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That's reassuring! Keeping my fingers crossed!! 😥Yeah, no harm in asking! Prepare as if the video interview is tomorrow regardless but the worst that can happen is that they say no. I had issues with my internet for a week when I had a VI and two firms gave me week extensions so normally firms are amenable to this kind of thing
I really think it's a numbers game like many have said on this forum. So much of it is luck. I didn't progress to AC stage with the applications I'd spent the most amount of time on and would be seen as 'less sought after' but I progressed on apps I'd sent last minute and were more competitive. Also thought I'd done v well on some VIs (didn't pass them) and terrible on others (but got to AC and got the VS). But obviously don't compromise quality completely lol, just do what you can!
I've seen about 3 offers on LinkedIn - all for the Spring scheme so perhaps they're going on a scheme-by-scheme order?
Last year they contacted everyone by email
I agree with that. I was immediately eliminated from ones which I believe I sent the best applications for less competitive firms, on the other hand, I made progress with others (according to me I was less competitive application form-wise and late in terms of submitting). Quite interesting...but that was my experience this year, too. Initially, I only concentrated on five firms and got rejected from all. Later in the cycle, I had to increase my number of applications for the last minute and still waiting for the news from them for being at different stages now. The early application also did not work for me, too, this cycle. Just my opinion and experience at all.
I would look at the firm’s practice areas o and chose something that might impact them or they could look into to grow
I would say pick absolutely anything that you are interested in, it doesn’t have to be legal, they will just be looking at your articulation skills and passion for things. Unless obviously they have stated it has to be legal related
I don’t know if this is in any way helpful, as my answers were on application forms and not at the final selection stage (and I don’t know exactly how your task is worded so maybe it should be law related) but I wrote about something unrelated to law (the impact of the black death on architecture so a pretty random topic!) for some “tell us about something that interests you” questions and got through to AC for those firms, so you might be able to just talk about anything that interests you?
It literally ONLY says “We would like to ask you to send us a short video recording (no more than 3 minutes) presenting on a topic of your choice. Happy for you to get as creative as you wish, we are not looking for a formal PowerPoint presentation. A recording on your phone is perfectly acceptable.”
