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<blockquote data-quote="Mimi" data-source="post: 4117" data-attributes="member: 902"><p>Hey Daniel, </p><p></p><p>I had an AC at Macfarlanes for a TC in August so it may not be 100% useful for your AC if it is for a VS, however, my AC had the following assessments: </p><p></p><p>a) <em>Group exercise</em>: in a group you need to pitch to Macfarlanes acting for its client, a VC firm. You only have 30 minutes to discuss in your group how to go about the business pitch. Later in the day you will have five minutes to rehearse and ten minutes to present to one partner who observes your preparation as well. </p><p></p><p>b) <em>Written exercise</em>: You have 45 minutes to read, plan and then write a letter and a memo. The memo is to a partner at Macfarlanes and the letter is to a customer of your client who is complaining of the service received at the client’s holiday service. Plan your time and use the highlighters provided to highlight what should be included in the letter and memo as there is a lot of information to go through in a short timeframe. </p><p></p><p>c) <em>In-tray case study with partner interview</em>: You have 30 minutes to read through 3 cases and answer questions on each case. You then go through these answers with one partner. They are really testing your resilience (one of their competencies). This means they will question everything you say – it’s not as much about your answer as it is your thought process and ability to stand behind your answer. </p><p></p><p>d) <em>Application & Competencies partner interview</em>: </p><p>During the 45 minute partner interview, the following topics were covered:</p><p></p><p>- my application, </p><p>- grades, </p><p>- motivations for law and the firm, </p><p>- competencies (e.g. teamwork & resilience), </p><p>- recent business development/ article of interest.</p><p></p><p>Review your application including grades, if there are any lower grades be able to explain this, try turning any weakness into a strength to show what you did to improve. They will ask you for times you’ve shown a competency and will continue asking questions relating to that example, so make sure you can explain these fully. </p><p></p><p>Generally speaking, the whole day is intense and time-pressured, they want it like this so it mirrors an ordinary day of work at the firm. Therefore, I would suggest with every exercise once they tell you how long you have, take off a few minutes so that you are always able to finish. Have questions prepared which you can ask the partners (for the application interview), and grad recruitment and trainees too as there is a seated lunch once the assessments are completed.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mimi, post: 4117, member: 902"] Hey Daniel, I had an AC at Macfarlanes for a TC in August so it may not be 100% useful for your AC if it is for a VS, however, my AC had the following assessments: a) [I]Group exercise[/I]: in a group you need to pitch to Macfarlanes acting for its client, a VC firm. You only have 30 minutes to discuss in your group how to go about the business pitch. Later in the day you will have five minutes to rehearse and ten minutes to present to one partner who observes your preparation as well. b) [I]Written exercise[/I]: You have 45 minutes to read, plan and then write a letter and a memo. The memo is to a partner at Macfarlanes and the letter is to a customer of your client who is complaining of the service received at the client’s holiday service. Plan your time and use the highlighters provided to highlight what should be included in the letter and memo as there is a lot of information to go through in a short timeframe. c) [I]In-tray case study with partner interview[/I]: You have 30 minutes to read through 3 cases and answer questions on each case. You then go through these answers with one partner. They are really testing your resilience (one of their competencies). This means they will question everything you say – it’s not as much about your answer as it is your thought process and ability to stand behind your answer. d) [I]Application & Competencies partner interview[/I]: During the 45 minute partner interview, the following topics were covered: - my application, - grades, - motivations for law and the firm, - competencies (e.g. teamwork & resilience), - recent business development/ article of interest. Review your application including grades, if there are any lower grades be able to explain this, try turning any weakness into a strength to show what you did to improve. They will ask you for times you’ve shown a competency and will continue asking questions relating to that example, so make sure you can explain these fully. Generally speaking, the whole day is intense and time-pressured, they want it like this so it mirrors an ordinary day of work at the firm. Therefore, I would suggest with every exercise once they tell you how long you have, take off a few minutes so that you are always able to finish. Have questions prepared which you can ask the partners (for the application interview), and grad recruitment and trainees too as there is a seated lunch once the assessments are completed. I hope this helps! [/QUOTE]
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