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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 221547" data-attributes="member: 36777">Hi [USER=30998]@flower1[/USER] as long as the topic you choose is one that is substantial enough to give you sufficient content to cover in a two-three minute answer and as long as you can also justify being interested in the topic, I think it should be fine. There is no objective list of "good" and "bad" commercial topics to discuss; what matters is not so much the topic itself, but the way you go about discussing it. You may want to consider this list of questions as you are constructing your answer:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is the answer well-researched? Am I including and addressing all major points of discussion related to this topic?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is my answer nuanced and carefully considered? Am I taking into account a variety of different perspectives and stakeholders, and the different views and arguments they may formulate?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is the information I present fully descriptive, or am I taking any view as to more contested topics, such as underlying causes of events, responses from the government and commercial actors, future trends and impacts, etc?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Is my answer well-structured and easy to follow? Have I made sure to avoid use of unnecessary jargon and complex terminology, and have I ensured that to the extent I have used jargon and complex terminology, I am able to break them down in laymen terms if prompted to?</li> </ul>Finally, to give an example of of a commercial topic I used to discuss: my favourite one back when I was applying was inflation and the policies of central banks. I remember I discussed causes (the Covid-19 pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine, etc), effects (rating interest rates and the consequent raise of cost of borrowing and investment) and projected impacts on the economy and financial markets (where I would also hone in on impact to PE and M&A and how big law firms would be impacted).</blockquote>

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