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<blockquote data-quote="Jaysen" data-source="post: 1805" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>These guides should help you to answer those questions:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/training-contract-applications-the-2018-guide/" target="_blank"><u>Training Contract Applications: The 2018 Guide</u></a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><u><a href="https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/the-complete-guide-to-training-contract-applications/" target="_blank">Common Sense about Law Applications</a></u></li> </ul><p>Some pointers:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Read through the website and any recruitment materials/articles by GR you can find, and try to get a sense of what kind of skills Kennedys are looking for. Pick 3-4 skills. Explain how these skills are important using your knowledge of what commercial lawyers do and the kind of firm Kennedys is.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Check the competency section of the training contract 2018 guide. Use the STAR or CAR method. For example: 1. What was the situation, your role and the important objective? (20%) 2. What was required of your team? (20%) 3. What did you do? (40%) 4. What was the result? (20%) Sometimes, students fall down here because they don't focus on what they did, or they don't answer the question. Remember to explain what the important objective is and what team working skills <em>you </em>used to accomplish the objective.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">See here: <a href="https://thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/interview-advice-sorry-for-another-thread.467/#post-1804" target="_blank">https://thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/interview-advice-sorry-for-another-thread.467/#post-1804</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">This is a harder question. It's a variation of: "Why are you applying to Kennedys?", but you will need to clearly demonstrate that you understand what kind of firm Kennedys is. Make sure your answers are tailored to the firm.</li> </ol><p>Let me know if anything is unclear!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaysen, post: 1805, member: 1"] These guides should help you to answer those questions: [LIST] [*][URL='https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/training-contract-applications-the-2018-guide/'][U]Training Contract Applications: The 2018 Guide[/U][/URL] [*][U][URL='https://www.thecorporatelawacademy.com/the-complete-guide-to-training-contract-applications/']Common Sense about Law Applications[/URL][/U] [/LIST] Some pointers: [LIST=1] [*]Read through the website and any recruitment materials/articles by GR you can find, and try to get a sense of what kind of skills Kennedys are looking for. Pick 3-4 skills. Explain how these skills are important using your knowledge of what commercial lawyers do and the kind of firm Kennedys is. [*]Check the competency section of the training contract 2018 guide. Use the STAR or CAR method. For example: 1. What was the situation, your role and the important objective? (20%) 2. What was required of your team? (20%) 3. What did you do? (40%) 4. What was the result? (20%) Sometimes, students fall down here because they don't focus on what they did, or they don't answer the question. Remember to explain what the important objective is and what team working skills [I]you [/I]used to accomplish the objective. [*]See here: [URL]https://thecorporatelawacademy.com/forum/threads/interview-advice-sorry-for-another-thread.467/#post-1804[/URL] [*]This is a harder question. It's a variation of: "Why are you applying to Kennedys?", but you will need to clearly demonstrate that you understand what kind of firm Kennedys is. Make sure your answers are tailored to the firm. [/LIST] Let me know if anything is unclear! [/QUOTE]
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