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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    WG invite from Freshfields... I applied about a week before the deadline
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Anyone whose Freshfields portal updated heard back yet?
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Slaughter and May ask questions like this. They generally ask these types of questions to test how you answer uncomfortable questions under pressure. If age was an issue for the company then they wouldn’t have invited you to interview.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    You could although it doesn’t look amazing to the firm. But obviously does happen, especially when applying for vac scheme and TCs at the same time because you can’t do a vac scheme after accepting a TC. I’d say just accept and then choose your favourite if you end up getting offers from...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    It just means they haven’t given you the decision yet. Everyone gets it as soon as they submit the application and then it changes after a decision’s made.
  6. M

    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    It seems to be automated 6 weeks after applying.
  7. M

    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    They’re talking about buying practice tests to improve, not buying answers.
  8. M

    Linklaters 2019/20 Application

    Out of interest what strengths and weakness did you get from the CAPP assessment?
  9. M

    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Anyone still waiting on Linklaters or Freshfields for direct TC?
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    Linklaters 2019/20 Application

    I think the ACs that have been were from the winter vac scheme and there’s only been one person who’s got an AC next week. Someone on student room said that they spoke to a paralegal at LL who said the direct TC ACs would be in the last week of January and first week of February
  11. M

    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Does anyone know of people being rejected for LL or FF for TC?
  12. M

    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    I got a rejection on the day after the deadline after passing the tests
  13. M

    Linklaters 2019/20 Application

    All that matters is the percentile
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    I had to wait over two months after my video interview with CMS last year and I was successful so don’t worry too much!

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