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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 1015" data-attributes="member: 1">When was your Simmons & Simmons interview? November 2017What was it for? Vacation Scheme (Winter)Please describe the interview process at Simmons & Simmons.The day was split into three assessments. For me, the first of these was the case study and interview with a Partner. The case study involved reading documents related to a transaction for sale of services. The interviewer clearly has some questions to ask, and chose different ones seemingly at random. The questions could be answered by looking at the documents and understanding them. There were also questions at the beginning about the general transaction and whether I understood what it was generally about, whether I understood what each bit of the documents was about, ie liabilities, undertakings etc. I had to pretend to be giving advice to a client. It seemed like I was given points out of five depending on each answer. After that, I was asked about motivation for commercial law, compared with other careers, why Simmons, and a couple of competency questions.The second exercise for me was a written exercise. We had three potential new offices for Simmons to move to, with a page or two from a 'brochure' for each which included details about capacity, cost, benefits etc. We had to compile a memo to compare the offices and make a recommendation as to which was best. This was typed.Then two trainees took the group of us for lunch in the office cafe, and we discussed questions we had, what it was like at the firm, all very informal and informative.The final exercise was a group exercise. We were told to individually think about ideas for new areas for Simmons to focus on in the future. Then we were split into two groups to come up with two ideas to agree upon, with an assessor each to judge how we coped in the group. Then the two groups came together and we had to agree on one idea as a big group.What advice would you give to future applicants for the Simmons & Simmons interview?Try to understand what will be involved in a transaction, think about what risks there might be, what is usual in terms of liabilities. It's difficult to prepare properly for the document exercise though, so just try to read them as well as possible but also quickly; I ran out of time just before the end. Prepare commercial topics to discuss, think about your competencies.Try to structure the written exercise well, but make sure you correctly identify the costs of the offices, and other key data, as mistakes will be worse than not enough information. It doesn't matter too much which option you recommend so long as you explain why.Be cordial in the group exercise, and make sure to contribute your own ideas while supporting other people as well. Don't be afraid to speak out and disagree with other people, but don't be hostile. Prepare by thinking about the emerging areas of law, show that you're up to date with commercial issues, stay on top of the news.</blockquote>

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