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<blockquote data-quote="Legalstalker" data-source="post: 176356" data-attributes="member: 31343"><p>✨Spreadsheet update✨ courtesy of [USER=31663]@Sharon Wu[/USER]</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">54 Rejections</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">latest rejection - Mofo</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Hardest rejection - Pinsent Masons (post AC for TC) + Simmons & Simmons (post AC for internship x SVS)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Easiest rejection - DLA piper</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ghosted me - Stephenson Harwood</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Best graduate recruitment - Farrer & Co + Goodwin (I’ve never laughed on the phone soo much with grad rec in my life)🤣</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tedious Application process - BBC (App, Test, VI + written task, 1,000 word written task and AC if you're lucky)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">VS offers - Goodwin + Farrer & Co</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">AC invites - 4</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Applications remaining - 4</li> </ul><p>I was rejected by WBD, HL & Bakers all in 1 day basically 🤣 not sure how I felt about that tbh and Bakers kinda stung 🥲 but we move!!</p><p></p><p>Mayer Brown have risen from the dead 💀 with an invite to take their SJT test 😄 5 months after applying thought they ghosted me😌</p><p></p><p>Mofo actually gave me a rejection 🥳 I assume this is because I emailed gaslighting them into giving my me one and not ghosting me 🤣</p><p></p><p>I submitted my Farrer TC application with a few amendments from my VS application. </p><p></p><p>Everytime I see someone post about SH and not hearing back makes me chuckle as I’ve not heard back from my winter VS app last year… hang in there 😅😂</p><p></p><p>In terms of prepping for my VS I’ve not done much 😳 I’ve chronically been on LinkedIn 🤣 I shall reduce this starting from today! I have finally got myself a mentor at one of the firms which is great as I am able to get some more insight. As well as provisionally getting a Coffee chat in too. I’m going to start working om my commercial awareness again starting Monday! I didn’t want to start prepping too early and drowning myself in stuff I probably won’t need to know…</p><p></p><p>Ive learnt that many who go into a VS don’t do <u>excessive</u> research and just take it one day at a time. Cool calm casual is my approach (I hope it works)😅</p><p></p><p>I’ve connected with a bunch of partners, trainees and even HR members to get a view of the firms from different perspectives as well as see the type of work they do and what they post/like on LinkedIn.</p><p></p><p>I’m still waiting to hear what department I’ll be sat in for Goodwin and once I know then I’ll tailor any ‘prep’ I do to that area but it’ll be basic stuff like terminology, partners, clients etc. my aim is to be able to speak to people about work but also just life. </p><p></p><p>With a US firm especially you’ll be working 12/15 hr days and if we aren’t able to talk about none work stuff it gets pretty awkward no?🤣 I want them to see me as more than just this eager person who wants a job but someone who has personality and character. </p><p></p><p>But if there’s anything anyone is doing to prep that will be of some use please do let me know I don’t want to mess this up at all😭</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Legalstalker, post: 176356, member: 31343"] ✨Spreadsheet update✨ courtesy of [USER=31663]@Sharon Wu[/USER] [LIST] [*]54 Rejections [*]latest rejection - Mofo [*]Hardest rejection - Pinsent Masons (post AC for TC) + Simmons & Simmons (post AC for internship x SVS) [*]Easiest rejection - DLA piper [*]Ghosted me - Stephenson Harwood [*]Best graduate recruitment - Farrer & Co + Goodwin (I’ve never laughed on the phone soo much with grad rec in my life)🤣 [*]Tedious Application process - BBC (App, Test, VI + written task, 1,000 word written task and AC if you're lucky) [*]VS offers - Goodwin + Farrer & Co [*]AC invites - 4 [*]Applications remaining - 4 [/LIST] I was rejected by WBD, HL & Bakers all in 1 day basically 🤣 not sure how I felt about that tbh and Bakers kinda stung 🥲 but we move!! Mayer Brown have risen from the dead 💀 with an invite to take their SJT test 😄 5 months after applying thought they ghosted me😌 Mofo actually gave me a rejection 🥳 I assume this is because I emailed gaslighting them into giving my me one and not ghosting me 🤣 I submitted my Farrer TC application with a few amendments from my VS application. Everytime I see someone post about SH and not hearing back makes me chuckle as I’ve not heard back from my winter VS app last year… hang in there 😅😂 In terms of prepping for my VS I’ve not done much 😳 I’ve chronically been on LinkedIn 🤣 I shall reduce this starting from today! I have finally got myself a mentor at one of the firms which is great as I am able to get some more insight. As well as provisionally getting a Coffee chat in too. I’m going to start working om my commercial awareness again starting Monday! I didn’t want to start prepping too early and drowning myself in stuff I probably won’t need to know… Ive learnt that many who go into a VS don’t do [U]excessive[/U] research and just take it one day at a time. Cool calm casual is my approach (I hope it works)😅 I’ve connected with a bunch of partners, trainees and even HR members to get a view of the firms from different perspectives as well as see the type of work they do and what they post/like on LinkedIn. I’m still waiting to hear what department I’ll be sat in for Goodwin and once I know then I’ll tailor any ‘prep’ I do to that area but it’ll be basic stuff like terminology, partners, clients etc. my aim is to be able to speak to people about work but also just life. With a US firm especially you’ll be working 12/15 hr days and if we aren’t able to talk about none work stuff it gets pretty awkward no?🤣 I want them to see me as more than just this eager person who wants a job but someone who has personality and character. But if there’s anything anyone is doing to prep that will be of some use please do let me know I don’t want to mess this up at all😭 [/QUOTE]
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