There is some great advice in these threads and posts:
Thread 'Converting your vacation scheme into a training contract - top tips in 2021'
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If the questions are covering motivations reasons for the career/the firm/the opportunity, then no need to provide a cover letter. It is probably a default where the system is used for other vacancies.
It’s likely to be that they could reclaim it all then. Whether they do or not is a completely different matter though, and I suspect will be on a case by case basis which means it can be difficult to give advice on what’s likely here.
Are you still looking to qualify as a solicitor or do you...
The paralegal job might not start until late July.
I would wait until you see if you get the paralegal offer and then work out what to do - I think you might jump the gun otherwise.
July is only a matter of weeks away - you could find that you are able to do the internship before the paralegal job starts.
If you did secure both offers, you could always renege on the one you don’t prefer.
Could you not do both? Do the placement and then do the paralegal role?
If not, it sounds like the paralegal role will be a longer term opportunity and therefore will be the better one to seek.
Working in a non U.K. office of an international firm would really be helpful if you wanted to work...
There won't be a standard policy, but many ATSs won't have the functionality to flag use of AI in an answer - it is more likely only going to be flagged by someone interpretating it as such (and even then the firm may not have an issue with it depending on the quality of your answer).
Sorry to hear you feel like that.
The firm understand the frustrations from the decision being made at this late stage in the process, and it wasn’t a decision made lightly.
I can answer this - it’s very genuine.
It was only sent to people who were at the final selection stages and who the firm want to keep in contact with for future opportunities.
I wouldn't say it is late in the cycle - many firms are still going to open their direct TC applications this summer.
Maybe take a break from it for a while and come back to it once you have had a chance to relax and reflect. You are allowed to feel like this (pretty much everyone does!) and...
It’s really difficult to advise on this as it will depend on the nature of the mistakes.
But mistakes are likely to happen in a vacation scheme and no one is perfect and so they are likely to happen. It’s more about either the severity of the mistake/the implications of the mistake being made...
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