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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 998" data-attributes="member: 1">When was your Osborne Clarke interview? January 2018What was it for? Vacation schemePlease describe the interview process at Osborne Clarke.A full day assessment centre comprised of a group task, a written exercise and an interview with two partners. My feedback was that I came off as a particularly strong candidate but needed to speak up more during the group exercise - so do that. We were given a number of documents to read through and summarise. We then presented this in a role play scenario and were questioned on the answers we gave. Following this, we were asked to then write up our summary and advice under timed conditions. We then sat a critical reasoning test again to confirm our results. Finally, the partner interview was centred around Osborne Clarke and their sector focus, as well as some competency and strengths based questions. What advice would you give to future applicants for the Osborne Clarke interview?For the interview process, be sure to familiarise yourself with the structure of the partnership at Osborne Clarke and take the time to understand where the value is in their sector approach. This can lead to some very interesting conversations at the interview stage and really show you've taken the time to get to know them. Also, for the strengths based question, be sure to understand the scope of a trainee's authority and do not suggest that you do something to appease a client that could compromise yourself or your firm. They want to see how you can handle pushy clients or a difficult surge of responsibility.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 998, member: 1"] [B]When was your Osborne Clarke interview? [/B] January 2018 [B] What was it for? [/B] Vacation scheme [B]Please describe the interview process at Osborne Clarke.[/B] A full day assessment centre comprised of a group task, a written exercise and an interview with two partners. My feedback was that I came off as a particularly strong candidate but needed to speak up more during the group exercise - so do that. We were given a number of documents to read through and summarise. We then presented this in a role play scenario and were questioned on the answers we gave. Following this, we were asked to then write up our summary and advice under timed conditions. We then sat a critical reasoning test again to confirm our results. Finally, the partner interview was centred around Osborne Clarke and their sector focus, as well as some competency and strengths based questions. [B]What advice would you give to future applicants for the Osborne Clarke interview?[/B] For the interview process, be sure to familiarise yourself with the structure of the partnership at Osborne Clarke and take the time to understand where the value is in their sector approach. This can lead to some very interesting conversations at the interview stage and really show you've taken the time to get to know them. Also, for the strengths based question, be sure to understand the scope of a trainee's authority and do not suggest that you do something to appease a client that could compromise yourself or your firm. They want to see how you can handle pushy clients or a difficult surge of responsibility. [/QUOTE]

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