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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 26295" data-attributes="member: 1">Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.January 2020Please specify what the interview was for.Summer Vacation SchemePlease give an overview of the day with approximate timings.I arrival at 2pm, I was greeted by three other candidates undertaking the AC. We were then taken into a separate room to have a casual conversation with the woman from graduate recruitment. She gave an overview of the day. Then at around 2:30 we were taken into separate rooms and handed our case studies with 30 minutes to go through the material. Once the time was over, a partner arrived to discuss the questions. After this we were given a 10/15 minute break until another interview with somebody from graduate recruitment in the same small room. Everything was fairly personal since it was 1:1.Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.Case Study - 30 minutes to read through the bundle and prepare answers to a set of questions. As many scenarios, it was an M&A study where we had to advise whether it would be worth acquiring company A. With A&O there is generally a maths question - mine was to work out the estimated value of the company. Make sure you take a calculator!  Interview - this was approximately 30 minutes long and was very conversational. We were discussing a bit about my extra-curriculars but then swiftly moved into the situational judgement sort of questions.Please list any interview questions you were asked.Why A&O? Why the city? Where else have I applied? After looking at my experience in accounting, why not accounting or the Big Four? Then I was asked questions about different situations - what would you do if you have a flight to catch in the morning and work to get done tonight but a partner asks you to attend a client dinner?- also asked something about a trainee being rowdy at an event. How would you approach this? What is your best advice for each aspect of the assessment on the day? Please break this down for each assessment. This can include advice for preparation, as well as tips for the day.M&A Case Study - organise your notes, my notes became messy and difficult to understand. This was reflected in my presentation. Please bring a calculator and ensure that you have answered the maths question because that seemed to be discussed in quite a lot of detail. Try to create diagrams where possible. Interview - this was laid back and I think staying relaxed is the best approach. Try to make it conversational, I was attempting not to be too rigid in my approach - particularly with the STAR answers. Make sure that you remember what you had written in the application, things were brought up that I had slightly forgotten about in the description of my work experience. Also, I think honesty is very important with the situational judgement interviews. Sometimes it would be unrealistic to give an answer that you think they want to hear (eg the questions about your flight - you wouldn’t miss your flight to get the work done but perhaps work until late or start early before the flight).Were you successful?Yes</blockquote>

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