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Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.
January 2020
Please specify what the interview was for.
Summer Vacation Scheme 2020
Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.
12pm arrival, taken to sit in the waiting area with other students. After 15 minutes, I was given the news story and then around 12:45 I was taken into the room but two partners. The interview from this point probably lasted just over an hour.
Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.
News story - I was given a news article from the economist about oil prices. This was very stressful, I felt it was out of my depth. There were 5 pre-set questions that needed to be answered. These weren’t extremely specific.
Interview - roughly an hour. First it was based on my CV and experiences, the last 15 minutes we delved into the article.
Please list any interview questions you were asked.
Article - give a one sentence summary, what is the writer arguing, do you agree, what is the conclusion, then there were some specific questions about the article. From the article stemmed other conversations and moral dilemmas - we discussed corporate responsibility, and somehow the conversation turned to the miners strikes in the 1980’s.
Interview - this was very personal. We spoke about my own work experience, my first impressions of the firm etc. I was asked about a deal and then I cornered myself at this stage of the interview. The partner worked in the practice area that the deal was focused on. She asked me various questions regarding aspects of the deal, aspects about employment, IP, competition law.
What is your best advice for each aspect of the assessment on the day? Please break this down for each assessment. This can include advice for preparation, as well as tips for the day.
I think this is a cognitively challenging interview. The partner has the freedom to take the interview in whatever direction they wish so please be careful when discussing certain things as a “throw-away” comment to make yourself sound knowledgable. Slaughter and May partners are extremely scary (but nice)! Try to incorporate some news from the business or commercial world into the article side of the interview - but you WILL be asked more about this. When discussing a deal please know every aspect of the deal - majority of my interview came from my understanding of the deal.
Lastly, the article discussion is the last part of the interview so please don’t forget about the article. I was caught off guard because I had partly forgotten what the article was about!
Were you successful?
Yes
January 2020
Please specify what the interview was for.
Summer Vacation Scheme 2020
Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.
12pm arrival, taken to sit in the waiting area with other students. After 15 minutes, I was given the news story and then around 12:45 I was taken into the room but two partners. The interview from this point probably lasted just over an hour.
Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.
News story - I was given a news article from the economist about oil prices. This was very stressful, I felt it was out of my depth. There were 5 pre-set questions that needed to be answered. These weren’t extremely specific.
Interview - roughly an hour. First it was based on my CV and experiences, the last 15 minutes we delved into the article.
Please list any interview questions you were asked.
Article - give a one sentence summary, what is the writer arguing, do you agree, what is the conclusion, then there were some specific questions about the article. From the article stemmed other conversations and moral dilemmas - we discussed corporate responsibility, and somehow the conversation turned to the miners strikes in the 1980’s.
Interview - this was very personal. We spoke about my own work experience, my first impressions of the firm etc. I was asked about a deal and then I cornered myself at this stage of the interview. The partner worked in the practice area that the deal was focused on. She asked me various questions regarding aspects of the deal, aspects about employment, IP, competition law.
What is your best advice for each aspect of the assessment on the day? Please break this down for each assessment. This can include advice for preparation, as well as tips for the day.
I think this is a cognitively challenging interview. The partner has the freedom to take the interview in whatever direction they wish so please be careful when discussing certain things as a “throw-away” comment to make yourself sound knowledgable. Slaughter and May partners are extremely scary (but nice)! Try to incorporate some news from the business or commercial world into the article side of the interview - but you WILL be asked more about this. When discussing a deal please know every aspect of the deal - majority of my interview came from my understanding of the deal.
Lastly, the article discussion is the last part of the interview so please don’t forget about the article. I was caught off guard because I had partly forgotten what the article was about!
Were you successful?
Yes