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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 4512" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Ashurst Interview 2018 </p><p></p><p><strong>When was your Ashurst interview? </strong></p><p></p><p>October 2018</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>What was it for? </strong></p><p></p><p>Winter Vacation Scheme</p><p></p><p><strong>Please describe the interview process at Ashurst.</strong></p><p></p><p>The morning was split into two, firstly I had 60 mins to write a business report. A lady had started a healthy food, dips business, which in its first year did quite well. She now wants to [redacted] further in years 2, and 3. You need to advise on this, and then in year 4 you need to choose between three options and advise on a strategy. You have to address some of the following questions. </p><p></p><p>• What is the business USP</p><p>• Who are the competitors</p><p>• What are the threats</p><p>• What are the opportunities</p><p>• Describe the way UK consumer tastes are changing</p><p>• What is the current UK business industry trends</p><p>• What is the food industry trends in the UK</p><p></p><p>Following this there was an interview with a member of graduate recruitment, some of the questions that I can remember included</p><p></p><p>Why law?</p><p>What makes Ashurst different?</p><p>What is the best team you worked in, what made it such a good team? Why is that important?</p><p>Describe a team that you were in, that was not performing well together, how did you fix it?</p><p>When have you had a setback? How did you overcome this setback?</p><p>When did you take constructive criticism?</p><p>How do you think things will change in that time, what are the challenges currently facing the legal industry, and the wider business world in general? </p><p></p><p><strong>What advice would you give to future applicants for the Ashurst interview?</strong></p><p></p><p>I think for the written task just think of the audience, try and do an executive summary at the start. Have headings, and underline these. Watch grammar and punctuation. </p><p>The interview is competency based so make sure you've got loads of examples prepared for the questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 4512, member: 1"] Ashurst Interview 2018 [B]When was your Ashurst interview? [/B] October 2018 [B] What was it for? [/B] Winter Vacation Scheme [B]Please describe the interview process at Ashurst.[/B] The morning was split into two, firstly I had 60 mins to write a business report. A lady had started a healthy food, dips business, which in its first year did quite well. She now wants to [redacted] further in years 2, and 3. You need to advise on this, and then in year 4 you need to choose between three options and advise on a strategy. You have to address some of the following questions. • What is the business USP • Who are the competitors • What are the threats • What are the opportunities • Describe the way UK consumer tastes are changing • What is the current UK business industry trends • What is the food industry trends in the UK Following this there was an interview with a member of graduate recruitment, some of the questions that I can remember included Why law? What makes Ashurst different? What is the best team you worked in, what made it such a good team? Why is that important? Describe a team that you were in, that was not performing well together, how did you fix it? When have you had a setback? How did you overcome this setback? When did you take constructive criticism? How do you think things will change in that time, what are the challenges currently facing the legal industry, and the wider business world in general? [B]What advice would you give to future applicants for the Ashurst interview?[/B] I think for the written task just think of the audience, try and do an executive summary at the start. Have headings, and underline these. Watch grammar and punctuation. The interview is competency based so make sure you've got loads of examples prepared for the questions. [/QUOTE]
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