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<blockquote data-quote="BK" data-source="post: 79363" data-attributes="member: 7354"><p><strong>Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.</strong></p><p>February 2021</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Please specify what the interview was for.</strong></p><p>Spring Vacation Scheme 2021</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.</strong></p><p>10 am - Arrival</p><p>10.30 am - Group Exercise</p><p>11.30 am - Written Exercise</p><p>12.15 pm - Lunch break</p><p>1.30 pm - Partner + HR Interview</p><p>2.30 pm - Trainee Talk</p><p>3.30 pm - Debrief</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.</strong></p><p></p><p>Group Exercise: 1 hour including supervised discussion and presentation; the amount of time allocated for each part is for the team to decide. Case study is a role play exercise with each participant assigned a role in the city council and arguing for their project to be included in the council's annual budget.</p><p></p><p>Written Exercise: 1 hour - advise a client on whether to carry ahead with a business strategy. The information pack was about 10 page long, with information including business background, personnel in the company, company's financial information, market share and performance of other competitors.</p><p></p><p>Interview: 30 minutes with a member of HR and a partner. The interview was conversational and relied heavily on my written application.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>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.</strong></p><p></p><p>Group exercise: There is some time allocated to meet the teammates beforehand. Try to remember their background so that you can draw on their strengths later in the discussion (for example, a teammate of mine was interning at a cybersecurity company, and I referred to him when this issue came up in our discussion). Stick to the clock! My team did not manage to wrap up the presentation in time. </p><p></p><p>Written exercise: In my feedback it was said that I lacked depth in my analysis. I am very unsure what this means (and the Grad Recruiter didn't specify because she was not the one marking the exercise) so it would be great if TCLA can provide some resources as to how to approach written commercial advice questions. </p><p></p><p>Interview: Don't be put off by the partner's attitude. When I was talking about why Bird & Bird, the partner commented something along the line of "Anything else?", and when I was answering the competency question, reaching the Result part in the STAR structure, she said "And everything turned out well in the end did it?". These two made me so nervous as I thought I appeared as boring. However, the Grad Recruiter later on said that I did well in the interview, and that I appeared enthusiastic and engaged. Really know your application inside out. Bird & Bird written application questions are relatively short (150 words, 3 questions) and I think they expect you to expand on your answer in the interview.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Were you successful?</strong></p><p>No</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BK, post: 79363, member: 7354"] [B]Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.[/B] February 2021 [B] Please specify what the interview was for.[/B] Spring Vacation Scheme 2021 [B] Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.[/B] 10 am - Arrival 10.30 am - Group Exercise 11.30 am - Written Exercise 12.15 pm - Lunch break 1.30 pm - Partner + HR Interview 2.30 pm - Trainee Talk 3.30 pm - Debrief [B] Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.[/B] Group Exercise: 1 hour including supervised discussion and presentation; the amount of time allocated for each part is for the team to decide. Case study is a role play exercise with each participant assigned a role in the city council and arguing for their project to be included in the council's annual budget. Written Exercise: 1 hour - advise a client on whether to carry ahead with a business strategy. The information pack was about 10 page long, with information including business background, personnel in the company, company's financial information, market share and performance of other competitors. Interview: 30 minutes with a member of HR and a partner. The interview was conversational and relied heavily on my written application. [B] 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.[/B] Group exercise: There is some time allocated to meet the teammates beforehand. Try to remember their background so that you can draw on their strengths later in the discussion (for example, a teammate of mine was interning at a cybersecurity company, and I referred to him when this issue came up in our discussion). Stick to the clock! My team did not manage to wrap up the presentation in time. Written exercise: In my feedback it was said that I lacked depth in my analysis. I am very unsure what this means (and the Grad Recruiter didn't specify because she was not the one marking the exercise) so it would be great if TCLA can provide some resources as to how to approach written commercial advice questions. Interview: Don't be put off by the partner's attitude. When I was talking about why Bird & Bird, the partner commented something along the line of "Anything else?", and when I was answering the competency question, reaching the Result part in the STAR structure, she said "And everything turned out well in the end did it?". These two made me so nervous as I thought I appeared as boring. However, the Grad Recruiter later on said that I did well in the interview, and that I appeared enthusiastic and engaged. Really know your application inside out. Bird & Bird written application questions are relatively short (150 words, 3 questions) and I think they expect you to expand on your answer in the interview. [B] Were you successful?[/B] No [/QUOTE]
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