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<blockquote data-quote="Lastseasonwonder" data-source="post: 40685" data-attributes="member: 4218"><p><u>Imagine you are a trainee at BCLP and you have been working on a task for an associate in the Finance department. The associate is away and a partner in the department urgently wants a summary note of the research to send to a client, and has asked you to send it to them by tomorrow morning. How would you react? (300)</u></p><p></p><p>I have never seen such a question in an application form or interview and I have had experience in both, so with that in mind - I am struggling. However, I have some initial thoughts:</p><p></p><p>. I would want to speak to the partner about the task but not sure if that should be the first thing I do as he is likely to be busy. Also, If I did - what would we even talk about?</p><p>. Instead I would try to find another associate/senior associate in the finance team that has completed a similar task previously and maybe they could help me with the task</p><p>. Also, I could ask other trainees in the finance team to help - multiple heads is always better than one</p><p></p><p>What do you guys think? Any advice on what I should mention/how I should structure the question?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lastseasonwonder, post: 40685, member: 4218"] [U]Imagine you are a trainee at BCLP and you have been working on a task for an associate in the Finance department. The associate is away and a partner in the department urgently wants a summary note of the research to send to a client, and has asked you to send it to them by tomorrow morning. How would you react? (300)[/U] I have never seen such a question in an application form or interview and I have had experience in both, so with that in mind - I am struggling. However, I have some initial thoughts: . I would want to speak to the partner about the task but not sure if that should be the first thing I do as he is likely to be busy. Also, If I did - what would we even talk about? . Instead I would try to find another associate/senior associate in the finance team that has completed a similar task previously and maybe they could help me with the task . Also, I could ask other trainees in the finance team to help - multiple heads is always better than one What do you guys think? Any advice on what I should mention/how I should structure the question? [/QUOTE]
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