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Cooley Interview

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    When was your Cooley interview?

    February 2018

    What was it for?


    Vacation scheme

    Please describe the interview process at Cooley.

    The first stage was a group exercise in which we had to advise a client on an acquisition. Distributing information between each other, we had to rely members to read through information and feed it back to the rest of the group. We were then asked to give a presentation, followed by a number of questions and challenges. For those that go through to the second stage, there were four different interviews with partners and associates back-to-back.

    What advice would you give to future applicants for the Cooley interview?

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