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17 December 2025
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Join Isabel Elsey, Legal Recruitment Manager at BCLP, for a live Q&A session. Get details on secondments, innovation, growth areas, and everything else you’ve wanted to ask about life at BCLP!
I haven't done the Mayer Brown test before but I have done the Weil one. Last year they sent a link in the email to a VI practice site. Definitely practice that as much as possible - I was using it to practice for other firms even after I'd finished the Weil VI.
Weil's questions tend to be a...
Elle, you should've seen my face when they made that hair line comment to that poor paralegal😭
I had the same issue struggling with interrupting partners as they can have so much aura. What I did that seemed to work was when initially getting introduced to them by my supervisor, I would ask...
If the firm has really said not to bring in past examples then you're probably right in that they are mainly assessing how you approach the situation. I'm sure that there will be differences in the points that each person makes and how they tackle the questions based on their own lived...
Hi! I wanted to give my two cents on this as someone who has failed to convert 3 vac schemes 😭!
The biggest mistake I made and one that I've seen drag other top candidates down was confidence. You have to try your best to really put yourself out there and express how interested you are in the...
Hey! I did ES's video interview last year and you're right it is strengths-based. The firm really focuses on your motivations in specific scenarios and what qualities you're naturally drawn to expressing. Expect mainly questions about an experience you have and how that shows your affinity for a...
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