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<blockquote data-quote="law2022x" data-source="post: 168565" data-attributes="member: 21492"><p>I think it’s more that <em>some</em> law firms want people who have a certain ‘polish’ because they think it means they’ll gel well with clients and can hold their own in conversations, and they associate Oxbridge students or applicants who are privately educated/middle class with having this ‘polish’. Of course they’re mistaken but because they want this worldly kind of person, they seem to think that students from idk Queen Mary or City University don’t have this.</p><p></p><p>People are subconsciously drawn to those who are similar to them. So I know during interviews with white male partners who are middle class, that my friends who went to Eton will be able to instantly click with such interviewers. Obviously law firms try a lot to overcome this but I think this is what OP was hinting at. They don’t think I can have that polish/or that they could train me to have that polish - or ability to make small talk or instant rapport. It doesn’t mean they don’t hire any students like this, it just means it is <em>sometimes</em> just a bit harder if you are a candidate who are from a certain background.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="law2022x, post: 168565, member: 21492"] I think it’s more that [I]some[/I] law firms want people who have a certain ‘polish’ because they think it means they’ll gel well with clients and can hold their own in conversations, and they associate Oxbridge students or applicants who are privately educated/middle class with having this ‘polish’. Of course they’re mistaken but because they want this worldly kind of person, they seem to think that students from idk Queen Mary or City University don’t have this. People are subconsciously drawn to those who are similar to them. So I know during interviews with white male partners who are middle class, that my friends who went to Eton will be able to instantly click with such interviewers. Obviously law firms try a lot to overcome this but I think this is what OP was hinting at. They don’t think I can have that polish/or that they could train me to have that polish - or ability to make small talk or instant rapport. It doesn’t mean they don’t hire any students like this, it just means it is [I]sometimes[/I] just a bit harder if you are a candidate who are from a certain background. [/QUOTE]
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