They definitely have a right answer as your final calculation should hopefully match one of the answer options. I would’ve said time is a factor, but I spend quite long sometimes making sure I get the correct answer and I’ve personally never scored below high numerical. Verbal is slightly trickier as you can’t objectively confirm whether you are correct or not, but I think if you get a single question wrong, you can’t get high numerical/verbal (not entirely sure on this tho).
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i went to firm open day after submitting and asked the hiring team what i can do and they said i could re submit with another email and they’d scrap the other one so there’s options and i still got through to AC so it’s not always bad as long as u talk to them and explain why your unsubmitting and trying again
Ofc they have right answers they are math problems 😭
If your calculations don’t match the options, try to make sure you are reading the question and interpreting the data correctly
I know i've asked too many times now lol but has this been prerecorded and it is anywhere that we can watch it?
Edit: Nvm found it now!
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Withers says on their website: "Applications close mid-January. We start to review applications approximately one month prior to the application deadline." So while they're rolling, they haven't started to review them yet!
Besides, 4 weeks is not insanely long to progress to the next stage. I have had rolling firms that progress me to the next stage a couple of months after the application, it just depends on how on it they are, I guess!
hey , i was at the open day too and asked this - they said j copy and paste that answer as they obviously liked it!
Yes, the numerical ones definitely! I know I got one wrong on the A&O S, The same question came up again, and I got it right that time.
Does anyone know if Davis Polk requires a completed pgdl from someone who completed their law degree outside the UK?
I believe, for their vac schemes, they hold ACs for both then ask people to choose which one they prefer when they get an offer. And I don't think they hold AC's before the deadline which is Dec 19th
Reed Smith">@Abbie Reed Smith Is it fair to assume that I’ve been rejected by Reed Smith, given that I completed the video interview in the first batch but haven’t been invited to an assessment centre for winter vacation scheme?
Hi there, I applied to BCLP last year. I did 500 words for each question, and progressed to the first-stage interview. However, writing 400-450 words per question should be sufficient.
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