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<blockquote data-quote="RANDOTRON" data-source="post: 176838" data-attributes="member: 16724"><p>Hi there,</p><p></p><p>No worries! </p><p></p><p>My structure was a little different. I only had a motivation/competency interview and a case study analysis presentation. The intray exercise was done as part of the post-VS assessment centre for the TC (which also included another interview and case study). I assume you're asking me about the interviews that take place for a VS offer, but I'll speak briefly about the in-tray as well.</p><p></p><p>The way I prepared was I explored the TCLA interview question bank and wrote out in bulletpoint answers to those questions. The ones I were asked (I think) were about teamwork, life motivation, and why commercial law. Here's two I found: <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/175-training-contract-interview-questions-2/" target="_blank">Link 1</a> and <a href="https://cdn.fs.teachablecdn.com/yneJPT6mS7CF4DTN7FuH" target="_blank">Link 2</a>. They bears similar resemblance to the one I used when preparing. I was asked one commercial question, which was to speak about any news and the implications around it. As far as I remember, I wasn't asked any firm-specific questions, but I would suggest just knowing in general what the firms specialities are, how they define their culture and what that means, and also prepare some questions for your interviewer.</p><p></p><p>As for the in-tray exercise, I believe you receive a series of emails, and you are given the time-limit to prioritise and deal with the email. Imbedded within some emails were proofreading exercises. I don't remember much else. You could try a practice in-tray exercise to get a feel for it.</p><p></p><p>I don't remember having to use any M&A knowledge of the last interview. My case study wasn't specifically about M&A so it wasn't relevant. Other commercial aspects was required to provide a deeper analysis, such as knowing financing options and implications, the then general economic climate and trends, and other considerations that one would have to account when embarking on that particular transaction. That said, you may get a case study that requires M&A knowledge.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps and best of luck with your AC!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RANDOTRON, post: 176838, member: 16724"] Hi there, No worries! My structure was a little different. I only had a motivation/competency interview and a case study analysis presentation. The intray exercise was done as part of the post-VS assessment centre for the TC (which also included another interview and case study). I assume you're asking me about the interviews that take place for a VS offer, but I'll speak briefly about the in-tray as well. The way I prepared was I explored the TCLA interview question bank and wrote out in bulletpoint answers to those questions. The ones I were asked (I think) were about teamwork, life motivation, and why commercial law. Here's two I found: [URL='https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/175-training-contract-interview-questions-2/']Link 1[/URL] and [URL='https://cdn.fs.teachablecdn.com/yneJPT6mS7CF4DTN7FuH']Link 2[/URL]. They bears similar resemblance to the one I used when preparing. I was asked one commercial question, which was to speak about any news and the implications around it. As far as I remember, I wasn't asked any firm-specific questions, but I would suggest just knowing in general what the firms specialities are, how they define their culture and what that means, and also prepare some questions for your interviewer. As for the in-tray exercise, I believe you receive a series of emails, and you are given the time-limit to prioritise and deal with the email. Imbedded within some emails were proofreading exercises. I don't remember much else. You could try a practice in-tray exercise to get a feel for it. I don't remember having to use any M&A knowledge of the last interview. My case study wasn't specifically about M&A so it wasn't relevant. Other commercial aspects was required to provide a deeper analysis, such as knowing financing options and implications, the then general economic climate and trends, and other considerations that one would have to account when embarking on that particular transaction. That said, you may get a case study that requires M&A knowledge. I hope this helps and best of luck with your AC! [/QUOTE]
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