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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 931" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>When was your Macfarlanes interview? </strong></p><p></p><p>February 2018</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>What was it for? </strong></p><p></p><p>Vacation scheme</p><p></p><p><strong>Please describe the interview process at Macfarlanes.</strong></p><p></p><p>The format at the Assessment Centre was as follows: </p><p>• Negotiation exercise </p><p>• Presentation from trainees</p><p>• Written exercise </p><p>• Interview + case study </p><p>• Work shadowing </p><p></p><p>For the negotiation exercise, just be yourself ensure you speak and make valid points as they assess everything you say. It is not a win lose situation, be cooperative and collaborate with your team mates. The actual exercise is not difficult usually it is based on an M&A scenario, and you will just have to negotiate the terms of the agreements. The written exercise is probably the most difficult (see below). The exercise was really short, ten mins on a case study you are given to read beforehand which is based on assessing your commercial awareness, and the interview is really a conversation about that, and then ten mins of questions about you. The day on the whole is quite, usually from 9-4:30- but the rest of the activities are not assessed so it does allow you to relax and meet the trainees! </p><p></p><p><strong>What advice would you give to future applicants for the Macfarlanes interview?</strong></p><p></p><p>The hardest part of the day was definitely the written exercise. We had limited time to work out a company share buy out situation, and write a letter to the client. It involved knowledge of intermediary maths, which if you haven't done since GCSE can be a bit tough. On the whole there wasn't really a way you could have prepared for it though. What I would say is so make sure you finish the letter, even if it isn't your best!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 931, member: 1"] [B]When was your Macfarlanes interview? [/B] February 2018 [B] What was it for? [/B] Vacation scheme [B]Please describe the interview process at Macfarlanes.[/B] The format at the Assessment Centre was as follows: • Negotiation exercise • Presentation from trainees • Written exercise • Interview + case study • Work shadowing For the negotiation exercise, just be yourself ensure you speak and make valid points as they assess everything you say. It is not a win lose situation, be cooperative and collaborate with your team mates. The actual exercise is not difficult usually it is based on an M&A scenario, and you will just have to negotiate the terms of the agreements. The written exercise is probably the most difficult (see below). The exercise was really short, ten mins on a case study you are given to read beforehand which is based on assessing your commercial awareness, and the interview is really a conversation about that, and then ten mins of questions about you. The day on the whole is quite, usually from 9-4:30- but the rest of the activities are not assessed so it does allow you to relax and meet the trainees! [B]What advice would you give to future applicants for the Macfarlanes interview?[/B] The hardest part of the day was definitely the written exercise. We had limited time to work out a company share buy out situation, and write a letter to the client. It involved knowledge of intermediary maths, which if you haven't done since GCSE can be a bit tough. On the whole there wasn't really a way you could have prepared for it though. What I would say is so make sure you finish the letter, even if it isn't your best! [/QUOTE]
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