TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

Aspiringsolicitor01

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Hi @Jessica Booker . I recently took a video interview where I was still recovering from food poisoning as I had to get it done and I know that extensions are not allowed. I was inevitably pretty blank in my expressions and less animated. Is that something I should highlight to the early careers team or is it something I just have to accept won’t be taken into consideration?
 

Jessica Booker

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Hi @Jessica Booker . I recently took a video interview where I was still recovering from food poisoning as I had to get it done and I know that extensions are not allowed. I was inevitably pretty blank in my expressions and less animated. Is that something I should highlight to the early careers team or is it something I just have to accept won’t be taken into consideration?
Unfortunately the recruitment team cannot really take it into consideration. They have no understanding of how it may have impacted you, and can’t “calculate” that into your performance.

Recruiters will often take the same view as universities where if you go ahead with an assessment, you are determining that you are “fit to sit”.
 

Jessica Booker

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