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A practical video series to help you plan and produce a written exercise that shows a firm you’ve got what it takes to succeed.
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Understand the competencies a written exercise is really testing before you start.
Plan, write and check within the time you're given.
Produce a professional, well-pitched piece for the audience in front of you.
Six short videos. Watch in order or jump to the part you need.
Competencies
The range of skills a written exercise is built to assess.
Why it matters
How those skills map to the work you'd do as a trainee.
What's involved
The kind of content a written exercise can throw at you.
Common formats
The usual shapes a written exercise takes, and their likely focus.
Skills tested
What the task is measuring.
What success looks like
What you need to show to do well.
Read the documents
Getting to grips with the source materials you're handed.
Read between the lines
Understanding what the documents actually imply.
The written basics
Why spelling, grammar and formatting still count.
Use the instructions
How to turn the brief into a plan before you write.
Manage the clock
Pacing your answer with time left to check and fix.
Handle curveballs
Staying composed when the exercise tests your reaction.
Technical slips
Avoiding the spelling, grammar and formatting errors that cost you.
Time and balance
Finishing the whole task without leaving sections thin.
Pitch it right
Matching tone and content to who's reading it.
The themes to expect
A recap of the common formats and what they share.
The strategy
Plan, follow the brief, check, and manage your time.
Bring commercial awareness
Using it well to lift your written exercise.
A legal graduate recruiter with 16 years' experience of assessing written exercises from the recruiter's side, sharing exactly what makes a piece of writing stand out.
Six short videos from a recruiter who marks these exercises for a living. Learn what they're looking for and how to put it on the page.