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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 12700" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>And another very kind future trainee:</p><p></p><p>"It will be divided into two parts; a written exercise and an interview. You will need to do less preparation for the written exercise as it designed to test your ability to analyse the materials given to you during the assessment rather than any pre-existing legal knowledge. On the other hand, you absolutely can, and definitely should, prepare for the interview.</p><p></p><p>For the written exercise I was given some materials on a particular topic, including fictional legislation, newspaper reports etc. which then formed the basis of the questions. They will all be relevant at some point so don't skip any of them, but you don't need to analyse them too deeply until you start to answer the questions. My advice would be to skim read the materials at start to get an overview of the topic and then spend the bulk of the time on answering the questions. They are trying to test your analytical ability, so you need to ensure that each of your answers draws on the materials given to you and that you use them to answer the specific question. Key takeaways are:</p><p></p><p>1. Take your time</p><p>2. The materials are relevant, use them!</p><p></p><p>The interview will come after the written exercise. Mine lasted around an hour and a half. It will begin with some questions about your response to the written exercise. You have some time between the written exercise and the interview and this is useful to go back over your answers. Think about the legal problem, look at how the fictional legislation has tried to tackle the problem and try and think of some alternatives. You will also have an opportunity to expand on the answers in the written exercise.</p><p></p><p>The bulk of the interview will be competency based and this is where preparation is crucial. You should go into the interview with a concrete example for each of the different competencies. The STAR technique (Situation/Task, Action and Result) is a very useful way of remembering your example and structuring your answer.</p><p></p><p>Finally, it's very likely that you'll be asked both why you want to be a lawyer and why you want to work for the government, for example the unique legal challenges that working for the government brings. </p><p></p><p>I was also asked about a current legal issue that I was interested in so it would be a good idea to go into the interview with an answer for that prepared."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 12700, member: 1"] And another very kind future trainee: "It will be divided into two parts; a written exercise and an interview. You will need to do less preparation for the written exercise as it designed to test your ability to analyse the materials given to you during the assessment rather than any pre-existing legal knowledge. On the other hand, you absolutely can, and definitely should, prepare for the interview. For the written exercise I was given some materials on a particular topic, including fictional legislation, newspaper reports etc. which then formed the basis of the questions. They will all be relevant at some point so don't skip any of them, but you don't need to analyse them too deeply until you start to answer the questions. My advice would be to skim read the materials at start to get an overview of the topic and then spend the bulk of the time on answering the questions. They are trying to test your analytical ability, so you need to ensure that each of your answers draws on the materials given to you and that you use them to answer the specific question. Key takeaways are: 1. Take your time 2. The materials are relevant, use them! The interview will come after the written exercise. Mine lasted around an hour and a half. It will begin with some questions about your response to the written exercise. You have some time between the written exercise and the interview and this is useful to go back over your answers. Think about the legal problem, look at how the fictional legislation has tried to tackle the problem and try and think of some alternatives. You will also have an opportunity to expand on the answers in the written exercise. The bulk of the interview will be competency based and this is where preparation is crucial. You should go into the interview with a concrete example for each of the different competencies. The STAR technique (Situation/Task, Action and Result) is a very useful way of remembering your example and structuring your answer. Finally, it's very likely that you'll be asked both why you want to be a lawyer and why you want to work for the government, for example the unique legal challenges that working for the government brings. I was also asked about a current legal issue that I was interested in so it would be a good idea to go into the interview with an answer for that prepared." [/QUOTE]
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