Anyone not had a response form Dechert post VI/written exercise? My app was for spring
Haven't had a time either, guessing we will get one at some point today, maybe?I don't suppose either of you have been given a date/time? "Shortly" seems like a very vague (and subjective) measure of time but I don't want to harass grad rec if they haven't sent that info out to anyone yet!
I did one on 08/02 for summer and waiting to hear back, I figure it could take weeks as someone has to mark the VI and written task.Anyone not had a response form Dechert post VI/written exercise? My app was for spring
Hey so sorry to hear this. Can I please ask if this was post-AcWeil PFO. That one hit hard as they encouraged me to re-apply after last year’s AC and I felt that my application was much stronger this year.
Hi! my highest strengths were explainer and adaptability, which I'm quite happy about, but my lowest strength was detail... I answered with their collaborative culture also, I'm hoping the math question section will bring my detail score back up 😭 It's so hard to gauge tho because their comments are "You may find that you enjoy focusing on the bigger picture much more than getting into the fine detail of the work that you are delivering", but I was scared if I put answers saying I liked the finer details, they would say I was too focused on my own learning and working on my own, which they did last year and I didn't get through then... aahhh complicated. Anyway it's done now so we'll just have to see!I’m still waiting to hear but my top skills were detail and learning agility. I believe my “weakest” strength was initiative but that’s because I answered with their “collaborative”/teamwork culture in mind. What about you?
Yeah exactly! That’s what I was worried about too so I picked all the answers about working in a team and also the vid at the beginning was saying like never feel scared to ask people questions etc. but then I scored low on initiative. But like I didn’t want to seem like I liked working independently too much when I know their whole thing is like “collaboration” and team work. Ahhh when did u do the test?Hi! my highest strengths were explainer and adaptability, which I'm quite happy about, but my lowest strength was detail... I answered with their collaborative culture also, I'm hoping the math question section will bring my detail score back up 😭 It's so hard to gauge tho because their comments are "You may find that you enjoy focusing on the bigger picture much more than getting into the fine detail of the work that you are delivering", but I was scared if I put answers saying I liked the finer details, they would say I was too focused on my own learning and working on my own, which they did last year and I didn't get through then... aahhh complicated. Anyway it's done now so we'll just have to see!
Just wanted to say on these SJTs just because it was your lowest score, I don’t think it necessarily means you scored very low on it.Yeah exactly! That’s what I was worried about too so I picked all the answers about working in a team and also the vid at the beginning was saying like never feel scared to ask people questions etc. but then I scored low on initiative. But like I didn’t want to seem like I liked working independently too much when I know their whole thing is like “collaboration” and team work. Ahhh when did u do the test?
My brain took so long to understand this😭Just wanted to say on these SJTs just because it was your lowest score, I don’t think it necessarily means you scored very low on it.
If you’ve done any Amberjack tests I think they’re helpful for visualising. They show your scores on pillars for ‘Grit, Applied Intellect, Creative Force and Digital Mindset’, with each section out of 9. Someone could get 7,8,9,9 in each pillar. For firms that just say top 2 and lowest 1, we don’t actually know how we scored. So for this person, even in the one that was their lowest, they got 7/9. If someone else scores 3,4,5,6 their highest 2 would be 5/9 and 6/9, which are lower than the first person’s lowest score. You could have the same top 2 strengths as someone but have scored higher/lower (I hope this makes sense).
Not sure how much that helps people, but thinking about it this way helped me stop trying to guess/worry, as we don’t really know how we’ve actually scored
Sorry 😅 feel like someone might be able to explain betterMy brain took so long to understand this😭
Beside which, it all broadly feels like nonsense anyway. I’ve had so many conflicting reports this cycle (Withers think adaptability is one of my strongest traits, Shoosmiths think it’s my weakest, Stephenson Harwood thinks my applied intellect is both very good and poor) that I think they send out these reports just to say they’ve given feedback but the way they process the data behind the scenes is completely different.Just wanted to say on these SJTs just because it was your lowest score, I don’t think it necessarily means you scored very low on it.
If you’ve done any Amberjack tests I think they’re helpful for visualising. They show your scores on pillars for ‘Grit, Applied Intellect, Creative Force and Digital Mindset’, with each section out of 9. Someone could get 7,8,9,9 in each pillar. For firms that just say top 2 and lowest 1, we don’t actually know how we scored. So for this person, even in the one that was their lowest, they got 7/9. If someone else scores 3,4,5,6 their highest 2 would be 5/9 and 6/9, which are lower than the first person’s lowest score. You could have the same top 2 strengths as someone but have scored higher/lower (I hope this makes sense).
Not sure how much that helps people, but thinking about it this way helped me stop trying to guess/worry, as we don’t really know how we’ve actually scored
Yeah, they kind of feel like those myers-briggs tests with results that just depend on the mood you are in when you take them 😅Beside which, it all broadly feels like nonsense anyway. I’ve had so many conflicting reports this cycle (Withers think adaptability is one of my strongest traits, Shoosmiths think it’s my weakest, Stephenson Harwood thinks my applied intellect is both very good and poor) that I think they send out these reports just to say they’ve given feedback but the way they process the data behind the scenes is completely different.