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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
I'd gone the entire week hearing nothing only for it to end on a Friday 5pm rejection email from Ropes & Gray post-application. Meanwhile still waiting on Linklaters, Debevoise, CMS, Freshfields, Sidley, HL, Akin Gump, Dechert, Mayer Brown, Milbank.- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Sorry to hear, hope you don't mind me asking, but what's the difference between strengths-based and competency-based?- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Did you subscribe to Finimize Premium? I've had the app for ages but I've not explored their packs at all as I've been rather busy and getting by with FT articles and Daily Briefing so far- DavidJC
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Linklaters 2019/20 Application
Mine is Direct TC but it's been on 66% on-hold at candidate review since the deadline when I submitted the application- DavidJC
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Linklaters 2019/20 Application
Mine is still 66% On Hold :/- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
They've suggested 45 mins for the SST and 50 mins for the VRT, I think I spent total about 1 hour 15 minutes? I didn't really prepare for it, the SST is the same as any other and I just treated the VRT like the LNAT, essentially a comprehension and critical thinking test.- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Finally found time to do the Mayer Brown tests and goodness that sure took awhile- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Yeah, they had a specific field for it.- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Based on what Jessica's previously said about first-stage screening, TW's website, and the lack of even a test invite suggests that I failed on academics. I've had mitigating circumstances at uni in 1st and 2nd year but my uni only classifies degrees based on 3rd and 4th years so I'm still on...- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
I called them since they never responded to my emails and I said I hadn't heard back at all since I applied and I had heard they were doing ACs already then an hour later I got a rejection email. I didn't even get to speak with graduate recruitment, it was someone else who had answered the phone- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
On the deadline day, I'm not too bummed by this one cos in terms of practice areas Ashurst just didn't feel right to me (probably cos the areas I like got shadowed by the strengths of the merger partner)- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Rejected from TW after calling them without even getting the online assessments lmao- DavidJC
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Linklaters 2019/20 Application
Still on hold on my portal, kinda losing hope too- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Post-tests rejection from Ashurst direct TC- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Rejection from Cleary too- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Same here- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Completely understand how you feel, this is only my first cycle but I'm a finalist and I still haven't gotten to an AC yet. I've had good feedback on my application from peers and successful applicants but I think we just gotta tough it out, so hang in there and keep holding out.- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Rejections from Shearman and Kirkland, still no response to my emails from TW or Weil after two days- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
How much room for deviation between the online tests and AC tests would you say there is? I'm asking this in case some candidates change their minds about their responses to some of the same questions.- DavidJC
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
Just received test invites from HL and Mayer Brown, still waiting on: Linklaters - direct TC CMS - London summer Kirkland - Summer Ashurst - direct TC Freshfields - direct TC Taylor Wessing Weil - Summer Shearman Any others were only submitted last week. Slightly concerned as I haven't received...- DavidJC
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