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<blockquote data-quote="confusedlawstudent" data-source="post: 133986" data-attributes="member: 17277"><p><strong>Eversheds Sutherland VS application process!</strong></p><p></p><p>Thought I would do a post about how I prepared for the Eversheds AC as I had a few messages about it, and thought it could help future applicants as these kinds of posts definitely helped me a lot. This is also to track how I prepared/how I found it for my own future reference. Have included some stuff about the VI too. </p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Video Interview</strong></p><p></p><p>For this, I did quite a bit of research about Eversheds, and had developed a solid answer for why I wanted to work there. The questions were mostly scenario based, and I genuinely just answered them honestly - I didn't pressure myself to get the right answer, I just said what I would do. It really helped to know the role of a trainee inside out, so I could really put myself in the scenarios. The main thing about this is to just be RELAXED and be yourself. I think they're looking for personality and don't just want a corporate robot. This is something I kept in mind when doing the VI. </p><p></p><p><strong>Assessment Centre</strong></p><p></p><p><em>Preparation</em></p><p></p><p>I did a substantial amount of prep for the AC. I made a 15-page document about Eversheds, detailing their sectors, any cases I found interesting, clients, culture, support, pro bono etc. While this wasn't directly useful in the AC, it did help me truly understand what Eversheds is like as a firm and develop a real enthusiasm for it. I was able to note a few facts about Eversheds during the interview though e.g. I spoke about legal tech and gave examples of legal tech that Eversheds uses. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I think my main help was <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/175-training-contract-interview-questions-2/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dca10d">this</span></a> document. I prepared all of the competency, motivational and character questions, as well as a few of the others like commercial awareness. This was great in helping me think about my experiences and skills. With each of these experiences, I thought about what I enjoyed and what I didn't enjoy, as I knew they would ask these as follow-up questions. During the AC interview, there was no question which I hadn't prepared an answer for, and this was the same for my other AC, so I really can't stress the help of that document enough. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I also made even more of an effort to work on my commercial awareness in the week leading up to the AC. I posted a few of my ideas on my commercial awareness thread <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/confused-to-commercially-aware-trying-to-develop-my-commercial-awareness.6551/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dca10d">here</span></a>. I read the FT everyday, and made a mind map about some of the articles, noting the impact on law firms and their clients. ZipLaw newsletters were SO helpful in really figuring out what the role of law firms is in relation to commercial news stories. I also listened to Watson's Daily occasionally. All that is needed really for the AC is general commercial awareness, I was never asked any technical questions. </p><p></p><p>Aside from all that, I did a ton of practice interviews with my mum and also by inputting questions into a random generator online and testing myself on them. I made sure not to memorise answers as I wanted to be more flexible in case a different question was asked. </p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Written Exercise</em></p><p></p><p>You get 1 hour 30 mins (I think) to read a bunch of emails and respond. Some of them required you to do actual thinking and work e.g. one of them asked me to write a one-page client briefing, and another asked me to note down some potential business development opportunities for a client. I really don't think you can prepare for this kind of thing. For me, my main issue was taking in all the information I was reading and understand it quickly. I found myself losing time because I just wasn't understanding what I was reading. I made up for this by just telling myself I had to move on at a certain point. </p><p></p><p>You don't need to respond to all the emails! I think that is really important - some of them were just saying hello, well done etc. I think it's impossible to reply to them all in such a short time. Prioritising is really important - I prioritised the ones that were urgent, from a partner and for a client. </p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Interview</em></p><p></p><p>The questions were mostly competency. From what I can remember, I was asked:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When have you worked with someone you didn't like?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When have you worked in a group where the dynamic was off? What did you do to change this?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When have you had to adapt to a new situation? </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What would you do if a partner gave you loads of negative feedback on a piece of work?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What are some issues affecting law firms right now? </li> </ul><p>(There were more questions but I can't remember them - I will keep adding more as I remember them)</p><p></p><p>With each one of those there were a few follow up questions:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What did you enjoy/ what energised you in that situation?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What didn't you enjoy?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What skills did you use?</li> </ul><p>I made sure to ask the interviewers questions at the end. I had prepared two:</p><p>- What is keeping you at Eversheds?</p><p>- What DON'T you like about Eversheds?</p><p></p><p><em>Role play</em></p><p></p><p>I found this aspect the most difficult. You basically have to read over a bunch of information in 30 minutes and then discuss it with a partner. When reading the information, you will have to pick a side to argue for. Then you will argue for your chosen side and the partner will argue for the other. For me, the most difficult part was picking a side as soon as possible. Therefore, make sure to be decisive and decide quickly! That way you will have time to form your arguments more and will be able to focus your reading. The questions that the partner asked were not difficult. The main difficulty with this was reading all the information in such a short time frame. </p><p></p><p>Summary</p><p></p><p>Overall, the process was fine! A lot more chill than some other firms out there. My main tip is to BE YOURSELF. I know this sounds cliché, but genuinely, when preparing, take the time to think honestly about your experiences - what has genuinely made you who you are today? I think in my first few applications, I was being rejected because I wasn't being genuine in my answers, I was just putting what I thought the firms wanted to hear. It is so important to be genuine. For example, a few months ago, I would have thought firms would only want me to talk about legal experience and that they didn't care about my semester abroad or my part time job as a barista. But in my Eversheds interview, I spent ages talking about my barista job and they seemed to be really interested! So yeah - just be honest!!</p><p></p><p>Hope that helps anyone about to do the Eversheds AC or an AC in general!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confusedlawstudent, post: 133986, member: 17277"] [B]Eversheds Sutherland VS application process![/B] Thought I would do a post about how I prepared for the Eversheds AC as I had a few messages about it, and thought it could help future applicants as these kinds of posts definitely helped me a lot. This is also to track how I prepared/how I found it for my own future reference. Have included some stuff about the VI too. [B]Video Interview[/B] For this, I did quite a bit of research about Eversheds, and had developed a solid answer for why I wanted to work there. The questions were mostly scenario based, and I genuinely just answered them honestly - I didn't pressure myself to get the right answer, I just said what I would do. It really helped to know the role of a trainee inside out, so I could really put myself in the scenarios. The main thing about this is to just be RELAXED and be yourself. I think they're looking for personality and don't just want a corporate robot. This is something I kept in mind when doing the VI. [B]Assessment Centre[/B] [I]Preparation[/I] I did a substantial amount of prep for the AC. I made a 15-page document about Eversheds, detailing their sectors, any cases I found interesting, clients, culture, support, pro bono etc. While this wasn't directly useful in the AC, it did help me truly understand what Eversheds is like as a firm and develop a real enthusiasm for it. I was able to note a few facts about Eversheds during the interview though e.g. I spoke about legal tech and gave examples of legal tech that Eversheds uses. I think my main help was [URL='https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/175-training-contract-interview-questions-2/'][COLOR=#dca10d]this[/COLOR][/URL] document. I prepared all of the competency, motivational and character questions, as well as a few of the others like commercial awareness. This was great in helping me think about my experiences and skills. With each of these experiences, I thought about what I enjoyed and what I didn't enjoy, as I knew they would ask these as follow-up questions. During the AC interview, there was no question which I hadn't prepared an answer for, and this was the same for my other AC, so I really can't stress the help of that document enough. I also made even more of an effort to work on my commercial awareness in the week leading up to the AC. I posted a few of my ideas on my commercial awareness thread [URL='https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/confused-to-commercially-aware-trying-to-develop-my-commercial-awareness.6551/'][COLOR=#dca10d]here[/COLOR][/URL]. I read the FT everyday, and made a mind map about some of the articles, noting the impact on law firms and their clients. ZipLaw newsletters were SO helpful in really figuring out what the role of law firms is in relation to commercial news stories. I also listened to Watson's Daily occasionally. All that is needed really for the AC is general commercial awareness, I was never asked any technical questions. Aside from all that, I did a ton of practice interviews with my mum and also by inputting questions into a random generator online and testing myself on them. I made sure not to memorise answers as I wanted to be more flexible in case a different question was asked. [I]Written Exercise[/I] You get 1 hour 30 mins (I think) to read a bunch of emails and respond. Some of them required you to do actual thinking and work e.g. one of them asked me to write a one-page client briefing, and another asked me to note down some potential business development opportunities for a client. I really don't think you can prepare for this kind of thing. For me, my main issue was taking in all the information I was reading and understand it quickly. I found myself losing time because I just wasn't understanding what I was reading. I made up for this by just telling myself I had to move on at a certain point. You don't need to respond to all the emails! I think that is really important - some of them were just saying hello, well done etc. I think it's impossible to reply to them all in such a short time. Prioritising is really important - I prioritised the ones that were urgent, from a partner and for a client. [I]Interview[/I] The questions were mostly competency. From what I can remember, I was asked: [LIST] [*]When have you worked with someone you didn't like? [*]When have you worked in a group where the dynamic was off? What did you do to change this? [*]When have you had to adapt to a new situation? [*]What would you do if a partner gave you loads of negative feedback on a piece of work? [*]What are some issues affecting law firms right now? [/LIST] (There were more questions but I can't remember them - I will keep adding more as I remember them) With each one of those there were a few follow up questions: [LIST] [*]What did you enjoy/ what energised you in that situation? [*]What didn't you enjoy? [*]What skills did you use? [/LIST] I made sure to ask the interviewers questions at the end. I had prepared two: - What is keeping you at Eversheds? - What DON'T you like about Eversheds? [I]Role play[/I] I found this aspect the most difficult. You basically have to read over a bunch of information in 30 minutes and then discuss it with a partner. When reading the information, you will have to pick a side to argue for. Then you will argue for your chosen side and the partner will argue for the other. For me, the most difficult part was picking a side as soon as possible. Therefore, make sure to be decisive and decide quickly! That way you will have time to form your arguments more and will be able to focus your reading. The questions that the partner asked were not difficult. The main difficulty with this was reading all the information in such a short time frame. Summary Overall, the process was fine! A lot more chill than some other firms out there. My main tip is to BE YOURSELF. I know this sounds cliché, but genuinely, when preparing, take the time to think honestly about your experiences - what has genuinely made you who you are today? I think in my first few applications, I was being rejected because I wasn't being genuine in my answers, I was just putting what I thought the firms wanted to hear. It is so important to be genuine. For example, a few months ago, I would have thought firms would only want me to talk about legal experience and that they didn't care about my semester abroad or my part time job as a barista. But in my Eversheds interview, I spent ages talking about my barista job and they seemed to be really interested! So yeah - just be honest!! Hope that helps anyone about to do the Eversheds AC or an AC in general! [/QUOTE]
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