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Hi Guys, hope everyone is well.
I have a TC interview coming in and for it, I need to do a written exercise, a presentation and an interview. I am little bit worried about the written exercise as when I was speaking to future trainees and trainees solicitors, they said the written exercise will be a statement made like an exam type question and we will have 55 minutes to assess both sides of argument and draw own conclusion. Has anyone in this forum been exposed to this sort of written exercise and can you kindly provide tips as to how I can prepare for this? Also, it would be really helpful if anyone can please send a copy of a exercise that is similar to the one I have which I can then practice on?
Many thanks,
AT
Hi
@WAL007,
I haven't heard of this format of WE before honestly. However, I don't think that your approach to this should be substantively any different (in terms of
structure) to a normal WE. I would advise that you do an executive summary and conclusion as normal. Employ subheadings too. For example, if you want to be very formulaic about it, you
could write the following:
Argument 1 (replace with appropriate sub-title)
Summary
For
Against
Evaluation
Repeat for Argument 2
You could also pursue a SWOT/PESTLE analysis.
@James Carrabino has written some fantastic content on things to consider in evaluating different arguments, such as
this.
In terms of how to practice, I would consider having a look at the written part of the Oxford University Thinking Skills Assessment. From what I remember it was very similar to this and I am sure there are practice questions online.
This is a resource produced by Christ Church on the TSA which might be helpful.
I hope that you find this useful AT. Let me know if you could like any further thoughts 🏆