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Just my approach, but I did smth along the lines of "X skill will be particularly relevant at CC because of X training structure or X quality of the firm.

Mayer Brown has no application questions, just VI.

Linklaters is the only one that comes to mind, the others without questions usually just have automated VI. The CC question was pretty straightforward and short.

It doesn't get sent on weekends.

once I started seeing numbers in brackets I began just clicking frantically lol.

Just my personal approach. I did them somewhat distinctly, but did link back to how the things that initially made me want to pursue commercial law were specifically relevant at NRF.

Im having a very difficult time not talking about the same experiences again in the Ashurst application, it asks so many things!

Does anyone have experience with requesting to change from WVS to SVS? I know it varies firm to firm but just generally speaking I'm wondering how common this is or if its a bit of a long shot.

They also (it appears) interview lots of people, and that is probably why they are sending out invites so early as they have a lot to get through. Presuming PFO after a few days is crazy lol.

I can't remember the source but earlier today I read somewhere that they notoriously interview tons of people. No idea if there is any merit to it.

I did not.

Jones Day interview :)

@Jessica Booker Do you think using an academic achievement as an answer for CC's "tell us about your greatest achievement" question is a poor answer? I feel like its not really in the spirit of what they're asking. I was planning on referring to past failures and saying its an achievement...

Just do research on the skills the firm values and keep that in mind while doing it. Beyond the obvious things, like never considering to help a colleague over your own objectives, it really does vary. I passed A&O's but failed others, its tricky.

I cant remember the exact date, I think its 5 or 7 days. But it definitely isnt just by the application deadline.

Honestly, I feel like if you go to any of the RG universities as long as you have a mid 2:1 grades shouldn't really limit you except for the select US firms and Slaughter & May etc. I feel like the Oxbridge favour gets overblown a bit. a 2:1 from a RG uni puts you in a great position almost...

so who is going to take the bullet and do the A&O assessment questions first.

I interviewed at Slaughters and W&C with similar grades, so if its a firm you're really interested in go for it. Worst case scenario you spent a day applying to a firm you didn't get interviewed at.

Check if they just say this or "X number of UCAS points".

My approach is to group "open day/one day events" into a single category. But something like campus ambassador I'd put in its own unless there was an extra curriculars box.