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        "html_text": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Gowling WLG Vacation Scheme - December 2023</span></strong></p><hr><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>What was the full recruitment process? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>1. Application</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>2. Games-based assessment</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>3. Video interview</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>4. Assessment centre</strong></span></span></span></p><hr><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Which aspect does this report cover?</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Video interview</span></span></span></p><hr><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Where did the interview take place? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Via software called iCIMS</span></span></span></p><hr><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>What did the interview involve? &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I was required to answer four questions. There was a three-minute time limit for preparing for each question, and I was then given 90 seconds to record each answer. There was no option to re-record answers. I had a five-day deadline to complete the interview.</span></span></span></p><hr><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Which questions were you asked?</strong></span></span></span></p><ul><li style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Your client is a toy-market business owner wanting to expand into markets outside of the UK and wants preliminary advice. How would you approach this?</li><li style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">The firm wants to run a charity event and tasks you with recruiting volunteers (including a charismatic host). How would you go about getting the help you need for the event?</li><li style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">You are completing a project with colleagues that work in Australia and Canada. How would you approach managing a project with colleagues in different time zones?</li><li style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">You have completed a piece of work, and a partner tells you you&rsquo;ve written it in the wrong tone and it needs changing. How would you respond to this?&nbsp;</li></ul><hr><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>What was the outcome? &nbsp;</strong></span><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">I received an email two weeks later to inform me that I had been unsuccessful.&nbsp;</span></span></span></p><hr><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>Do you have any specific advice on how to prepare?</strong></span></span></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Have a notebook in front of you to make notes on each question. Have an external timer, such as your phone, as there isn&rsquo;t a timer onscreen. The interview is scenario-based, so practise answering questions that allow you to display the Gowling competencies for a trainee solicitor, which are:</span></span></span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&nbsp;</span></span></span></p><ul><li style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Thinking style</li><li style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Getting things done</li><li style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Overcoming challenges</li><li style=\"font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\">Interacting with others</li></ul>"
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