Is it okay to answer an application question using information from the firm's article?

[M&M]

Hi everyone,

I am applying for a vacation scheme with Bird & Bird and am trying to answer the question "Based on your research, what do you understand to be the biggest opportunity for one of the sectors in which we specialise? (Max:150)" I was planning on writing about the use of blockchain in the life sciences sector and found out that they've written an article about this. I feel like my answer is basically paraphrasing and summarising the article. Should I write about another topic or continue with this one?

If I continue with this one...any ideas on how I can make it more unique?

Thank you for your help in advance!

 

[Alice G]

Hi everyone,

I am applying for a vacation scheme with Bird & Bird and am trying to answer the question "Based on your research, what do you understand to be the biggest opportunity for one of the sectors in which we specialise? (Max:150)" I was planning on writing about the use of blockchain in the life sciences sector and found out that they've written an article about this. I feel like my answer is basically paraphrasing and summarising the article. Should I write about another topic or continue with this one?

If I continue with this one...any ideas on how I can make it more unique?

Thank you for your help in advance!

It would need to be unique and not paraphrased as you would be at risk of plagiarism otherwise. You can of course take the article into account when drafting but it needs to be an original piece of writing and not one which resembles theirs in any way. You are fine to pick this topic if it is of genuine interest to you but make sure you are reading a variety of sources and that your angle and perspective is unique and different to that undertaken by the firm.

 

[M&M]

It would need to be unique and not paraphrased as you would be at risk of plagiarism otherwise. You can of course take the article into account when drafting but it needs to be an original piece of writing and not one which resembles theirs in any way. You are fine to pick this topic if it is of genuine interest to you but make sure you are reading a variety of sources and that your angle and perspective is unique and different to that undertaken by the firm.

Thank you for your advice!!