Recent content by Maria d'Orey
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Practise your commercial awareness for your next interview using PESTLE & SWOT.
Hi everyone! My name is Maria and I am a Product Lead at TCLA and future trainee. ☺️ With assessment centre season well underway and many of you wanting to start preparing for your training contract applications, @NatashaS98 , @Orla , @Erin and I have been thinking of ways to provide you with...- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: General Discussion
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What to do if I don't get any vacation schemes?
Hi @ginevrafanshawe ! Thanks for sharing this with us! I would first like to start by saying that I understand how frustrating the process of applying to schemes can be. It is daunting to go into the process knowing that you will still need to compete for a TC after the actual VS and that so...- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Secondary school grades for international/overseas students
Hi @raccoon ! I also studied abroad before coming to the UK for university, so I thought I would share my thoughts on this. I personally had to include 2 years worth of grades for about 10 classes in every application form (since my qualification was nothing like A-levels) and I must say that...- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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a confused law student's TC journey :)
Hi @confusedlawstudent ! I'm really not sure as to how TW's assessment is, so I cannot say with 100% certainty. However, if they do not give you any recommendations (e.g. via email when you received the invitation to complete the test), I would say a laptop as I imagine that it is easier to...- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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a confused law student's TC journey :)
Hi @confusedlawstudent , Congratulations on your Bristows IP workshop offer and for passing through to the next stage of TW's application process! So happy to see that your hard work has been paying off! ⭐ I thought that it might be helpful to flag that "Games Based Assessments" are, in...- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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Ask 3 TCLA Application Reviewers Anything!
Hi @time2work ! Thanks for your message, of course I can! 😄 I found the interview to be very different from the vac scheme interview. The partners barely asked me about my written application (as expected) - they only used them to start the interview (e.g. asked about my background as an...- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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NQ positions, recruiters applying 2022
Great - hope you find it helpful @FM302989 ! :) And no problem at all with your username! 🤣- Maria d'Orey
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NQ positions, recruiters applying 2022
Hi @FM302989 ! Just a note that emails about recent requests to the JLC forum should have now been sent off! ☺️- Maria d'Orey
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NQ positions, recruiters applying 2022
Hi @FM302989 ! Thanks for your query! We'll be sending an email in regards to your request by 5pm today. Make sure to keep an eye out for it! 😄- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: General Discussion
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Jack's Training Contract Journey
Hi @JackPorter76 , That's a great update - thanks for sharing some useful podcasts with the forum, I'm sure it will be helpful for other members! 👏 I look forward to reading your next update! Best of luck!- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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Ashour's Journey to a TC
Hi @Mohamed Ashour ! Your updates are really inspiring! I really like how you included deadlines for each one of your tasks - it's amazing to see how much application work you can get done in one day. Best of luck in your Taylor Wessing submission! 🌟- Maria d'Orey
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Ask 3 TCLA Application Reviewers Anything!
Hi @confusedlawstudent , I know I'm a bit late but just wanted to say that I completely agree with @AvniD here! If they were only looking for mitigating circumstances or any sort of specific information they would have mentioned this in the question. If you consider this to be relevant and...- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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My Training Contract Journey
Hi @j.s.cox - what an amazing update! For someone who had never done it before, your Watson Glaser score is impressive - very well done. I also really like your reflection on why you thought the NRF interview was hard - I definitely agree that interviews that feel more like conversations than...- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey
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Seeking career advice - lost hope for TC
Hi @C.A. , Thank you so much for sharing this - I'm sure it will motivate a lot of people to keep going! Your background is so interesting and your passion is really admirable. Congratulations on all of these achievements (particularly your positive mindset and resilience!) - and welcome to...- Maria d'Orey
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My Training Contract Journey
This sounds really great @j.s.cox - well done on putting this together, I'm sure it will be helpful! Yes! Completely agree that speaking to people at the firm is important - your question is also really straightforward, great job 😂 Best of luck with your applications - I'm sure you'll do great!- Maria d'Orey
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- Forum: My Training Contract Journey