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2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion
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I interviewed on Thursday and he told me I'd hear back in a week.
Willkie interviewees, check your inbox. We've been sent some more details regarding the structure of the interview
I did an interview w them and I had first round on the tuesday and then second round immediately on the friday after
Hey gals! Does anyone know the dates for the Reed Smith summer vac scheme or the Hill Dickinson London business stream vac scheme? Thanks 
Hill Dickinson are on their grad rec page if you scroll down ☺️Hey gals! Does anyone know the dates for the Reed Smith summer vac scheme or the Hill Dickinson London business stream vac scheme? Thanks
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Please tell us about your most outstanding personal achievement and how it added value to the environment you were in.
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What have you done that really stands out to you as being something particularly special? Some example scenarios could be raising a lot of money for a charity or cause close to your heart (maybe even accompanied by an athletic feat e.g. a marathon or half-marathon), founding a university society, or even volunteering locally during the pandemic and being part of something bigger. I know that's something I've been earmarking to talk about in my upcoming interviews.
Once you have identified a topic that you consider particularly noteworthy, using the STAR approach, you should then go through what you did and then as a concluding paragraph explain how it made an impact. When doing so, it is extremely useful to quantify your particular contribution (e.g. I raised £A, which went to Charity B to support C people at Project D) as it conveys a sense of impact more effectively than words can do alone.
Hiya, Reed Smith told me they haven't finalised the summer VS dates yet and that they'll let me know when they have so can deffo post them here/ pm you as soon as they do! But it may be a while!Hey gals! Does anyone know the dates for the Reed Smith summer vac scheme or the Hill Dickinson London business stream vac scheme? Thanks
For those that got rejected from the Macfarlanes VS post-app with the email about applying for the direct TC - if you're applying for the TC, are you submitting the same application? Not really sure what I'd change?
Does anyone know how long OC take to get back after the AC? I’m itching to find out even though I definitely messed up my interview
Hey Becca,Hi guys
Please tell us about your most outstanding personal achievement and how it added value to the environment you were in.
Thanks!
A question like this is really an opportunity to show that you are capable of making exceptional contributions to situations that you are in. In terms of the example you used in this question, you can use anything (law or non-law related) and I would advise generally trying to think outside the box here to make it both personal to you and an answer which will stand out from the crowd.
While you could use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result), I would probably go with CAR (Context, Action, Response) to place more emphasis on your "outstanding achievement". I would definitely recommend using a clear response structure, though, as it would be easy to forget about the latter half of that question having spent a lot of time focussing on the first part. I do discuss the STAR and CAR structures in my interview article, albeit not in the context of this particular question.
I hope this helps!
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