❄ Winter vacation scheme deadlines are being announced for the year!
- Paul, Weiss (Opening Soon. Deadline: 28 September 2025)
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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yee Rou Quah" data-source="post: 572" data-attributes="member: 96">Thank you so much, Jaysen. Yes I did receive feedback, it was quite difficult to hear but I was grateful that they were honest with me. I had around over an hour to write a report similar to what I've described to you: to advise a client (a corporation) on which company to invest in, and then I had to talk a Partner through my answers and she had questions for me. I was told my answers were too vague, I wasn't precise, and in terms of my body language I was told that I wasn't making enough eye contact, I looked like I didn't want to be there. I was told that I didn't know how to 'connect the dots', and I also didn't know the answers to their technical questions (which may seem standard to you, but they were questions such as what is in a lease/ what's in a SPA/ how do PE firms exit). It was quite a nightmare, and my first time getting that far, but I am of course still glad I got to go through it because now I know better. Can I ask you another question? This upcoming AC on Monday, I was initially told a few weeks ago that it would 'include a written exercise and a group presentation'. I am doing the VS now and a few days ago I got the chance to meet the current trainees. They told me that for their written exercise they had to write a report that is business-related, and that the group presentation is unrelated to the written exercise. I've just been sent an email from HR today saying the structure of the day will 'involve two main elements' which are 'an online assessment testing verbal reasoning and group presentation', but the AC is scheduled for 3 hours...From your experience, what would you make of this? If you were in my shoes, would you now focus your prep on practising verbal reasoning tests or would you continue practising written exercises? Or both? I also assume there will be a second-stage interview? As there has only been 1 interview so far from the first-stage AC... I welcome your thoughts. Thank you in advance as always!</blockquote>

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❄ Winter vacation scheme deadlines are being announced for the year!

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