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How to Explain Rejections in Interviews?
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<blockquote data-quote="James Carrabino" data-source="post: 89190" data-attributes="member: 16764"><p>No worries, glad to be of help!</p><p></p><p>From my experience, a lot of firms (US in particular) like candidates who are not part of the clean slate of penultimate-year students you are referring to. In my PGDL class the average age is around 24 and most have prior work experience. I think work experience (vac schemes especially) are only ever a positive. They are clearly not a necessity, but they can show that you've come really close with comparable firms - remember that it is incredibly impressive to get accepted onto vac schemes in the first place! </p><p></p><p>The only applicants who may theoretically be in a better position than you are those who have legal work experience other than vac schemes (simply because it would not demonstrate rejection as you are concerned about) but honestly there are not that many of these candidates and I think that vac schemes actually gain more recognition from graduate recruitment teams (because they know how competitive the recruitment processes are). Sure, they could still ask why you got rejected - but as long as you have a compelling answer (judging by your preparation you will have one) then I do not think it will count against you. If unsuccessful vac schemes bothered them, why would they bother bringing you to interview in the first place?</p><p></p><p>I hope that is useful <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Carrabino, post: 89190, member: 16764"] No worries, glad to be of help! From my experience, a lot of firms (US in particular) like candidates who are not part of the clean slate of penultimate-year students you are referring to. In my PGDL class the average age is around 24 and most have prior work experience. I think work experience (vac schemes especially) are only ever a positive. They are clearly not a necessity, but they can show that you've come really close with comparable firms - remember that it is incredibly impressive to get accepted onto vac schemes in the first place! The only applicants who may theoretically be in a better position than you are those who have legal work experience other than vac schemes (simply because it would not demonstrate rejection as you are concerned about) but honestly there are not that many of these candidates and I think that vac schemes actually gain more recognition from graduate recruitment teams (because they know how competitive the recruitment processes are). Sure, they could still ask why you got rejected - but as long as you have a compelling answer (judging by your preparation you will have one) then I do not think it will count against you. If unsuccessful vac schemes bothered them, why would they bother bringing you to interview in the first place? I hope that is useful :) [/QUOTE]
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