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    Explaining why you have done work experience at different firms

    Hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone else has done legal work experience previously at independent/smaller firms and is now applying to international/bigger firms and how you explain this in interviews? I have done a lot of work experience at a regional firm and find that this makes...
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    Strengths based interviews

    Hi everyone, I have a telephone interview coming up which is strengths based. I've only just got my head around competency interviews and the STAR format so I'm at a loss with this one. Has anyone had a strengths based assessment and is able to share some tips? Specifically with how to format...

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