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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Assessment Account" data-source="post: 229443" data-attributes="member: 43474">In general, AC's are less about “trying to catch you out” and more about whether you can think clearly under time pressure, communicate in a measured, commercial way and work effectively with others in a professional setting. From my knowledge, Links have a group exercise and a written exercise followed by a partner interview. 1. For the group exercise, focus on collaboration rather than domination. Linklaters places real value on calm, measured contributions, active listening, and building constructively on others’ points. You do not need to be the loudest voice to stand out.2. For the Written / case exercise, this is primarily a test of structure, judgement, and commercial awareness. Clear issue-spotting, logical prioritisation, and concise recommendations matter far more than technical legal detail. Beyond high-level concepts (e.g. asset vs share sales, raising capital through debt or equity and the mechanisms for doing), no deep technical knowledge is expected.3. For the Interview, preparing well-rehearsed but genuine answers to competency and motivation questions goes a long way. “Why law?”, “Why Linklaters?”, and “Why you?” are almost guaranteed to come up, so you should be able to answer these confidently and consistently with your application.4. Linklaters-specific insight, they've made significant investments in legal tech and AI, including developing its own in-house GenAI chatbot (“Laila”) on Microsoft Azure and integrating external models such as Legora into day-to-day workflows. The firm also runs an AI sandbox and structured internal idea campaigns, encouraging lawyers at all levels to propose practical AI use cases. This reflects a systematic, firm-wide approach to innovation rather than isolated pilots, a useful point to reference when discussing culture, future-facing work, or commercial awareness (be sure to link it to your interests!). I hope this helps and good luck!</blockquote>

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