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    Macfarlanes Vacation Scheme Application Form

    Hello guys, this is an old post but my question relates to Macfarlanes's application anyway. What does it specifically ask in the 'other activities' section? It suggests travelling outside of work or education. Does it mean summer holidays or something more specific which has developed a...
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    Personal Referee?

    Answering the second question in a way to include where I developed those skills feels forced and surely amounts to not answering the question at hand but rather answering a different one, i.e. what are the skills of a successful lawyer and do you possess such skills. Is such an understanding wrong?
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    Personal Referee?

    Hello! Within the Sidley Austin VS application, the referee section requires 1 academic referee and provides the option of providing another, either personal or professional referee. My question is, is the application stronger if you provide a second referee? Logic says yes. If that is so, what...
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    Work Experience Sector

    My main concern is that when it says details of work experience, my mind goes to describing what I did there and not what I have gained from it. If i start explaining the skills I have gained from my work experience on that particular section instead on the 'tell me your competencies' question...
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    Work Experience Sector

    I have a question concerning the work experience sector in training contract application forms. When it says details, does that mean what I did while at the job or also the skills and competencies that I have developed from that. When the application is already asking in another section my key...
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    Deloitte?

    Hello everyone. I am currently at the pre-final stage of Deloitte's new training contract application. I wanted to ask, especially the more senior members, what are their thoughts on such a training contract and whether anyone has any tips as to the questions to be expected in the Job Simulation...
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    Problem with Ashurst application?

    You were right, I cut some words and it got accepted. Thank you for your help.
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    Problem with Ashurst application?

    Thank you for the reply. I will try that.
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    Problem with Ashurst application?

    Does anyone else experience problems with Ashurst's application? Specifically, under the cover letter section, it says 1000 words max. I copy & paste there 996 words and it wont let me proceed claiming that I must be under 1000 words. Does anyone know why? Maybe its the format of me including my...

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