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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, thanks for all your helpful answers on this thread, its great! I have an assessment day coming up and I was thinking about my answer to the "greatest weakness" question. I did a personality test for the firm and it identified an area that was less strong than the others out of the...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, I'm sure this has been asked and answered before, apologies if so but i can't find it! I have an interview coming up for a vac scheme and the app covered why law, why the firm and a few competencies. It seems like from past interview experiences that these questions are often...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, I interviewed at Slaughters in 2018 but it was my first interview and it unsurprisingly didn't go well. I have done a fair bit in the past 2 yrs and was considering reapplying, but their website says they do not tend to reinterview candidates. Is it worth even a speculative...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Rejected from FF as well. Gutted as had attended a presentation evening and the grad workshop, but didn't even get a WG invite :(
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica,I have been rejected from a couple of MC firm open days but received emails that seemed slightly strange or encouraging; i was just wondering if they were likely to be generic and therefore not worth worrying about ? 1. 'I We understand that this may be disappointing however your...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    FYI, after applying last October (!!!) for a direct TC at Travers and having given up on them ages ago, got an email today inviting me to interview so yeah they are getting back to ppl now
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    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Hey, I got the same email and I'm wondering the same thing- not sure it necessarily means you failed the psychometric test. Lmk what they say if you contact them for more info
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    Skadden Interview

    Hi- an email I received about the interview at Skadden mentioned a written test, but none of the Skadden interview experiences I have seen mention one, and it wasn't mentioned on the booking system description either- is this likely just a mistake? (also any other general tips?)

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