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Allen & Overy "Introduce a new law" question for VS application
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<blockquote data-quote="Alice G" data-source="post: 36295" data-attributes="member: 1160"><p>Hey there,</p><p></p><p>I think there are a few great ways to answer this:</p><p></p><p>1. Speak about something commercial to show your interest and knowledge in this (provided this can be done well, written in simple terms and justified as a genuine interest)</p><p>2. Pick something relevant to A&O and their clients (kind of an extension of the above but felt it warranted a mention!)</p><p>3. Pick something which tells A&O who you are and what you are about </p><p></p><p>You seem to have picked the third one and I see no issue in this at all. I can sort of see why careers advisers may be tempted to advise you to ere on the side of caution but I do not think that is a necessary thing to do here.</p><p></p><p>To give you some support for this, whilst another firm, HSF have asked people to discuss topics of interest for a couple of cycles at least and at my AC we had SUCH a variety - one girl spoke about gin, one guy talked about football and someone else's had a medical angle. </p><p></p><p>I think the personality-driven responses could arguably be the most interesting and a good app is one that will be memorable. If you have written this in a convincing and engaging way and it really emanates your personality, I truly see no issue at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alice G, post: 36295, member: 1160"] Hey there, I think there are a few great ways to answer this: 1. Speak about something commercial to show your interest and knowledge in this (provided this can be done well, written in simple terms and justified as a genuine interest) 2. Pick something relevant to A&O and their clients (kind of an extension of the above but felt it warranted a mention!) 3. Pick something which tells A&O who you are and what you are about You seem to have picked the third one and I see no issue in this at all. I can sort of see why careers advisers may be tempted to advise you to ere on the side of caution but I do not think that is a necessary thing to do here. To give you some support for this, whilst another firm, HSF have asked people to discuss topics of interest for a couple of cycles at least and at my AC we had SUCH a variety - one girl spoke about gin, one guy talked about football and someone else's had a medical angle. I think the personality-driven responses could arguably be the most interesting and a good app is one that will be memorable. If you have written this in a convincing and engaging way and it really emanates your personality, I truly see no issue at all. [/QUOTE]
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