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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Good to hear someone else is in the same boat! At the time I felt it actually went alright, but the more I think about it I reckon I may have mistaken a friendly interview experience for good interview performance...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Has anyone heard back from Stephenson Harwood post-interview? They told me they'd let me know within a week and even though I've only been waiting nine days I'm guessing the wait doesn't bode well...
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, I have a place on a winter vacation scheme but have interviews coming up for other spring/summer schemes. Will it affect my chances for these schemes if I say in my interview that I have this winter scheme place already set? Thanks!
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    Winter vs. Spring vs. Summer Vac Schemes

    Hi, I'm sure this must have been asked before but I can't seem to find it. If a firm offers one vac scheme in Winter, Spring and Summer (or just two of them), does one of these tend to always be the most competitive? (assuming they're all open for anyone to apply to).
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    Pinsent Masons Application 2019/20

    Seems like each
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    Pinsent Masons Application 2019/20

    Thanks, I'd better get writing then! I did have all that yesterday but checking back today it all looks normal - the questions seem to be the same for TC and VS. I had to fill out the first two sections on general info and work experience to see the application questions so maybe that's it?
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    Pinsent Masons Application 2019/20

    Hi guys, I'm finding this website incredibly useful so thought I'd get involved in the forum! For anyone applying for the Pinsent Masons vacation scheme, the word limit for the application questions is 4000 characters, which is pretty long (I've just written 647 words which is 3876 characters)...

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