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  1. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Can you include virtual work experiences/ virtual open days on the work history section on the app?
  2. Mxkry

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, Does graduate recruitment look at your application holistically? For example if you don't answer a particular question that well, will they discard your app or can you 'make up' for it in your other responses?
  3. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Thank you , i'm planning on spending less than 50 words on it if I mention it
  4. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Currently working on my macfarlanes app last minute lol. When talking about why the firm cani mention their pro bono and diversity inclusion or do they not want references to what their "culture" is?
  5. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Anyone head from travers’ smith post app?
  6. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Best resources to practice for ashurst tests? Also do they look at your app regardless of what you score in the tests?
  7. Mxkry

    Ashurst 2020/2021

    If you message grad recruitment there’s a possibility they might reopen it especially if you have filled in some of the application form. I know because I made the same mistake as you last time but they allowed me to submit the app
  8. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Not me submitting the app 20 mins before the deadline 😂
  9. Mxkry

    Ashurst 2020/2021

    noon
  10. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    tbf it i practiced the logical tests loads so it wasn't too bad. I'm fairly sure I flunked the verbal. The text at the end was ridiculously long to read and i ended up using f7 to find the words. I also didn't know what half of the words meant and didn't finish two of the Qs. In the VI the...
  11. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    well the simmons + simmons VI + korn ferry tests just felt brutal tbh. Just going to chalk it to experience because i'll be very surprised if I reach the next stage
  12. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Anyone else found the simmons & simmons judgement test fairly hard? There didn't seem to be any obvious answer on any of the questions
  13. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Is Ashurst vacation scheme on a rolling or non-rolling basis?
  14. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    For Travers Smith is it necsaary to include the address for yourself and the firm on the cover letter?
  15. Mxkry

    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    What's the general advice regarding capitalisation of roles and positions of responsibility?
  16. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    It doesn't allow me to see unfortunately :(
  17. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Anyone know if you can apply for summer vac for Ashurst if you were rejected for the winter Vac?
  18. Mxkry

    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Is it normal to see a firm you've applied for search for your name on Linkedin? Maybe, I'm grasping at straws here :D
  19. Mxkry

    Ask Shearman & Sterling Anything!

    Hi Paul, I was just wondering what happened to the International Arbitration Internship scheme. I applied in July and never recieved a response from the firm. I assume the pandemic meant that it was no longer possible for the scheme to go ahead, but I received no update on the application...

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