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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    I’d say you can say similar things about a PE transaction. Assuming it was a majority share purchase, why did it buy the company for? Does it align with the PE firm’s principles or does it mark a new direction? Was it bought as a roll up? You can feed your interest into a lot of these questions...
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    Mayer Brown Tests

    Got mine back! Attention to detail, resilience, and collaboration. Only Average for VRT though.
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    Burges Salmon Applications 19/20

    I opted for either spring or summer though I would prefer spring
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    Burges Salmon Applications 19/20

    I don’t remember there being a choice. I thought it was just 2020 summer vacation scheme?
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    Burges Salmon Applications 19/20

    I’ve applied for VS! Still waiting to hear. I enjoyed the questions, there’s lots to talk about.
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    VRT - ‘good’ scores

    Thank you Jessica. I think I had fallen into the trap of trying to get the best score on practice tests online - which varied a lot anyway.
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    VRT - ‘good’ scores

    Hi all, Just wondering - what is considered a ‘good’ score for VRT in terms of percentile and number of questions right? I know firm’s have different boundaries on what is ‘good,’ but when you’re practising, what are you happy with? Thanks!
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    Mayer Brown Tests

    Going to do the tests this weekend - get some practise in beforehand!
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    Mayer Brown Tests

    Good luck!
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    Mayer Brown Tests

    Having written this - it’s all guesswork anyway and probably not worth speculating over!
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    Mayer Brown Tests

    Do we reckon they assess your application again against the tests - viewing them both before the telephone interview?
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    Private equity resources

    Thank you all so much!
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    Private equity resources

    Fantastic! Hadn’t seen that one before. Thank you.
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    Private equity resources

    Could anyone recommend some newsletters/websites for all things private equity related? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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    Mayer Brown Tests

    Thanks for the heads up!
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    Mayer Brown Tests

    Heard back! Made it through to the tests.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hoping to hear back from Travers soon re summer VS
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    If it’s open it’s worth applying!
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    Mayer Brown Tests

    Congrats! I’m still waiting but fingers crossed.
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    Fourth year of applications... perhaps my final year?

    I’d recommend signing up to Watson’s daily here: https://www.watsonsdaily.com/. He does daily email newsletters on what’s going on in the commercial world. They’re a really useful starting point to decide what’s worth reading up on. From there, I subscribe to Financial Times to 1. Support what I...

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