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Message: <blockquote data-quote="George Maxwell" data-source="post: 95700" data-attributes="member: 17165">Hi [USER=1107]@Lauren[/USER],Congratulations for the CC interview. That's amazing news and you really should take stock of being invited to interview at a MC firm. CC would be a fantastic place to train. I am really happy to hear that you are obviously putting a lot of thought into your preparation for it!As [USER=8822]@Kubed[/USER] touched on, this is a very broad question. Both [USER=16764]@James Carrabino[/USER] and [USER=8822]@Kubed[/USER] have provided you with some fantastic advice on this. The way I would go about answering this question is:1. Give a brief structure of your answer. I.e., I will first do X, then Y etc. See structure below. Giving structure will make your answer seem thoroughly thought through. It will also be easier for your interviewers to follow.2. Give a short list of the issues that you have thought about and that are relevant to the question. If the interviewer is particularly interested in a topic, they can probe you on it after you have developed your favoured theme/reason. It also demonstrates that you have thought around the question and have extensive knowledge of what you are talking about.3. Narrow down your answer to your favoured reason(s)/theme(s). Personally I would say something like "as highlighted, there are a number of major challenges confronting clients. However, I am going to discuss this". You could justify this, or just go straight into your deeper analysis. 4. If you can (and you have time), use James' recommendation and to kick-off your deeper analysis, illustrate your point with a few of CC's top clients and tie off your answer with a case study. I think that this could really impress if done right.Two notes of caution:a. This is potentially a lot to fit into your answer, especially with the case study at the end. To account for this, you could say, "I am very happy to illustrate this further with Z case study. Would that be appropriate?". This displays a willingness to go above and beyond with your answer, awareness/social sensitivity because you have realised that you have been answering for a very long time, confidence/adaptability because you are able to throw back a question to your interviewers and finally, enthusiasm, as you have clearly done your research.b. If you do this, make sure you are comfortable talking, in detail, about all the topics you mention in 1. Also, be sure to know your examples inside out and know about the clients you mention too. For example, your interviewers could take you on a tangent about a particular client you have mentioned: "Ah! That's interesting, I actually did some work with this client and they are thinking about doing this. What do you think about that and how does it fit into their broader business model?". This would be a difficult line of questioning, but given you have mentioned it, it is fair game.This caution goes to the classic piece of advice: do not bring up anything that you are not comfortable talking about. I talked about a situation <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/share-your-interview-nightmares-sticky-situations-and-stories.4536/post-93662" target="_blank">here</a> where I did exactly the opposite of this and it did not go well!I really hope that helps [USER=1107]@Lauren[/USER]. Please do reach out if you would like any further clarifications or help!  😇  🚀</blockquote>

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