Wow @Jonty this is absolutely incredible, thank you so much for writing this up, there's so much good information in there. That's really interesting to read about hiring from the perspective of law firms and the SQE debate. You must have a fantastic memory!
I think they vary a lot. One of mine was 30 secs to prep and 60 seconds to respond. But I've seen ones with 15 secs to prepare and 1 minute to respond and another one with 30 seconds to prepare and 2 minutes to respond!
Next update - thanks Nicole + Jaysen for helping me again! This one is a little late so I've looked at the big news stories over the last couple of weeks :)
17/05/2018
BT's radical restructuring
The Story: In one of its biggest transformations in a decade, BT is cutting 13,000 jobs in a bid...
Btw I'm going to get back on the briefing tomorrow guys :)
In the meantime, a good read (sorry from the FT I know): https://www.ft.com/content/2faa2420-581d-11e8-b8b2-d6ceb45fa9d0
Hi everyone, I thought I'd start a new thread for the May posts like before.
Thank you @Nicole and @Jaysen for helping me to explain/tidy these up! I think they will also be sending these out in the next newsletter.
Trump withdraws from Iran nuclear deal
The story: Trump announced that the...
Last one before the end of the month :)
Former CFO of Autonomy guilty of fraud
The Story: First some background - Back in 2011, Hewlett Packard paid over $11.1bn to acquire Autonomy. The year after that, three quarters of Autonomy's value was written down as HP alleged Autonomy had inflated...
Deutsche Bank scaling back in the US
The Story: According to the FT, 300 US investment bank staff were fired from Deutsche Bank and another 100 are set to follow before the end of this week. The company is refocusing on corporate finance in Europe. It noted that it lacks a long-term...
Next update :)
22/04/2018
New UK Corporate Governance Rules
The Story: The UK is introducing new corporate governance reforms in May in an attempt to tackle some of the unacceptable practices of businesses during the financial crisis and the collapse of large private companies. It will...
Yesssss I love this idea! Especially any newsletters about the challenges law firms face and the future of law firms. I've been asked both of those in interviews before and I felt like my answers were so vague. So that would be really helpful :)
I pretty much just youtube topics that I'm not sure about. I found this really helpful as an intro to the economy:
Interest rates (and just the crash course series in general is good)
Shares/stock exchange
Inflation (I love this video!)
For the financial crisis I pretty much just...
Next update :)
13/04/2018
Trump reconsidering trade agreement
The Story: Trump is said to be looking to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership but he wants to see a better deal for the US than before. Trump originally withdrew from TPP and criticised it during his campaign.
Impact on law...
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