Does anyone know if Baker McKenzie will look at your WG mark and application holistically or is their WG like a benchmark type deal - I haven't heard back yet also not meaning to panic anyone lol just wondering
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Have you got a WG invite?
As far as i know, first they consider your app. and if you pass at that stage then they send you a WG invite and then if you meet the WG benchmark then they send you a VI invite.
Applied on 23rd Feb and havent heard yet!Is anyone still waiting to hear back from Baker McKenzie direct TC?
hi pals in the same boat as you! But I applied a lot earlier, on the 12th Feb, rooting for all of us !! ( ; 3 ; )
Baker McKenzie's PFO just came in. Guess they are running an extremely tight shift to send a PFO on a sunday.
I used all the word count and was invited to AC
That's great!
What I was trying to convey though is that you don't have to. For some people hitting a 4000 character word limit on hobbies might be hard to do! Explaining yourself clearly and concisely depends on a number of things, how many points you have, what you want to discuss etc! It's almost always about quality over quantity
While I do agree that it is important to be concise and not waffle, I think that the character count is purposefully quite long as PM doesn't have a pre-AC interview so it's their chance to get to know you. I also think that it is better to be as close to the word count as possible (maybe at a maximum of 10% under) as it clearly demonstrates that you can follow instructions and work to a brief. Even if you don't have 4000 characters worth of hobbies, perhaps you could go into more detail and demonstrate the skills that those hobbies taught you or your motivations for doing them!That's great!
What I was trying to convey though is that you don't have to. For some people hitting a 4000 character word limit on hobbies might be hard to do! Explaining yourself clearly and concisely depends on a number of things, how many points you have, what you want to discuss etc! It's almost always about quality over quantity
I also got to the PM AC and my answers were all just under the maximum character count
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Which firms recruit predominantly from VS and which ones from TC?
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Although this says Watson Glaser, it applies to all pyschometric tests:
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Who is still waiting to hear back from BM TC application ?
I am, I applied on the 28th of March
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