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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Perhaps a pretty silly question, but I'm preparing for an AC and in practicing case studies I find it really hard to explain how law firms will be involved (aside from the obvious threats of litigation etc). I can easily pull out commercial issues or wider threats but I find it really hard to...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I find practicing how you can mould a question if it isn't exactly what you've prepared for is really helpful. I did that with CMS and it paid off, because the competencies they were asking about were pretty specific. It also helps you to waffle less when you get to the VI.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    How long did everyone have to wait between doing the Dentons telephone interview and hearing back about the AC? I had mine this morning and I just want to know already lol
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Hey, I have it tomorrow and from speaking to people on here they seem to really be focussed on making sure you know about the firm and why you're right for them (& vice versa), so if you bring up the polycentric structure for example make sure you really understand it and how it benefits...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    That's good to know, hopefully we'll find out at some point next week! 🤞
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Has anyone who applied to Addleshaw in Scotland heard anything?
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I'd definitely continue, I have a friend who turned down a VS last year due to overlap (by one day only) and naturally they both got moved online/shortened due to COVID so they could have done both anyway.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Would I be able to message someone who has done the CMS AC this year? I'm really nervous about the case study, especially with the logistics of it all being virtual, so any advice is appreciated.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Yeah, I wasn’t recommending guessing, just saying I know people who did and passed. Maybe people I’ve spoken to lied and found it easier than they said they did or the threshold to pass was low that year. I was just speaking from others’ experience 🤷‍♀️
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Did DLA Piper give out an automated email after the Watson Glaser? I completed the Watson Glaser but have heard nothing since, not even an automated email to say I'd completed the test, so I'm worried I've done something wrong (although it's probably just a rejection haha).
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    CMS Academy Video Interview

    It took under 24 hours for me! It seems to really vary
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I feel the exact same, don't worry. The only hope I have is that everyone else I know who has a Pinsents traineeship also found the quiz horrific and guessed most of it yet somehow passed it. I think it's all about lucky guessing! (Which is very unfair imo but what can you do)
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Glasgow 🙂
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    It says in my email that you get half an hour!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Hi, has anyone been invited to do the Pinsent Masons psychometric test? If so, are there any practice tests? I can't find any.
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    CMS Academy Video Interview

    Hi, does anyone have any tips for approaching the situational judgement questions for the CMS video interview? I'm finding it quite hard to prepare for as they're not as predictable as competency or motivational questions. It's also much harder to cover all elements of the question in the minute...
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    Competency Interviews

    Hi, apologies if this has been asked before. I have an interview with Dentons in a few weeks and apparently it's heavily competency-based. As far as I'm aware, it's sort of a golden rule that you should use a different example for each competency/question. However, I don't have the widest...
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    How to find the competitors of the law firms?

    Hi, again resurrecting this thread but I'm currently applying to DWF and their application question has remained the same. I was wondering if it is really necessary to identify competitors for this question? Before seeing this thread, I'd already written a rough draft answer that approached it...
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    Watson Glaser Practice Questions

    Apologies if this is the wrong thread, but can anyone help with this WG inferences practice question? The passage is "James is a human rights activist who was fined £60 on three different days during the past month for smoking in public at his workplace. On each of the occasions, he admitted to...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    In their VS application form, Dentons asks if you've ever applied to them before and "if unsuccessful please include details of how you have developed since." I was unsuccessful for the 2022 direct training contract application, which was obviously quite recent so I haven't had much time to...

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