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    Ask Alice G (Future Trainee at Freshfields) Anything!

    I've done two vac schemes (unsuccessful) and enjoyed them but wouldn't say I was 100% passionate about the actual work on either. Did you ever feel this way or were you always sure? Congrats btw and thanks for being such a kind voice and great support this on this forum.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    This could be totally wrong but I don't think they have a formal waiting list/ would tell you. They might but last year I was rejected after my assessment centre and they rang me about 6 weeks later saying they had made a mistake and did want me (was not because people dropped out but because...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    I have now got a job so I'm not bothered by it but I've just got feedback from why I was rejected after a winter vacation scheme and thought it might be helpful to others! Also it was defo a competitive one with lots of vac schemes and not many places so could also have been down to written...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Hi, I have a telephone interview coming up but don't have strong signal in my house and don't want to do it outside or in a cafe or something as it obviously isn't silent. I have wifi calling- does anyone know if you can use wifi calling to speak to a landline? Is there a chance it wouldn't...
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    Weil, Gotshal & Manges

    Was just a normal WG from what I remember. I'm not amazing at the WG but passed so don't think pass mark is too high.
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    Norton Rose Fulbright Nrf telephone interview

    Hi I had a telephone interview for the winter VS. It was with someone from gradrec. They were really nice. They didn't ask many follow up questions so my advice would be to give your full answer the first time round. It can be unnerving just talking into a phone but don't let it put you off...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Don't worry I'm pretty sure that's normal as they only invite people whose applications they have reviewed to do the test:)
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    I have had two vac schemes at firms and have been unsuccessful in getting a training contract at both. It's not great, but they both had bad odds (i.e. they run 3 or 4 vacation schemes a year with 18 people on each and accept direct TC apps too but only have 25-30 TC spaces pa). I now want to...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    There aren't any online tests for Travers Smith if that's what you mean:) Written exercise: There is some basic maths involved to work out a factual answer before you write a longer piece. The maths is not difficult so don't let it throw you even if you think you're not good at maths. Make...
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    Shearman & Sterling Winter Vacation Scheme

    Not sure what stage you're at but maybe they encouraged finalists to apply to another one this year and others to next year or something? Otherwise seems really weird.
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    Shearman & Sterling Winter Vacation Scheme

    I just got rejected from the Shearman and Sterling Winter VS because they are have "filled all their places", but they said they were impressed with my application and to apply to Spring/ Summer. Quite surprised to get this type of thing from a firm who said they were not recruiting on a rolling...
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    Norton Rose Fulbright Winter Vac App

    I also struggled with this so in my app I talked about global range and all the obvious things and then I focused in on a specific sector they are particularly strong on and wrote about why that interested me
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    Linklaters 2019/20 Application

    Yeah I am the exact same not even got an under review email
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    Norton Rose Fulbright Winter Vac App

    No- did the WG as well but nothing confirming it or any correspondence since.
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    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Thank you so much! This actually makes me feel so much better and is such good advice! Will just try my best to do something that will be useful this summer and then make it relevant to my applications next year. So good to know that other people are in the same boat and I'm sure something...
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    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Hey, just wanted some advice as feeling very low about the whole law thing! Thanks so much for everyone on this community, who have been sooo nice and supportive. I have had 2 ACs this year for vac schemes and have been rejected after both, for completely different reasons. First one was the...
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    Hearing Back from Firms + AC & Interview Tips Share - 2018 - 2019

    Hi, a couple of questions as am very new to this! I just got invited to an AC for a firm next week. Went online to print off my application to review it, and saw that I ticket male instead of female in the gender box... should I email and tell them or just turn up and not mention it? Also, I...

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