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Introducing our Video Interview Simulator
Introducing our Video Interview Simulator! We've been working on a solution to help candidates better prepare for video interviews. \ Introducing our video interview simulator: It's the same software that many law firm use to filter candidates You'll be asked questions, adapted from real...- Jaysen
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Can your work history overlap with the Positions of Responsibility?
Yep that's fine!- Jaysen
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Commercial Awareness Update - July 2019!
Hi everyone! Welcome to this week's commercial news update. Happy reading! Commercial News Update: 24th July 2019 Topics covered this week are: Second-Quarter Reports of US Investment Banks (by @Sara Moon) Netflix and the Streaming Wars (by @Jaysen) 1. Second-quarter reports of US...- Jaysen
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Charles Russell Speechlys
Some further advice from another future trainee! 1. The questions on those things are relatively standard across the board. Concerning three types generally: motivational questions, competency based questions and commercial awareness questions. As such applicants should be astute to those areas...- Jaysen
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Baker Mckenzie VI
You may find this post helpful: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/hearing-back-from-firms-ac-interview-tips-share-2018.709/page-99#post-10981- Jaysen
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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020
That's terrible. A few firms are really bad at notifying candidates before they actually apply...- Jaysen
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DWF VI
In addition to Camilla's excellent advice, a future DWF trainee has kindly offered to give you advice. If you message him via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayaz-saboor-35496a93?originalSubdomain=uk (and tell him you're from TCLA), he'll be happy to help.- Jaysen
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The UK Parliament votes on Brexit - Tuesday 15 January 2018 - 7pm
Boris Johnson was just elected the new leader of the Conservative Party. He is now the UK's prime minister.- Jaysen
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Charles Russell Speechlys
A future trainee at the firm said she couldn't give specific details about the VI but said the following: 1) Ensure you've picked an appropriate and quiet environment. You should be free from distractions in that room so try to make sure all sounds from your computer and phone are switched off...- Jaysen
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Charles Russell Speechlys
I've reached out to a few people about the video interview. Will let you know if I hear back!- Jaysen
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BCLP Assessment Centre Guidance
Arun, you may find these threads helpful: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/bclp-assessment-centre.1434/ and https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/winter-vacation-scheme-2018-thread.571/page-8#post-4863- Jaysen
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TCLA's New Podcast: Trainee Talk
Two new episodes have been released: Trainee Talk Episode #8: Bringing Confidence to the Application Process In this episode, we spoke with Ayaz Saboor, a current paralegal and a future trainee at DWF. Ayaz explains how he turned around his applications, leading to an 80% application to...- Jaysen
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Cover Letter- Questions?
As long as the firm has a particular focus on Africa then it's fine, just be sure to give specific reasons for why that appeals to you.- Jaysen
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CRS Video Interview
Hi Arun, I'm not familiar with their particular video interview, but you may find this general advice helpful: Other links include Rosie Watterson's practice videos: https://applyshinewin.com/2017/12/27/practical-help-for-video-interviews, plus Natwest's Pitch app for if you want a tool to...- Jaysen
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BCLP Brand Ambassador Video Interview 2019
Before the interview, they would ask you to prepare in advance, three suggestions or event ideas to promote the brand of BCLP on your campus and also to prepare a two to three-minute elevator pitch, as if you were to give one to a student at a law fair, based on your knowledge about the firm...- Jaysen
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Clifford Chance Spark Interview 2019
From anonymous There were two parts to the assessment centre: a senior associate interview (competency) and a partner interview (based on the case study). Since Clifford Chance conducts CV-blind interviews, the first question in the senior associate interview would be “tell me about yourself”...- Jaysen
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New Weekly Updates Page
We're very happy to release our new Weekly News page, allowing you to easily dive into our previous commercial updates! https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/weekly-news/- Jaysen
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How to bring Lawtech into the conversation
Why do you want Lawtech to be brought up at interview? Do you have particular experience in this area? If so, you can use it in your answers to competency questions. Interviewers could then ask follow up questions. If not, and you just want to discuss the subject, you can bring it up if they...- Jaysen
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Training Contract Applications
As it's peak application season, they're likely just sifting through applications. I'd leave it for now unless you want a time frame.- Jaysen
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- Forum: Vacation Schemes Discussion
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Literary Character Question
Hey Kristian - what's the full question?- Jaysen
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- Forum: Applications Discussion