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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sandrou" data-source="post: 702" data-attributes="member: 31">No, not necessarily. But you will be 'pressed' to have a commercial opinion on issues that you may be unfamiliar with. I think the trick is to have a reasoned opinion and be ready to back up your response regardless if it's nonsense. The interviewers will play devils advocate with MOST of the things you say. For e.g., I was asked directly about a recent M&A deal that the firm were involved in. They then asked me to tell them about the different areas of law that will usually be involved in an acquisition and why these areas were important. So here, I went on to talk about Tax, real estate, IP and competition law etc and linked it with the firm and what they had to offer. I was also asked specific questions in respect to the subjects I studied in uni [uni thesis was based on Biotechnology (IP)]. For example I was asked whether companies should be allowed to have a monopoly of patents? I answered no! They questioned why not... And continued to press (This is where your commercial awareness needs to shine through in my opinion).P.s, there is a 95% chance that you will be asked about your academics and the subjects you studied; a general discussion will follow from there. Overall, the AC is almost like a conversation but the partners know what they are looking for from the outset so be yourself because you've been invited to an interview for a reason.</blockquote>

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