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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 32400" data-attributes="member: 2672"><p>this is where a lot of people go wrong with SJTs - assuming the right answer is you work harder/longer. For many firms that will be the wrong answer....</p><p></p><p>How I read the question:</p><p></p><p>- it references it is already “very late” - you aren’t going to be able to do the dinner and work tonight by the sounds of it</p><p></p><p>- the client dinner is not actual work, just an opportunity to network, and in an area that you have no connection to as you don’t work for the partner and you don’t really know them</p><p></p><p>- the reference to you are likely to have work pile up if you don’t work late tonight is important - this suggests that actual work you have to do is likely to be compromised if you don’t finish work this evening</p><p></p><p>- it doesn’t say what your “weekend out” is for.</p><p></p><p>- the partner has asked you while you are in dress down and doesn’t make any reference to needing to change clothes. It also doesn’t make any reference to the partner being in black tie or the like</p><p></p><p>to any firm that values work life balance or the ability for trainees to manage their various commitments well, I would expect one answer. Other firms whose culture might be one of longer hours and sacrificing your personal life, might be another answer....</p><p></p><p>But as I said, it really depends on the options you have been presented with for each question.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 32400, member: 2672"] this is where a lot of people go wrong with SJTs - assuming the right answer is you work harder/longer. For many firms that will be the wrong answer.... How I read the question: - it references it is already “very late” - you aren’t going to be able to do the dinner and work tonight by the sounds of it - the client dinner is not actual work, just an opportunity to network, and in an area that you have no connection to as you don’t work for the partner and you don’t really know them - the reference to you are likely to have work pile up if you don’t work late tonight is important - this suggests that actual work you have to do is likely to be compromised if you don’t finish work this evening - it doesn’t say what your “weekend out” is for. - the partner has asked you while you are in dress down and doesn’t make any reference to needing to change clothes. It also doesn’t make any reference to the partner being in black tie or the like to any firm that values work life balance or the ability for trainees to manage their various commitments well, I would expect one answer. Other firms whose culture might be one of longer hours and sacrificing your personal life, might be another answer.... But as I said, it really depends on the options you have been presented with for each question. [/QUOTE]
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