Does anybody else compulsively check their emails a day after submitting an application, expecting to hear backš¤£
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Just did the PW SJT:
Top for verbal, middle for numerical but mixed feelings about the pillars-7,7,6,1 lmao. 1 being applied intellect šNever scored so low for empathy/collaboration in other tests so feeling like Iāve bombed this one š On the plus side, the scores are much better compared to the Reed Smith one I did a few weeks backā¦ feeling argh!
If Paul from Paul, Weiss is watching from a distance.. I promise you Iām very friendly, collaborative and have a heart!! šš
Top for verbal, middle for numerical but mixed feelings about the pillars-7,7,6,1 lmao. 1 being applied intellect šNever scored so low for empathy/collaboration in other tests so feeling like Iāve bombed this one š On the plus side, the scores are much better compared to the Reed Smith one I did a few weeks backā¦ feeling argh!
If Paul from Paul, Weiss is watching from a distance.. I promise you Iām very friendly, collaborative and have a heart!! šš
was there a set of VI questions at the end? I have been seeing online that amberjack has that as a component of the exam
I'm worse, I log on to the application portal repeatedly just in case for some reason I didn't receive the email.
Is it scored from 1-10? Iām rly nervous to start the test I keep procrastinating lmao. š¤£
I need to do it tomorrow and then mentally prepare for the immediate PFO. š
Itās from 1-9! Iām just in shock about my score for applied intellect, so annoyed š
What do the numbers mean!? Is high in one good? Is equalising all of them better? Is a 9 and a 1 better than a 6 and a 3? Why is amberjack so vague on what anything means š
That's really helpful thank you so muchMy top tip would be to focus on doing well and not on being perfect. Many people go to ACs thinking they need to blow away the partners and the recruiters to succeed, but I think this is the wrong attitude to have. First of all, while your achievements and skills might be impressive for this stage, it is quite unlikely you will manage to overly impress anyone no matter how hard you try - you will know a lot less about any given commercial law subject than lawyer in the firm. Secondly, this attitude will make you feel even more stressed than you would normally be and will therefore likely impact your performance. If you will be assessed for a total time of a few hours, it is impossible to be perfect in every moment. When you notice an imperfection in an answer, the right reaction is to acknowledge it but then to move past it and make the best of the rest. Instead, the overly perfectionistic candidates tend to stress about it a lot more than they should, and in attempting to fix the initial mistake they do a lot more harm to their progression chances. People with this mindset thus often end up creating negative feedback loops for themselves: they make a small error, then they begin overthinking it, which decreases their self-confidence, which impacts their next answer, which in turn further intensifies their anxiety; a series of events which can end up completely derailing one's performance.
To avoid this, instead of aiming to excel everywhere, I would simply aim to perform well - to do a good job on every task and score well on every relevant assessment criterion. This boils down to using your preparation to make decent substantive points and communicate them in a clear and confident manner. If you manage to do this you will have performed better than the majority of candidates and in most cases should be enough to get you progressed - it did for me 4/4 times. If you reframe your task in this way, I think you should feel a lot less anxious about it: while perhaps it is difficult to convince yourself that you will pull of an extraordinary performance, you should feel a lot more confident in being able to respond sensibly to tasks and to cover all your bases well.
A final piece of advice I have for calming down on the day and to avoid blanking out is to take your time:
Finally, know that just by getting to the AC you have proven yourself to be one of the very best candidates out of a huge pool, which means you have all it takes to succeed! Best of luck
- Firstly, taking your time before starting your answer. Instead of just jumping into a response the instance the interviewer stops speaking (which is a very natural temptation) take 3-4 seconds to think about and structure your answer. This will significantly decrease the number of times you find yourself blanking out mid-answer or having difficulty finding the right way to end a sentence.
- Secondly, if you have difficulty with finding sensible points for a question, it is perfectly acceptable to request some thinking time - just say 'May I please take a minute to consider my answer?'. In the unlikely case you do not find anything after that, explain that you are unsure what to say; but also walk the interviewer through your thought process of your best guess.
- Thirdly, aim to speak more slowly. When you are anxious, your hear rate goes up and you naturally start speaking at a higher pace, which is problematic in that this simply means taking less time to think as you answer. This naturally reduces how articulate and confident you seem, especially since speaking quickly more often leads you to losing your chain of thought or expressing yourself in unclear language. As such, try to slow down. Also, use strategic 2-3 second pauses in your speech to add emphasis to points and to get valuable thinking time as you are moving between the different parts of your answer.
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This is literally me after reading about people hearing from paul weissš¤£
I literally was doing the exact same thing when people were hearing back from Paul, Weiss.
When I checked my emails for the 10048404500060th time that day and saw I actually got sent a test invite I was like š®š¦ wtf itās actually there fr. šš
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You should ensure you are getting eye contact with both interviewers - it does not matter who is taking notes.
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You should email support@thecorporatelawacademy.com with this query and someone from the team will be able to follow up on this.
Iād try something unlikely to be picked by several people that would make me stand out positively (but is still a good point), and if there is time for questions after then also try not to pick something super niche and relevant to your assessorsā practice areas unless you are super confident and can withstand a grilling on the topic (was advice from NRF open day, if you donāt know your assessors then ignore the 2nd point)
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