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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 29108" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.</strong></p><p></p><p>November 2019</p><p></p><p><strong>Please specify what the interview was for.</strong></p><p></p><p>Summer Vacation Scheme 2020</p><p></p><p><strong>Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.</strong></p><p></p><p>10:30 arrival, 10:45 Interview with graduate recruitment, 11:30-45 written exercise, 12:30/12:45 coffee with trainee at the office</p><p></p><p><strong>Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.</strong></p><p></p><p>There is an interview with graduate recruitment and associate which is supposed to last around 45 minutes followed by questions you are allowed to ask them. Afterwards, there is a written exercise which lasts around 1 hour and then you are able to go have coffee with a trainee afterwards to ask more questions about the firm.</p><p></p><p><strong>Please list any interview questions you were asked.</strong></p><p></p><p>- What has led you to apply to White & Case?</p><p>- What makes a good trainee solicitor?</p><p>- What is the role of a trainee solicitor?</p><p>- Talk about a time when you had to come up with a creative solution</p><p>- Challenges for a trainee solicitor</p><p>- Why do you want to become a solicitor and not a barrister?</p><p>- Tell me about a time when you worked in a team</p><p>- What would you do if a partner and an associate asked you to do the same work and it was the same deadline?</p><p>- What do you do in your spare time?</p><p>- What are you looking to get out of an international secondment?</p><p>- Brexit and impact on law firms</p><p>- Talk about a commercial story that interests you</p><p>- Challenges in the legal sector </p><p>- Time when you received constructive feedback and how you dealt with it</p><p>- Anything else you have not mentioned but would like to bring up?</p><p><strong></strong></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>For the interview with graduate recruitment and associate, it is supposed to be conversational so try not to make your answers sound too forced or too rehearsed. Also remember that they do not have your application in front of you so it leaves some flexibility and is a chance for you to have some control as to what you want to talk about and discuss. For the competency questions, stick to using the CAR/STAR method (emphasising the action part/what you did the most). Since the graduate recruitment and associate will have different roles, I would advise that you ask a question/questions that will be relevant to both of their roles e.g. the impact of tech on their roles etc. Definitely focus on what makes White & Case unique (their practice areas and strengths, the fact that they are one of the only firms to guarantee an international secondment etc.) Think about what the benefits of an international secondment are and how that helps you as a trainee and why the firm offers this. Think about commercial awareness stories that interest you and be prepared to talk about them at interview. Be ready to have a few of the firm's deals and awards up your sleeve to talk about and why they interest you. Think about what skills they want to see from you and are testing you on and find instances where you have displayed such skills e.g. when have you shown resilience? </p><p></p><p>The written exercise is relatively straightforward but it can feel that there is a lot of information to get through in a short space of time. Definitely practice mock written exercises online and keep an eye on the timings. Think about making sure that your grammar/spelling is correct and the format of your memo is easy to understand, clear and concise. I think the hardest aspect of the written exercise is the timing as it goes by very quickly.</p><p></p><p><strong>Were you successful?</strong></p><p></p><p>Yes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 29108, member: 1"] [B]Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.[/B] November 2019 [B]Please specify what the interview was for.[/B] Summer Vacation Scheme 2020 [B]Please give an overview of the day with approximate timings.[/B] 10:30 arrival, 10:45 Interview with graduate recruitment, 11:30-45 written exercise, 12:30/12:45 coffee with trainee at the office [B]Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.[/B] There is an interview with graduate recruitment and associate which is supposed to last around 45 minutes followed by questions you are allowed to ask them. Afterwards, there is a written exercise which lasts around 1 hour and then you are able to go have coffee with a trainee afterwards to ask more questions about the firm. [B]Please list any interview questions you were asked.[/B] - What has led you to apply to White & Case? - What makes a good trainee solicitor? - What is the role of a trainee solicitor? - Talk about a time when you had to come up with a creative solution - Challenges for a trainee solicitor - Why do you want to become a solicitor and not a barrister? - Tell me about a time when you worked in a team - What would you do if a partner and an associate asked you to do the same work and it was the same deadline? - What do you do in your spare time? - What are you looking to get out of an international secondment? - Brexit and impact on law firms - Talk about a commercial story that interests you - Challenges in the legal sector - Time when you received constructive feedback and how you dealt with it - Anything else you have not mentioned but would like to bring up? [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] For the interview with graduate recruitment and associate, it is supposed to be conversational so try not to make your answers sound too forced or too rehearsed. Also remember that they do not have your application in front of you so it leaves some flexibility and is a chance for you to have some control as to what you want to talk about and discuss. For the competency questions, stick to using the CAR/STAR method (emphasising the action part/what you did the most). Since the graduate recruitment and associate will have different roles, I would advise that you ask a question/questions that will be relevant to both of their roles e.g. the impact of tech on their roles etc. Definitely focus on what makes White & Case unique (their practice areas and strengths, the fact that they are one of the only firms to guarantee an international secondment etc.) Think about what the benefits of an international secondment are and how that helps you as a trainee and why the firm offers this. Think about commercial awareness stories that interest you and be prepared to talk about them at interview. Be ready to have a few of the firm's deals and awards up your sleeve to talk about and why they interest you. Think about what skills they want to see from you and are testing you on and find instances where you have displayed such skills e.g. when have you shown resilience? The written exercise is relatively straightforward but it can feel that there is a lot of information to get through in a short space of time. Definitely practice mock written exercises online and keep an eye on the timings. Think about making sure that your grammar/spelling is correct and the format of your memo is easy to understand, clear and concise. I think the hardest aspect of the written exercise is the timing as it goes by very quickly. [B]Were you successful?[/B] Yes [/QUOTE]
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