Prepping for Behaviorals

Hi just wanted to make this thread to get advice from the more experienced monkeys in London IB. I just started prepping for recruiting (second year at Target UG) and was wondering how you best prep for commercial awareness questions (like reading FT, etc.). Also, I would love for ppl to drop some examples of behavioral, especially competency, questions, or if there is a bank of Qs that a lot of ppl use, that would be great. I feel like these are always tougher than techs, and have no idea what HR is looking for in candidates (but who does, really). Thanks!

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Thanks for the advice. Is there a specific way you would approach "Tell me about a time when you took a leadership role in a group" type of q. Whenever I practice these, I feel like I am always rambling and going all over the place.
 

 

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