Aspiring Solicitors Commercial Awareness Competition

[Tanjina Begum]

Hi, Im currently preparing for the competition. Those of you who's done it, how did it go? What tech companies have you looked at? Also, for the legal industry one, what did you guys read?

 

[jsoobs]

Hi all, Anyone heard back about QF results?

 

[Bugsy Malone]

@Jad soubra at the end of mine they said we would probably heard next week sometime!

How did you find it? The pressure of answering quickly in front of others definitely got to me

 

[AJ]

Hi, Im currently preparing for the competition. Those of you who's done it, how did it go? What tech companies have you looked at? Also, for the legal industry one, what did you guys read?

I’m not taking part so have no bias or conflicts of interests. But re tech companies, i’d suggest taking a look at Arm Holdings. A bit like Apple, their back story is really good, from a small Cambridge start up to a leading innovator and one of the biggest software and hardware tech supplier to the biggest brands.

 

[gricole]

Hi all, Anyone heard back about QF results?

Not yet.

 

[jsoobs]

@Jad soubra at the end of mine they said we would probably heard next week sometime!

How did you find it? The pressure of answering quickly in front of others definitely got to me

Yeah it was quite daunting initially (especially those opinion questions!), but once I got into it I thought it was quite enjoyable and was actually disappointed when they said time was up! lol
Hope yours went well and we both get some good news next week!

 

[gricole]

Has anyone heard back?

 

[jsoobs]

Has anyone heard back?

Nope, not yet!

 

[Jai C.]

Did everyone make it ..? I got through to the semi final

 

[Bugsy Malone]

Did everyone make it ..? I got through to the semi final

Congratulations!! I haven't heard anything yet, how did they let you know?

 

[Jai C.]

Oh they haven’t? I got an email an hour ago saying. That’s porbbaly because my interview was before yours soo they are just probably going through the candidates now ?

 

[Bugsy Malone]

Oh they haven’t? I got an email an hour ago saying. That’s porbbaly because my interview was before yours soo they are just probably going through the candidates now ?

yeah probably, I'm not very hopeful to be honest!

 

[gricole]

I got through too! I will do my semi-final at Bristol.

 

[Jai C.]

Honestly, even I’m contemplating whether to attend or not because prepping for QF took a lot of my time that I could have spent studying for uni or on my applications. There is so many other things I could focus on so ..I will be honestly sitting with my friends and actually putting this up for discussion because I am not too sure of all this As there is only 1 winner and if you do the maths that’s a low possibility which I need to see is it working taking on and sacrifing other works

 

[WHT_TC]

I make it to semi-final too! Have you chosen your slot?

 

[Angel]

I just saw the email as well and I got through.

I agree with you, @Jai C. I remember trying to prepare for all the topics for QF (as if it was my exam or something) and the actual test barely got through two of the said topics. Also, it seems to depend a little on luck since everyone gets different questions and you're just lucky if you get one that you did prepare well for. Seems even harder at SF since they are not even narrowing down the areas to prepare for.

But I guess at this stage, it is worth trying your best? You've made it this far! Even if we don't make it to the finals, I guess the knowledge we got from it is beneficial for future job applications.

PS: I think the winning team gets the award and there should be 3 in a team. At least, that was how it was last year. And, I think some were so impressive that they got TCs even though they didn't win. But, just my thoughts Most importantly, congratulations to you and everyone who made it to SF! All the best!!

 

[gricole]

@Jai C. You don't have to win the competition to use it in for your career aspirations: I think you can include it in your achievements - after all reaching the semi-finals is an achievement. Thus, I would suggest try your best without putting pressure on yourself to prepare for everything!

 

[Salma]

Congrats All! Enjoy the remaining rounds, you should all be proud that you have made this far!

 

[Jai C.]

I think now the interviews will be law firm specific or will have some elements of law firm specifics. I wanted Travers Smith as I know their areas but I don’t want to attend that slot because that is too early it’s next week Monday.

 

[Jaysen]

Congrats All! Enjoy the remaining rounds, you should all be proud that you have made this far!

Agreed. Great to hear so many of you made it to the semi finals!