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I would not worry about the recruiters not reading it. If you write you answer well (in a structured, concise, and clear manner) they will definitely read it - the fact that they gave you this higher word count limit reflects the fact that they believe there is enough valuable content to cover in this space.
As for advice concerning how to go about filling the space without waffling, I would tell you to do one or more of the following:
- Include more examples of experiences/achievements which showcase your skills: look over your CV and work experience sections and consider which experiences you could and develop on.
- Describe the existing experiences/achievements in greater depth: you can almost always provide more context at to how and why you got in a certain position, develop on your work and tasks, give extra particular examples, explain outcomes in more detail etc.
- Include more reasons for why NRF is a firm you are interested in: instead of stopping at one of two unique selling points to connect your motivations to, why not go for 3, or 4, or even 5? Firms like NRF have several strong practices/sectors you can express an interest in, besides operating in a very particular market segment and having a quite specific international strategy.
- Describe existing why the firm reasons in greater depth: you can again almost always analyse a firm's unique selling points in greater depth. For instance, if you listed a practice area strength before as a reason, and you provided a Chambers ranking as proof, you can do many other things to show depth of research and the specificity of your understanding of the firm's practice. For example, you can describe some of the major deals/cases/matters the firm worked on and the expertise that showcases, discuss competitors and make comparisons, you can mention its biggest clients and analyse the relationships, you can discuss their size and growth, any leading practitioners and lateral moves etc.
