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If you wanted to buy yourself some time, you could ask them as to whether you could decide later on in 2022. You could use the excuse of trying to work out whether to take the SQE vs LPC route, and given most LPC courses wouldn't start until September 2022, you feel there is no immediate rush to...- TCLA Community Assistant
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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Ask TCLA's New Community Managers Anything!
How long have you been at the organisation and are there any opportunities within the company to move into an area you are interested in?- TCLA Community Assistant
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I also forgot to nominate someone last week. So apologies for the delay, but I'd like to nominate @SLKEJRWOI97 for the following thread and subsequent posts that pulled together our best information on how to prepare for assessment centres...- TCLA Community Assistant
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- Forum: General Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I think it really depends on your personal dexterity on either device. I would go with what you think you can respond to most quickly. For me, I'd do it on a tablet because I know I'll be quicker than using a mouse or touchpad on a laptop, but have a larger screen than a phone. But other people...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Gowling WLG Behavioural Assessment
Recruiters spend a good amount of time and effort working out what will be popular or not in a recruitment process - that will impact their application numbers and quality. It is always a fine balance between encouraging enough applications from a diverse range of candidates and assessing what...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Gowling WLG Behavioural Assessment
Firms' preferences for what they value in candidates can differ massively and that's why recruitment processes rely on different assessment methods. In the same way that firms ask different questions on an application form or ask for different methods of application, different forms of...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
Completely agree with @James Carrabino ’s comments here - two examples is probably a safe bet just fo give you some interchangeability when needed or when questions might be similar, but like James, you might find your best examples to be sufficient. It’s just a a useful back up to have another...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!
If it’s a CV as an attachment, bullet points are most appropriate- TCLA Community Assistant
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Gowling WLG Behavioural Assessment
It sounds like it isn't a SJT as such but as games based behavioural assessment. A situational judgement test will present scenarios you would find in a law firm as a trainee and ask you to select how you would deal with that scenario, sometimes by picking the best option and in some cases...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Remember that explaining why you want to work for Freshfields is focusing on you! Having read thousands of FBD apps, I don't think there is really a set answer to how much you write for this, but I would make sure it is covered well in the personal statement. To me, the personal statement needs...- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
Include any information that naturally doesn't fit into other questions or sections (and not just because you ran out of word count) that you would like to present because it shows another positive side or quality to yourself. This could be a whole range of things to be honest - so it is quite...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Which one do you think represents yours skills best based on the complexity of the task of what you think challenged you the most? I need to be brutally frank here, but the only person who knows this answer is you. A “title” of an experience means nothing to a recruiter and they can’t assume it...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Gowling WLG Behavioural Assessment
Agree with the data. However these assessments are proving to have less adverse impact than other assessments, so no matter what data is going in, the outcome is more favourable than some other forms of assessment, especially those that have to have a low threshold to minimise/remove adverse impact.- TCLA Community Assistant
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Gowling WLG Behavioural Assessment
One advantage of these assessments is that they are less likely to have adverse impact against under represented groups when compared to other forms of assessment. Considering many firms have diversity as a key part of their recruitment strategy, it is a major consideration for using these...- TCLA Community Assistant
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Ask TCLA's New Community Managers Anything!
If in an interview, you may want to structure your answer by dividing it into two and saying something like “From a work perspective, London appeals because….And then from a personal perspective, I want to live in London because”. I’d make sure the personal reasons are a bit deeper than the...- TCLA Community Assistant
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To add on to @AvniD ’s post and from what I know of you, there will be a slight difference in that you haven’t been to the U.K. while Avni had ties to the U.K. before applying. A recruiter will want to be fairly certain you have considered not only working in the U.K., like Avni has suggested...- TCLA Community Assistant
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- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
You have to make sure you present as much variety as possible. If that means showing variety within an example, then I think that is fine.- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I have seen both approaches work well in applications - do what works for you and your experiences and the skills you want to claim. My advice is to focus on a small number of skills though - don’t try to claim too many.- TCLA Community Assistant
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)
I think it is one element to discuss, but should be weaved in with other points. For instance, you could say this is stronger at firms like Slaughter and May and Macfarlanes that both have even fewer offices than AG, so try to use a combination of factors that make you think AG is right for you...- TCLA Community Assistant
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What are you most worried about when starting a training contract? interview q
Because they want to see that you have considered the opportunity thoroughly and understand it’s not always going to be easy/perfect/rainbows and sunshine. The role require resilience and a “Teflon” attitude where you don’t let things get to you, so working out what isn’t going to be easy or...- TCLA Community Assistant
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