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Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

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Alan

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I have a logical reasoning test for Simmons. Does anyone have any practice sites I can use?
None of the practise tests I did care anything close to what the test was like. Some info I was given my a future trainee: don’t be worried if the questions seem really hard because they’re intended to get harder the more you get right. I hope that’s the case
 
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None of the practise tests I did care anything close to what the test was like. Some info I was given my a future trainee: don’t be worried if the questions seem really hard because they’re intended to get harder the more you get right. I hope that’s the case

Thank you for the advice.
 
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Lea.E-R

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Just got rejected from BCLP. It's a bit disappointing, but it is super nice to have a feedback. They said I didn't know enough about the firm & didn't show a clear enough understanding of their 'DNA'.
They also added 'We would like to take this opportunity to highlight that we considered your application to be strong and would encourage you to apply again in future and show improvements to our points made above'. Not sure if it is just a generic thing, but that's still encouraging! On to the next application, I'll try to be more specific...! :)
 
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