the issues. I'm assuming you've written up to the word count, which gives you limited room to develop your points. If you can, I'd work a bit more on your second paragraph. You lead with...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Public Feedback Forum
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Addleshaw Goddard video interview
That's how I would interpret the email. Unfortunately, I've seen so many varied video interview questions, so it's hard to say with any certainty. I like your approach @Maral - that's pretty much what I would do, practice as many questions as I could (ideally in a video interview format). I...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Addleshaw Goddard video interview
Hey guys First response (from a future trainee at AG) - "The best point I could make is that I thought the video interview had gone terribly. It can feel so unnatural without having any response and having the timer constantly ticking down. So I guess stemming from that it’s important not to...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Free TCLA memberships
Congrats @Naomi - I have invited you to the group!- Jaysen
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- Forum: General Discussion
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A&O and CC interview
A kind soul who recently secured a CC training contract just sent me this. I hope it helps! "The day starts off with a competency interview. It's relatively straightforward - just a chat about what you do outside the university, some basic competencies and your motivations for Clifford Chance...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Addleshaw Goddard video interview
I've contacted a few AG future trainees - will see if I can pass on any advice!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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A&O and CC interview
A&O Interview: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/a-o-interview.1006/#post-7166. Beyond the interview experiences page, we're a little short of CC interview experiences but will hopefully be getting a couple over the next couple of days. I'll post it here when I receive them...- Jaysen
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- Forum: Interviews Discussion
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Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019
Wow - I was expecting a bigger apology than that!- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion