Hey [USER=29494]@kalagsd[/USER]
Oh, do I understand those post-AC self-criticisms! But seriously, well done for being on the other side of the AC!
I had the reverse experience once. During a negotiation group exercise, one of my team members took it upon themselves to talk about my main conversation area. For context, in our group, we split our areas of discussion into three. So, this would have left me with little to nothing to say. As this exercise took place over Zoom, I couldn't even slip them a note. I knew it would reflect poorly on me if I didn't speak up so I had to find a way to raise to everyone's attention that it was, in fact, my turn to speak without looking bombastic. I raised my voice up (with as much politeness as I could) and I remember very sensitively detailing that I believe X person might want to talk about that at the end and then starting that section over. That person proceeded to then speak over our other team member - the audacity!
I was terrified this would reflect poorly on me given that I technically spoke over them, but thankfully it didn't and I was successful in that particular application.
In fact, the person in question was not offered anything after that exercise.
What I realised is that graduate recruitment and the other lawyers involved in these group exercises are very observant - of course, they need to be in order to review applications thoroughly and choose the right people for their firm. If something goes array, more often than not they will understand what has happened and will not penalise you as long as you rectify the situation with both politeness and due respect for your peers (indeed, in those scenarios they are normally your fellow colleagues and clients!). It will be clear who does and does not show those attributes.
Hope this helps in some way! Do reply in this thread if you have any other questions.
Laura 
