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<blockquote data-quote="AspiringSolicitor" data-source="post: 64630" data-attributes="member: 5056"><p>Hey guys, thanks for your incredible insights/ advice - really can't thank you all enough! This question is mainly for [USER=5063]@Jacob Miller[/USER], but would welcome anyone's thoughts <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Yesterday, I received an invite to interview for the Travers Smith Summer VS so was keen to pick your brains! From my research so far, it appears there is little preparation that can be done for the interview (other than being hot on commercial awareness and being wary of ethical questions) and it also seems as if there's very few 'tell me about a time when...' type competency-based questions. How did you prepare for a conversation-style interview other than having the 'three why's' well polished and having your commercial awareness on point?</p><p></p><p>I also had a question on commercial awareness more specifically. In my experiences to date, I have been asked questions similar to 'tell me about a commercial news story that has interested you', which has led me down the route of Big Oil and their increasingly clean portfolios and how this reflects the rise of ESG in the stock market, etc (this is an area I have a particular interest in). However, from what I've read, it appears with Travers as though the Partner picks the story which is then discussed (this seems to be whatever is big in the news at the time - e.g. Carillion collapse in 2018). Whilst I know what's going on in the world (read FT, Finimize, Watson's Daily, listen to podcasts, etc), it is very difficult to have a deep understanding of EVERYTHING that is going on. Just a question more generally - how do you ensure you have a deep understanding of different perspectives/ implications of stories across the board rather than just specific areas of interest?</p><p></p><p>Sorry for rambling - hope that makes sense, let me know if not. Thanks in advance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AspiringSolicitor, post: 64630, member: 5056"] Hey guys, thanks for your incredible insights/ advice - really can't thank you all enough! This question is mainly for [USER=5063]@Jacob Miller[/USER], but would welcome anyone's thoughts :) Yesterday, I received an invite to interview for the Travers Smith Summer VS so was keen to pick your brains! From my research so far, it appears there is little preparation that can be done for the interview (other than being hot on commercial awareness and being wary of ethical questions) and it also seems as if there's very few 'tell me about a time when...' type competency-based questions. How did you prepare for a conversation-style interview other than having the 'three why's' well polished and having your commercial awareness on point? I also had a question on commercial awareness more specifically. In my experiences to date, I have been asked questions similar to 'tell me about a commercial news story that has interested you', which has led me down the route of Big Oil and their increasingly clean portfolios and how this reflects the rise of ESG in the stock market, etc (this is an area I have a particular interest in). However, from what I've read, it appears with Travers as though the Partner picks the story which is then discussed (this seems to be whatever is big in the news at the time - e.g. Carillion collapse in 2018). Whilst I know what's going on in the world (read FT, Finimize, Watson's Daily, listen to podcasts, etc), it is very difficult to have a deep understanding of EVERYTHING that is going on. Just a question more generally - how do you ensure you have a deep understanding of different perspectives/ implications of stories across the board rather than just specific areas of interest? Sorry for rambling - hope that makes sense, let me know if not. Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]
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