General Discussion Thread 2020-21

[Tcapplicant]

Rejection from A&O's Direct TC 2023 just this morning.

Can I ask when you applied? I haven’t heard a thing and I’m so worried. Applied a while back.

 

[CallumJR]

Did anyone attend the DLA Piper Application Skills session at the AllAboutLaw fair?

Couldn't attend because of work and would appreciate if anyone could dm me with the information they gave about the application question (e.g. skills they are looking for in the application question or any other general advice for answering the application questions)

 

[gg332dd]

Anyone applied to NRF and not heard back yet? Applied exactly 2 weeks ago and kind of nervous seeing so many people getting WG invites.

I'm in same position. Applied on October 12th

I applied September and no update

 

[Rfn38]

Seeing many enquiring about NRF Winter Vac Scheme. I received the telephone interview invite on 21 October and in the interview they said they will start sending AC invites out next week from 2 November.

 

[Deleted member 2707]

I'm in same position. Applied on October 12th

Hopefully we hear soon!

 

[Deleted member 2707]

I applied September and no update

Oh I see! Hopefully it's good news

 

[Deleted member 2707]

Seeing many enquiring about NRF Winter Vac Scheme. I received the telephone interview invite on 21 October and in the interview they said they will start sending AC invites out next week from 2 November.

Do you know when the last batch of AC offers will be sent out?

 

[Rfn38]

Do you know when the last batch of AC offers will be sent out?

Im afraid I do not know

 

[thelegalsieve]

Can I ask when you applied? I haven’t heard a thing and I’m so worried. Applied a while back.

I applied on 13th August.

 

[AH97]

Just received an interview invite for Travers Smith's Winter Vacation Scheme (sent 12th October for reference) - I'd really appreciate it if anyone has any advice!

 

[Lawbour]

Thank you. They said no feedback at this stage, do you think it’s worth asking for my WG results? I don’t really know what went wrong considering I was getting 80-90% in the practice tests :/

Yes definitely worth it! I was also getting quite high in practices but did really bad in the Hogan Lovells WG lol

 

[Lawbour]

Just received an interview invite for Travers Smith's Winter Vacation Scheme (sent 12th October for reference) - I'd really appreciate it if anyone has any advice!

Not sure if you've already seen this page. it has some great insight into the interview from the last cycle
https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/travers-smith-interview-2019-2020.2286/

Also, I was doing some research on their interviews a few weeks ago (even though I don't have an interview invite) and quite a few resources said that travers like to ask quite a few 'moral' questions in the VS interview

 

[AH97]

Not sure if you've already seen this page. it has some great insight into the interview from the last cycle
https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/travers-smith-interview-2019-2020.2286/

Also, I was doing some research on their interviews a few weeks ago (even though I don't have an interview invite) and quite a few resources said that travers like to ask quite a few 'moral' questions in the VS interview

As someone already said Travers like to ask moral questions and I attended a session with one of their partners. He said that there is no correct answer and no matter how good argument you have, they will challenge you just so they see how you react and what you should do is not trying to find the correct answer but present a well-structured convincing argument. The partner also said that he wants to see passion not only about law or Travers but in general. He said that he always asks a question which is unrelated to the law but about you/your CV or experiences, and he wants to see the candidate to talk passionately about it.

This is so helpful!!! Thanks so much to you both

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Before I teach my grandmother to suck eggs, does everyone understand the 4D's of time management?

 

[websterl]

Does anyone know if the time taken to complete the Watson Glaser is taken into account when they calculate the percentile you're in?

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Does anyone know if the time taken to complete the Watson Glaser is taken into account when they calculate the percentile you're in?

Possibly - but this won't be standardised across firms. Some firms may use it, others may not. Those that do, may weight it in different ways.

 

[Staples]

Before I teach my grandmother to suck eggs, does everyone understand the 4D's of time management?

Only superficially - I'd be happy to know more about it!

 

[dosblancos7]

Seeing many enquiring about NRF Winter Vac Scheme. I received the telephone interview invite on 21 October and in the interview they said they will start sending AC invites out next week from 2 November.

Interesting. For me, they said they will screen all telephone interview candidates and let them know the outcome 2-3 weeks later!(I guess its 2 weeks from 21 Oct though..)!

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Only superficially - I'd be happy to know more about it!

Its basically something to think of when you get scenario based questions in things like SJTs and scenario based questions in applications and interviews.

Basically the 4Ds are about time management and how to approach work when you have too much on. The 4Ds are:

Dump/Delete
Delegate
Delay
Do

(and in that order).

I think it is an important thing to consider because in most scenario based questions, people just jump to the "DO", thinking that the answer to everything is just to work harder to get things done. You've got to think about the risks of that though - what if you still don't get it done or if by doing it for so long, will you do it well?

So think about the other options - particulary the delegate and delay aspects. Reality is that is how lawyers work to ensure work is done efficiently and well. Delete is something to consider too though (and that shouldn't just be deleting your social life to do the doing).

 

[DrowninginSQE]

Before I teach my grandmother to suck eggs, does everyone understand the 4D's of time management?

Delete, delegate, defer, do. I even have specific highlighters for them.