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<blockquote data-quote="Dheepa" data-source="post: 64810" data-attributes="member: 1572"><p>Hiya! </p><p></p><p>I had to do an assessment like this on two occasions myself and I think the best possible thing you can do is to practice reading and analysing articles yourself in the run up to the interview. </p><p></p><p>Pick an article, give yourself 15 minutes to analyse it, then talk your thoughts through aloud (if you can find a friend who will discuss it with you even better). Always lead the discussion with a short summary of the article, what the key issues are and what your opinion is (practice doing this as well!) </p><p></p><p>I would recommend using the opinion type articles from sites like New York Times and the Financial Times for this because these kind of articles have a strong view or argument underlying them and are designed to make you think about what you agree/disagree with and your opinions on the matter. This is ultimately what the firm will be trying to test, your ability to form a strong opinion and defend it if necessary. </p><p></p><p>Try to be well rounded in your analysis of the article as well. Don't limit yourself to only discussing commercial issues (although I would say this is the most important view to take) that come up but feel free to pick up on any underlying social issues within the article. Obviously this heavily depends on the kind of article you get given but I think the more holistic you are the better. </p><p></p><p>The one final thing I would recommend doing is once you've analyse the article and developed your points for your preferred argument or side, take a break come back to it and think about analysing the issues from the other perspective. The partners interviewing you are going to throw opposing arguments or points your way and if you can practice being able to pre-empt what those might be you'll be in a great position to handle the follow up questions in the interview. I also think the key to doing well in interviews like this is also to be able to demonstrate that you can accept opposing viewpoints and rework your stance where necessary so again practicing looking at the article from the other side will help you do this more naturally. </p><p></p><p>Hope this helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dheepa, post: 64810, member: 1572"] Hiya! I had to do an assessment like this on two occasions myself and I think the best possible thing you can do is to practice reading and analysing articles yourself in the run up to the interview. Pick an article, give yourself 15 minutes to analyse it, then talk your thoughts through aloud (if you can find a friend who will discuss it with you even better). Always lead the discussion with a short summary of the article, what the key issues are and what your opinion is (practice doing this as well!) I would recommend using the opinion type articles from sites like New York Times and the Financial Times for this because these kind of articles have a strong view or argument underlying them and are designed to make you think about what you agree/disagree with and your opinions on the matter. This is ultimately what the firm will be trying to test, your ability to form a strong opinion and defend it if necessary. Try to be well rounded in your analysis of the article as well. Don't limit yourself to only discussing commercial issues (although I would say this is the most important view to take) that come up but feel free to pick up on any underlying social issues within the article. Obviously this heavily depends on the kind of article you get given but I think the more holistic you are the better. The one final thing I would recommend doing is once you've analyse the article and developed your points for your preferred argument or side, take a break come back to it and think about analysing the issues from the other perspective. The partners interviewing you are going to throw opposing arguments or points your way and if you can practice being able to pre-empt what those might be you'll be in a great position to handle the follow up questions in the interview. I also think the key to doing well in interviews like this is also to be able to demonstrate that you can accept opposing viewpoints and rework your stance where necessary so again practicing looking at the article from the other side will help you do this more naturally. Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]
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