Hi! I was preparing for my White & Case video interview and I was wondering if anyone who has gone through the process has suggestions as to what type of questions I might be asked?
Thank you!!
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Hi guys, I went through the VI process and participated in the 2020 winter vac. The VI usually will ask three questions and consist of 1 question on the firm (i.e. Why White & Case etc), 1 competency-based question and 1 commercial awareness question. You will have 15 secs to think followed by 1 min 30 secs to respond 
Hope this helps and please feel free to drop me a message if you have any more questions!
Hope this helps and please feel free to drop me a message if you have any more questions!
Hi!Hi guys, I went through the VI process and participated in the 2020 winter vac. The VI usually will ask three questions and consist of 1 question on the firm (i.e. Why White & Case etc), 1 competency-based question and 1 commercial awareness question. You will have 15 secs to think followed by 1 min 30 secs to respond
Have you got any examples for the competency and commercial awareness questions, please?
Thank you!
PS: How was your experience on the Vac Scheme?
Hi!Hi guys, I went through the VI process and participated in the 2020 winter vac. The VI usually will ask three questions and consist of 1 question on the firm (i.e. Why White & Case etc), 1 competency-based question and 1 commercial awareness question. You will have 15 secs to think followed by 1 min 30 secs to respond
Have you got any examples for the competency and commercial awareness questions, please?
Thank you!
PS: How was your experience on the Vac Scheme?
Hiya,
Unfortunately, I don't think I can give away too much away in terms of the exact wording so as to maintain the integrity of the assessment. But what I would say is that I don't think the questions were very specific or designed in a way to catch you out. So if you have put in the effort to make the necessary preparations for standard interview questions and time your responses so that they are well within the 90 sec time limit I think you will be fine
Re the VS - I think this would require a longer and perhaps more dedicated post but I guess the TLDR version is that I really enjoyed my time during the scheme and I felt that grad rec really put in the effort to try to let you feel a part of the firm (albeit virtually). The only downside of the scheme was perhaps not being able to get to know the other vs participants! But overall, very positive experience compared to some other virtual schemes I have done.
Can anyone help me here.
On friday evening (5th Feb), I was sent a White & Case VI interview invite, saying I have 3 days to complete it. However (and this likely because the VI invite was sent just before the weekend), it said:
“The deadline for this interview is 10 Febuary 2021 (GMT+00:00).”
I understand most deadlines include the day of the deadline, however I assumed that ‘00:00’ here meant that I have to complete the VI before the 10th (ie finish it by the end of Tuesday night).
However, I’ve just been sent a reminder email from the firm saying “the deadline for the video interview is on Wednesday”, which confused me.
Do I have to complete the VI by the end of Tuesday night (9th), or by the end of Wednesay (10th)?
On friday evening (5th Feb), I was sent a White & Case VI interview invite, saying I have 3 days to complete it. However (and this likely because the VI invite was sent just before the weekend), it said:
“The deadline for this interview is 10 Febuary 2021 (GMT+00:00).”
I understand most deadlines include the day of the deadline, however I assumed that ‘00:00’ here meant that I have to complete the VI before the 10th (ie finish it by the end of Tuesday night).
However, I’ve just been sent a reminder email from the firm saying “the deadline for the video interview is on Wednesday”, which confused me.
Do I have to complete the VI by the end of Tuesday night (9th), or by the end of Wednesay (10th)?
Hi there,
I remember being confused about this when I received my VI last winter (and they only gave me two days to do it!). My advice would be to err on the side of caution and do it by the end of Tuesday, especially because they do assess the VIs on a rolling basis!
I remember being confused about this when I received my VI last winter (and they only gave me two days to do it!). My advice would be to err on the side of caution and do it by the end of Tuesday, especially because they do assess the VIs on a rolling basis!
Best of luck!
