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<blockquote data-quote="BK" data-source="post: 79348" data-attributes="member: 7354"><p><strong>Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.</strong></p><p>February 2021</p><p></p><p><strong>Please specify what the interview was for.</strong></p><p>Direct Training Contract</p><p></p><p><strong>Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.</strong></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">10-15 minute Graduate Recruitment Welcome</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">(around) 30 minute Written Exercise</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">75 minute Commercial Interview with 1 Partner and 1 Senior Associate</li> </ol><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.</strong></p><p></p><p>Written Exercise: - You are given approximately 30 minutes to read a short article (4-5 pages) on an article by Clifford Chance. The topic will generally require some wider knowledge of commercial trends - ESG, Tech, etc. - You have to write an email to a client, summarising the key issues of the article - all within the 30 minutes given to you.</p><p></p><p>Commercial Interview: - 75 minutes - they do not discuss your written response with you, but will discuss wider issues relating to the article you will have just read during the written exercise. It is generally a 50:50 split between commercial and competency/motivation questions.</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>Written exercise advice: </p><p>- Practice writing client emails, memos and reports. I felt that practicing helped me get on with the task way quicker and it saved a lot of time. One of the key things they are looking for is whether you can write in a clear, structured way. Have clear headings, signpost and remember the formalities. </p><p>- Practice condensing thick amounts of information. The article I was given included a graph, so familiarise yourself with interpreting graphs quickly, as you may be asked about it in the actual interview too. </p><p>- Pay attention to who you are writing to. Is it a a partner? Another colleague? A client? What type of client is it: buy side or sell side? My instructions clearly stated that the client was a bank, so make sure to pay close attention to the instructions!</p><p></p><p>Interview advice: </p><p>- Familiarise yourself with the wider commercial and legal trends that are going on. </p><p>- Make sure you know the basics: fundamentals of a business, business strategies, basic SWOT/PESTLE analysis. (Clifford Chance have a great video on this on their Youtube Channel!) </p><p>- Have stellar answers to "Why Clifford Chance", "Why you", "Why law". - Above all, I feel that Clifford Chance pay attention to the type of person you are. Build rapport from the very beginning! </p><p>- Have a mixture of personal and commercial questions to ask them at the end. </p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Were you successful?</strong></p><p>Yes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BK, post: 79348, 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] Direct Training Contract [B]Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.[/B] [LIST=1] [*]10-15 minute Graduate Recruitment Welcome [*](around) 30 minute Written Exercise [*]75 minute Commercial Interview with 1 Partner and 1 Senior Associate [/LIST] [B] Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.[/B] Written Exercise: - You are given approximately 30 minutes to read a short article (4-5 pages) on an article by Clifford Chance. The topic will generally require some wider knowledge of commercial trends - ESG, Tech, etc. - You have to write an email to a client, summarising the key issues of the article - all within the 30 minutes given to you. Commercial Interview: - 75 minutes - they do not discuss your written response with you, but will discuss wider issues relating to the article you will have just read during the written exercise. It is generally a 50:50 split between commercial and competency/motivation questions. [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] Written exercise advice: - Practice writing client emails, memos and reports. I felt that practicing helped me get on with the task way quicker and it saved a lot of time. One of the key things they are looking for is whether you can write in a clear, structured way. Have clear headings, signpost and remember the formalities. - Practice condensing thick amounts of information. The article I was given included a graph, so familiarise yourself with interpreting graphs quickly, as you may be asked about it in the actual interview too. - Pay attention to who you are writing to. Is it a a partner? Another colleague? A client? What type of client is it: buy side or sell side? My instructions clearly stated that the client was a bank, so make sure to pay close attention to the instructions! Interview advice: - Familiarise yourself with the wider commercial and legal trends that are going on. - Make sure you know the basics: fundamentals of a business, business strategies, basic SWOT/PESTLE analysis. (Clifford Chance have a great video on this on their Youtube Channel!) - Have stellar answers to "Why Clifford Chance", "Why you", "Why law". - Above all, I feel that Clifford Chance pay attention to the type of person you are. Build rapport from the very beginning! - Have a mixture of personal and commercial questions to ask them at the end. [B] Were you successful?[/B] Yes [/QUOTE]
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