Hey @dannyp123 I think Abbie briefly broke this down here, have a look and let us know if you have any questions. Good luck!
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Yeah I should use this in the interview actually.@nbjani no doubt you've got this! FLK1, VI's, interviews - look at you juggling so much at once like the solicitor you're meant to be. Just make sure you're organised and strict with time allocation here, so you don't end up focusing more on one thing at the expense of another.
As for the individual presentation... can you tell me more? What have you been asked to do here?
OMG I did this - thought I absolutely fumbled the bag in my interview because I was already nervous and was being asked very broad technical/ case study/ commercial awareness questions alongside back to back questions while I'm answering BUT it turned out fine in the end.
What ratings? You should’ve received an automated feedback report immediately after you finished the test (provided you watched the entire video at the end as mentioned by the firm).
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Hey @AS24 I'm well thank you, hope you are too!
lowkey I've never been bothered enough to do any formatting on cover letters except starting it with [to firm grad rec] and signing it offHi guys! I'm currently filling in the Travers Smith application, and I'm a bit stuck figuring out how to deal with the cover letter. There's a couple of things I'm a bit confused about:
1. How long do you reckon the cover letter should be? The word limit on the application form is 1000 words, and there's a post a couple of years ago from @TCLA Community Assistant (who really knows her stuff!) saying that, generally speaking, successful Travers Smith cover letters are about 700-850 words long. However, Travers Smith's own website suggests that the cover letter should be "ideally no longer than one side of A4". Therefore, would it be wise instead to write a shorter cover letter, and if so, how short do you reckon it should be?
2. Ordinarily, when writing a cover letter, I write my address in the top right-hand corner of the letter. However, there's no way of doing this on the Travers Smith application form, as you just write your letter into a standard text box on Vantage (much the same way with any other application question on Vantage), instead of, say, writing your letter in Microsoft Word and uploading it to the application portal. Therefore, would I be right in assuming that candidates don't need to include their address (or the firm's address) in the cover letter?
If anyone has any feedback or advice (no matter how small), I'd be super grateful!
Hey @Diana54 I've never really considered this in much detail, although I probably should but for me I would say the opportunities/threats within the legal industry are pretty inter-woven. What may seem like an opportunity, could lead to a challenge and vice-versa - so your answers for both could be the same albeit focusing on different elements. Let's take AI for example, although this has always been leveraged as an opportunity due to greater efficiency and lower costs, it runs the risk of eradicating admin oriented tasks that allow trainees to learn the foundational blocks of any given matter, e.g. proof-reading (which for firms like Freshfields, Litera takes the lead) would allow trainees the chance to take time to read up on a matter in great depth, develop attention to detail and keep an eye out on key concerns. Although, I am sure they still do, it is still a risk that can feed into a heavily reliant workforce in the future.
Thank you < 3 I really do appreciate that, and I'm so glad it worked out okay for you!! I really hope it is okay in the end, and if it is I'll be hitting the chat with a big old I was wrong message :' )
Hello @Afraz Akhtar,
I'm not an expert, but my understanding is that with many firms, the strengths and weaknesses given on feedback reports are generally relative to you. It's impossible to quantify based on the reports unless they quantify it with numbers. Person A's weakest area might be stronger than Person B's strongest area. Or Person A's strengths are average and below Person C's weaknesses. Probably, they are weighted based on qualities the firm finds most important, but the weighting is useless without quantification. I may be wrong about this, though, but I wouldn't worry too much. What it does mean is if you don't get accepted to the next stage, you know which area tripped you up if you apply again in the next cycle. Although typing that, I guess with SJTs by design, it'll be very rare to score very high or very low across the board?
it's too much cognitive load on top of exams, academic reading, committee roles, and just daily life haha
