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<blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 221546" data-attributes="member: 36777"><p>Hi [USER=33683]@emily3827[/USER] I think I would invest most of the time left in preparing for the interview. You can read my more detailed explanation of my step-by-step interview preparation method in my <a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/a-complete-guide-for-competency-interview-preparation.9380/" target="_blank">Complete Competency Interview Guide</a>, but in short, I think you should:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Create a personal question bank document</strong>, where you should include all the questions you think are most likely to come up and a mix of "difficult questions" (i.e. questions you are finding hard to mentally formulate an answer for).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Have a think about each question and <strong>write down one-two bullet points about the essence of the ideas and experiences you would use to answer them.</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><strong>Practice articulating the answers in a structured, clear, formal, and composed way; ideally, record yourself on your laptop camera and then replay and critically analyse your delivery. </strong>Then, try again and again until you feel happy with the result. Your aim here should not be to learn answers by heart; but to get used to an interview format and learn how to formulate your thoughts in an articulate manner in this setting.</li> </ol><p>After doing this, only if the time allows for it I would aim to complete a mock written exercise - as I think it is significantly easier to do an ok job in this type of assessment without much prep than it is in an interview. I have also attached bellow a post in which I explained my best tips for written exercises should you wish to take a look:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrei Radu, post: 221546, member: 36777"] Hi [USER=33683]@emily3827[/USER] I think I would invest most of the time left in preparing for the interview. You can read my more detailed explanation of my step-by-step interview preparation method in my [URL='https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/a-complete-guide-for-competency-interview-preparation.9380/']Complete Competency Interview Guide[/URL], but in short, I think you should: [LIST=1] [*][B]Create a personal question bank document[/B], where you should include all the questions you think are most likely to come up and a mix of "difficult questions" (i.e. questions you are finding hard to mentally formulate an answer for). [*]Have a think about each question and [B]write down one-two bullet points about the essence of the ideas and experiences you would use to answer them.[/B] [*][B]Practice articulating the answers in a structured, clear, formal, and composed way; ideally, record yourself on your laptop camera and then replay and critically analyse your delivery. [/B]Then, try again and again until you feel happy with the result. Your aim here should not be to learn answers by heart; but to get used to an interview format and learn how to formulate your thoughts in an articulate manner in this setting. [/LIST] After doing this, only if the time allows for it I would aim to complete a mock written exercise - as I think it is significantly easier to do an ok job in this type of assessment without much prep than it is in an interview. I have also attached bellow a post in which I explained my best tips for written exercises should you wish to take a look: [/QUOTE]
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