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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 29119" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.</strong></p><p></p><p>February 2020</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>3:15pm arrival, 3:20-3:50pm Interview with an associate & HR, 4pm-5pm Written task, 5-5:30pm office tour with a trainee</p><p></p><p><strong>Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.</strong></p><p></p><p>The interview, lasting about 30 minutes, was a CV/application blind process, so the questions were very generic questions - a mix of competency, personal and some commercial (not too much of this!). The written task, lasting an hour, was to type up a meeting memo for a partner/associate who is going into a meeting with a commercial landlord client about the high street crisis in the UK based on 4 articles given to you.</p><p></p><p><strong>Please list any interview questions you were asked.</strong></p><p></p><p>Tell me about yourself? Why White & Case? Why solicitor? What sort of firms are you applying to? How have you worked in a team? How have you dealt with working with people from a different culture to you? Where would you want to go on your overseas seat? Are you more of a leader or follower? How do you stay motivated when doing more repetitive/menial tasks? How do you deal with difficulties/challenges? What is a recent deal that White & Case have worked on that has interested you? </p><p></p><p>Written exercise:</p><p></p><p>- You will be guided by the instruction notes before you start. There are questions to guide you, and you are expected to structure your written response with reference to these questions</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>Since the interview is CV/application blind (there are both advantages and disadvantages to this), I would say really try to build a rapport with your interviewers, even though it's more difficult since they're going through a list of questions they want to ask and it felt much less conversational/natural than other interviews I had. The written task, I'd say to summarise the main points that come across overall from the different articles rather than making a detailed summary for each and also to use headings/subheadings to make it structured and clear.</p><p></p><p><strong>Were you successful?</strong></p><p></p><p>No</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 29119, member: 1"] [B]Please state the month/year you interviewed at the firm.[/B] February 2020 [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] 3:15pm arrival, 3:20-3:50pm Interview with an associate & HR, 4pm-5pm Written task, 5-5:30pm office tour with a trainee [B]Please provide a summary of each assessment on the day with approximate timings.[/B] The interview, lasting about 30 minutes, was a CV/application blind process, so the questions were very generic questions - a mix of competency, personal and some commercial (not too much of this!). The written task, lasting an hour, was to type up a meeting memo for a partner/associate who is going into a meeting with a commercial landlord client about the high street crisis in the UK based on 4 articles given to you. [B]Please list any interview questions you were asked.[/B] Tell me about yourself? Why White & Case? Why solicitor? What sort of firms are you applying to? How have you worked in a team? How have you dealt with working with people from a different culture to you? Where would you want to go on your overseas seat? Are you more of a leader or follower? How do you stay motivated when doing more repetitive/menial tasks? How do you deal with difficulties/challenges? What is a recent deal that White & Case have worked on that has interested you? Written exercise: - You will be guided by the instruction notes before you start. There are questions to guide you, and you are expected to structure your written response with reference to these questions [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] Since the interview is CV/application blind (there are both advantages and disadvantages to this), I would say really try to build a rapport with your interviewers, even though it's more difficult since they're going through a list of questions they want to ask and it felt much less conversational/natural than other interviews I had. The written task, I'd say to summarise the main points that come across overall from the different articles rather than making a detailed summary for each and also to use headings/subheadings to make it structured and clear. [B]Were you successful?[/B] No [/QUOTE]
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