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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

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hamza alam

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Very well done!

My experience of the NRF AC (successful) was that it was split into 3 parts: an assessed negotiation, an interview (covering strengths, competencies and commercial awareness) with 2 partners, and a written case study.

I would advise consulting a few of the articles I've written in recent weeks for some starting points on all of these elements:

Hope these help!
VERU USEFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH
 
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Asil Ahmad

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    Kennedys nothing today my application portal has been the same for 5 weeks. I am assuming a rejection is coming on Monday morning.

    Kennedys HR if you are reading this thread send me my rejection tonight I want to start my new week on a good note.
     
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