Hi guys!
I just got an email today from Simmons & Simmons telling me that I progressed to the second stage of their application process which is a video interview, written exercise, and two tests (verbal reasoning and logical reasoning).
Can anyone who has perhaps gotten to this stage provide me with more insight on what the written exercise and video interview are like?
I know firms usually have written exercises in assessment centers but I've never done one before. Also, I've failed every video interview I have done so I am not sure where I am going wrong with that and would love to pass this one.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
@Karen Taoube @Florawilliams Congratulations! I did the video interview, tests, and written exercise about a month ago so I can talk you through the structure/what to expect but I am awful at video interviews so I'm not sure my advice would be very helpful there. The written exercise is pretty straightforward, they give you 12 minutes (if I remember correctly) to read through a very short article and summarise your key takeaways in response to the question they asked. I'd never done a written exercise before and I'm generally a slow reader but the article was short and clear so I wouldn't worry too much about it. I would say it helped me to take brief notes on a piece of paper next to me (just one or two words to remind me what I want to say) so I could structure my answer better when I started writing.
This is quite an obvious tip but they have practice tests with feedback reports for their verbal reasoning and logical reasoning tests so make sure you do those before you attempt the real one so you can be prepared for the format and try to improve on the areas the feedback reports suggests.
As for the video interview, the questions I got were a mixture of motivational questions (why law, why the firm, etc), competency questions, and one situational judgment question. There's a thread on this forum about Simmons & Simmons video interviews that really helped me prep, and a couple of the questions on here came up in my VI too:
https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/simmons-simmons-video-interview.1748/.
Good luck!!