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<blockquote data-quote="Adam Gilchrist" data-source="post: 33693" data-attributes="member: 5820"><p>I think there's some middle ground to be had when it comes to interview experiences. If we didn't allow any specific experiences at all, that would put some people at a huge disadvantage - yes, of course you should be generally prepared for any interview, but nevertheless, if someone else has friends or family who had an interview at that firm, they will start at a comparative advantage.</p><p></p><p>I feel that giving a layout of the interview process is useful. For many people who have never done a VS interview before, a lot of the assessment center's components may be completely alien. You may already have done proper interviews beforehand (Oxbridge, some jobs), but it's highly unlikely you'll have done a case study, or an eTray exercise, or a client pitch before, so knowing in advance the sorts of things you need to prepare for that aren't the traditional interview format will be very useful, since doing them for the first ever time at an assessment centre is not ideal. </p><p></p><p>Now, having said that, a broad layout is I feel sufficient, and occasionally some of the interview experience posts on this forum go far beyond that, into way too much detail. I think giving specific facts about exactly what you had to do for an exercise (e.g. a case study) and what the subject matter was, is going too far. It's one thing to say "There was a case study element, so I'd advise doing TCLA's practice ones, and also remember that planning and time management are both of the essence", but it's another thing to say "In the case study XYZ is the background info and you need to do ABC, and don't forget about the trick barchart on page 9 of your booklet". </p><p></p><p>The former is fine, the latter definitely is not so. Since Jaysen collates & publishes the interview experiences himself, I guess it means rather more editing of the experiences, which is rather time-consuming for him, I do acknowledge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Adam Gilchrist, post: 33693, member: 5820"] I think there's some middle ground to be had when it comes to interview experiences. If we didn't allow any specific experiences at all, that would put some people at a huge disadvantage - yes, of course you should be generally prepared for any interview, but nevertheless, if someone else has friends or family who had an interview at that firm, they will start at a comparative advantage. I feel that giving a layout of the interview process is useful. For many people who have never done a VS interview before, a lot of the assessment center's components may be completely alien. You may already have done proper interviews beforehand (Oxbridge, some jobs), but it's highly unlikely you'll have done a case study, or an eTray exercise, or a client pitch before, so knowing in advance the sorts of things you need to prepare for that aren't the traditional interview format will be very useful, since doing them for the first ever time at an assessment centre is not ideal. Now, having said that, a broad layout is I feel sufficient, and occasionally some of the interview experience posts on this forum go far beyond that, into way too much detail. I think giving specific facts about exactly what you had to do for an exercise (e.g. a case study) and what the subject matter was, is going too far. It's one thing to say "There was a case study element, so I'd advise doing TCLA's practice ones, and also remember that planning and time management are both of the essence", but it's another thing to say "In the case study XYZ is the background info and you need to do ABC, and don't forget about the trick barchart on page 9 of your booklet". The former is fine, the latter definitely is not so. Since Jaysen collates & publishes the interview experiences himself, I guess it means rather more editing of the experiences, which is rather time-consuming for him, I do acknowledge. [/QUOTE]
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