I think I missed the deadline for my Freshfields SJT. Does anyone have any advice? It says 09:00 today and I did not realise it was only two days to complete it.
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You could email their grad rec if you have any extenuating circumstances and see what they say but I think they’ll only make exceptions in extreme instances my other advice would be I know it’s hard as you will have spent so much time on the application but use this as a learning opportunity around deadlines add them to your calendar or note them down on your daily to do list so the same won’t happen again
I have never missed a deadline before now. I still cannot believe it has happened. Thank you for responding.
For Freshfields SJT, my top skills are collaboration, credible communicator and growth. Area for development is personal responsibility. Sounds good (so far) as it seems to be in line with their values.
One thing I took away from SJT preps and probably everyone knows this lol but it is to answer as a trainee, not as an associate/partner. It is ok to select responses which relate to asking for help/consulting with supervisor depending on the context as you will do this a lot as a trainee anyways. I was always so quick to select options that show I can do everything and anything by myself and I think that’s where I went wrong with previous SJTs.
Now with that being said, I will probably get rejected lmao but just wanted to share my thoughts on the process. Wish I could borrow someone’s brain for WG in general though!
One thing I took away from SJT preps and probably everyone knows this lol but it is to answer as a trainee, not as an associate/partner. It is ok to select responses which relate to asking for help/consulting with supervisor depending on the context as you will do this a lot as a trainee anyways. I was always so quick to select options that show I can do everything and anything by myself and I think that’s where I went wrong with previous SJTs.
Now with that being said, I will probably get rejected lmao but just wanted to share my thoughts on the process. Wish I could borrow someone’s brain for WG in general though!
Last year I received my AC invite in late February so I'm assuming it will be around the same time this year
They rejected me on Jan 3 - if you haven't heard yet it might be a good sign (hopefully!)
Freshfields SJT results were pretty interesting.
Top skills were: growth, collaboration, adaptability.
Skill to improve on is judgement.
Top skills were: growth, collaboration, adaptability.
Skill to improve on is judgement.
Same, and I had resilience, growth and personal responsibility as my good ones. Not sure how to feel
These are good ones I think!
I had top skills: collaboration, growth and credible communicator
Skill to improve: Adaptability.
I had Growth, Collaboration and Judgement.
To improve -personal responsibility.
I wonder what they are looking for? I wonder whether they want all the same or a mix so they have people with different skill sets?
I wonder all sorts on all my applications.🤣
To improve -personal responsibility.
I wonder what they are looking for? I wonder whether they want all the same or a mix so they have people with different skill sets?
I wonder all sorts on all my applications.🤣
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sorry to hear that, thanks for letting me know! hope you get successful in your other applications
My top 3 are the same as yours, my area of improvement is judgement. I don’t know how to take it, but I don’t think it’s good news for me. (Especially judgement point).
Freshfields test my top three were growth, collaboration and resilience. My weakness was credible communicator.
Same here, my top 3 were growth, resilience and collaboration. Weakness was judgment :/
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