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<blockquote data-quote="BK" data-source="post: 79835" data-attributes="member: 7354"><p><strong>Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.</strong></p><p>February 2021</p><p></p><p><strong>Please specify what the interview was for.</strong></p><p>Direct Training Contract 2022</p><p></p><p><strong>Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.</strong></p><p></p><p>10 am Arrival and Welcome from Graduate Recruitment, </p><p>10:45 am Group Work, </p><p>12 pm Presentation, </p><p>1pm Interview with one partner and one GR representative. </p><p>A Watson Glaser test was completed in advance of the day.</p><p></p><p><strong>Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.</strong></p><p>The group work involved analysing three businesses and presenting on which one you thought the firm's private equity arm should invest in. We were in groups of 4 and it worked well over video. </p><p></p><p>The presentation was prepared in advance on anything you wanted that lasted 15 minutes with 15 minutes to run through questions fielded by one assessor. The topic had to link to law somehow and was assessing your commercial awareness. GR requested a copy of your presentation was provided to them in advance of the day. </p><p></p><p>The strengths based interview was a set list of questions and the interviewers did not deviate from them at all .</p><p></p><p><strong>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.</strong></p><p></p><p>The group work went well as the whole team collaborated well. My feedback was that I was quieter than others but I was articulate and open whenever speaking, so I would definitely recommend speaking as much as possible without interrupting people. I also had feedback that I needed to be better at dealing with overbearing people as there was an individual in the group who took control and was not listening to others. GR said in my feedback to treat this activity like a client meeting and be prepared to correct people if they are wrong or spending too much time on anything. I'd recommend researching polite phrases to deal with difficult people but I think this is always the hardest part of group work so you cannot always prepare for it. </p><p></p><p>The presentation went well given that you could do all your prep in advance. In my feedback they mentioned I had clear slides with a range of sources so the more you research your topic the better it will go. Although they said I was a confident speaker, they felt I was less enthusiastic and more nervous. My advice would therefore pick something you are genuinely interested in so it is easier to talk about naturally. </p><p></p><p>The strengths-based interview was different and took some getting used to. The interviewers were clear that they could not elaborate on the questions and only repeat them in you did not quite catch it. They asked competency questions and more general ones around your motivations, teamwork etc. I did a practice strengths-based interview in preparation but in my feedback they stated that it still seemed like I had never done one before, so I would definitely recommend practising strengths-based questions as much as possible.</p><p></p><p><strong>Were you successful?</strong></p><p>No</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BK, post: 79835, member: 7354"] [B]Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.[/B] February 2021 [B]Please specify what the interview was for.[/B] Direct Training Contract 2022 [B]Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.[/B] 10 am Arrival and Welcome from Graduate Recruitment, 10:45 am Group Work, 12 pm Presentation, 1pm Interview with one partner and one GR representative. A Watson Glaser test was completed in advance of the day. [B]Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.[/B] The group work involved analysing three businesses and presenting on which one you thought the firm's private equity arm should invest in. We were in groups of 4 and it worked well over video. The presentation was prepared in advance on anything you wanted that lasted 15 minutes with 15 minutes to run through questions fielded by one assessor. The topic had to link to law somehow and was assessing your commercial awareness. GR requested a copy of your presentation was provided to them in advance of the day. The strengths based interview was a set list of questions and the interviewers did not deviate from them at all . [B]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.[/B] The group work went well as the whole team collaborated well. My feedback was that I was quieter than others but I was articulate and open whenever speaking, so I would definitely recommend speaking as much as possible without interrupting people. I also had feedback that I needed to be better at dealing with overbearing people as there was an individual in the group who took control and was not listening to others. GR said in my feedback to treat this activity like a client meeting and be prepared to correct people if they are wrong or spending too much time on anything. I'd recommend researching polite phrases to deal with difficult people but I think this is always the hardest part of group work so you cannot always prepare for it. The presentation went well given that you could do all your prep in advance. In my feedback they mentioned I had clear slides with a range of sources so the more you research your topic the better it will go. Although they said I was a confident speaker, they felt I was less enthusiastic and more nervous. My advice would therefore pick something you are genuinely interested in so it is easier to talk about naturally. The strengths-based interview was different and took some getting used to. The interviewers were clear that they could not elaborate on the questions and only repeat them in you did not quite catch it. They asked competency questions and more general ones around your motivations, teamwork etc. I did a practice strengths-based interview in preparation but in my feedback they stated that it still seemed like I had never done one before, so I would definitely recommend practising strengths-based questions as much as possible. [B]Were you successful?[/B] No [/QUOTE]
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