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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trainee4u" data-source="post: 237614" data-attributes="member: 30779">Lawcareers is the best site for deadlines, and weirdly it links in to allhires, so you can use the locker thing to make it much faster to submit.I compiled a list of all firms (basically London plus national firms that pay more than NMW) and put them in excelI have a book in Onenote which is probably not the best app for notes but it's what I'm used to, with sections for exam results/work experience, motivational, behavioural and competence so I can copy/paste theseSince GPT got better I use GPT 5.2 on "xhigh" settings (this is not the public ChatGPT but OpenAI platform - you might be able to access elsewhere, idk) and I'll ask it to check my spelling and grammar or to tailor my answer so it fits the question. Also the web search function is pretty good.A lot of the time i still don't like the results but if you ask it to do 350 words for a 300 word question you can delete the icky AI stuff more easily. And I think it's maybe easier to work on something than to start with nothingI don't use Gemini Deep Research much because it creates massive essays but it sometimes handy.I used to keep deadlines as days but now I check times as well. Typically if it's afternoon/evening I'll do it the day before (from scratch) but if it's midnight I'll do it same-day.I've just started Osborne Clarke, so:* click apply* wait while the slow site loads* wait some more* fill in gaps caused by bugs in their system* copy paste my work experience into that section* diversity section click click click* wait morefinally get to questions section"Q1. What skills have you been developing over the last 12-24 months that you believe are instrumental to ensuring your success as a solicitor? How have you been developing these skills? Why do you believe that these skills will set you up for a successful career at Osborne Clarke? Your examples can be taken from any activities or experiences you have participated in and don't have to be focussed solely on the legal sector." (500 words)ok this one is not bad but it's also not good in that I don't like the long word count. I have a bunch of "skills to be a lawyer" answers that I've written in the past and I can probably ask GPT to stitch something together, noting the "12-24 months" so maybe I'll lean more on specific recent stuff like my legal education  and less on my general work experience."Q2. What work has Osborne Clarke done recently that is of particular interest to you? Why are you interested and inspired by this work? " 300 wordsI know that TCLA did a session on this but I wasn't there because I ain't that organised, I'm lastminute.com. However this type of thing I can pretty much use the AI research functions, check news pages and probably find two or three examples so it's not too bad.I'll also check my answers from last year and see if there is anything useful.Finally i'll run my answers through GPT 5.2 xhigh to check for speling and grandma misteaks, and then I'll check my email to see if the "thanks for submitting" includes a hidden "If you don't read this whole message and do XYZ by tomorrow you'll be rejected, lol", which it usually doesn't but sometimes it's thereAfter submitting, VIs I will tend to leave to the last minute (I have a colour-coded column with the data in my spreadsheet for next steps which helps to turn the 'you forgot to do to the VI' into a 'your VI was bad, PFO') and tests I do straight away because they're pretty routine. Exceptions for ArcticShores which thinks I am unemployable in any career, and SHL which is kinda intense so I have to prep for that with spreadsheets and stuff</blockquote>

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