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<blockquote data-quote="futuretraineesolicitor" data-source="post: 89306" data-attributes="member: 4098">Hello [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] hope you are doing well. I had two questions for you:1- If a firm has tier-1 practices across Corporate, Finance and Disputes and I can't really show an interest in the Finance work (but I still want to be open to experiencing it because I've heard multiple stories of trainees where they thought that they'd absolutely hate something but loved it once they got that seat), should I fake an interest in the Finance work or should I be honest that even though I haven't experienced it, I might end up liking it because I've talked to a lot of trainees who ended up liking departments that they thought they'd hate.2. For the &quot;How many firms have you applied to..&quot;, can we say that we've applied to X,Y, Z but also wanted to apply to firm D but sadly they don't have a direct TC route?3. For the &quot;How many firms have you applied to..&quot;, can we say that we want to apply to firm P but they haven't opened their apps yet.4. Lastly, for the same question again, if we are being interviewed by an MC firm, and we say that we've applied to this US firm as well because of practice area strengths, would that be okay? I don't know much about the actual differences between US and UK firms but I'm worried that barring the practice area strengths, there might be a lot of differences between the US and the UK firms and the interviewers might feel that I've tried taking a scattershot approach.Thanks in advance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="futuretraineesolicitor, post: 89306, member: 4098"] Hello [USER=2672]@Jessica Booker[/USER] hope you are doing well. I had two questions for you: 1- If a firm has tier-1 practices across Corporate, Finance and Disputes and I can't really show an interest in the Finance work (but I still want to be open to experiencing it because I've heard multiple stories of trainees where they thought that they'd absolutely hate something but loved it once they got that seat), should I fake an interest in the Finance work or should I be honest that even though I haven't experienced it, I might end up liking it because I've talked to a lot of trainees who ended up liking departments that they thought they'd hate. 2. For the "How many firms have you applied to..", can we say that we've applied to X,Y, Z but also wanted to apply to firm D but sadly they don't have a direct TC route? 3. For the "How many firms have you applied to..", can we say that we want to apply to firm P but they haven't opened their apps yet. 4. Lastly, for the same question again, if we are being interviewed by an MC firm, and we say that we've applied to this US firm as well because of practice area strengths, would that be okay? I don't know much about the actual differences between US and UK firms but I'm worried that barring the practice area strengths, there might be a lot of differences between the US and the UK firms and the interviewers might feel that I've tried taking a scattershot approach. Thanks in advance. [/QUOTE]

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