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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 996" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>When was your Mayer Brown 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 Mayer Brown.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Full day assessment centre, and probably the most rigorous process among the firms I interviewed at. We started with a research and presentation task to a panel followed by a Q&A session. We then completed a verbal reasoning test in which we had to both summarise and proof read an article. Following a tour of the office, I had a business exercise in which I was given the opportunity to prepare some questions to secure additional information and then recommend a client a fictitious firm should pursue. Finally, we had an interview with a partner in which I was asked about our motivations for joining the firm, as well as any particular role models or interests I had. I was also asked some typical competency questions.</p><p></p><p><strong>What advice would you give to future applicants for the Mayer Brown interview?</strong></p><p></p><p>Be sure to speak up when preparing the presentation. Also, for the business case study, be very straightforward. Don't concern yourself with coming up with a genius question to ask, take a simple approach and build up. I made the awkward mistake of preparing a number of questions relating to the fictitious firm, only to forget that I had prepared them and waste plenty of time chasing up relatively minor distinctions between clients.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 996, member: 1"] [B]When was your Mayer Brown interview? [/B] February 2018 [B] What was it for? [/B] Vacation scheme [B]Please describe the interview process at Mayer Brown. [/B] Full day assessment centre, and probably the most rigorous process among the firms I interviewed at. We started with a research and presentation task to a panel followed by a Q&A session. We then completed a verbal reasoning test in which we had to both summarise and proof read an article. Following a tour of the office, I had a business exercise in which I was given the opportunity to prepare some questions to secure additional information and then recommend a client a fictitious firm should pursue. Finally, we had an interview with a partner in which I was asked about our motivations for joining the firm, as well as any particular role models or interests I had. I was also asked some typical competency questions. [B]What advice would you give to future applicants for the Mayer Brown interview?[/B] Be sure to speak up when preparing the presentation. Also, for the business case study, be very straightforward. Don't concern yourself with coming up with a genius question to ask, take a simple approach and build up. I made the awkward mistake of preparing a number of questions relating to the fictitious firm, only to forget that I had prepared them and waste plenty of time chasing up relatively minor distinctions between clients. [/QUOTE]
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