Update:
Some of these are not to do with the goals I set myself, but I'm really proud of myself so I am going to write stuff down here as motivation to keep going if things get harder in the year. I want to use this thread almost like a journal or a record that I update each week/at natural intervals. I've emboldened new goals/tasks.
Linklaters
Got my Watson Glaser score back from Linklaters. I scored 35/40 and was in the 90th percentile! I've never done a Watson Glaser before so I am super proud of myself. The breakdown of this was:
- Recognise Assumptions: 82nd percentile. In the high range.
- Evaluate Arguments: 97th percentile. In the high range.
- Draw Conclusions: 67th percentile. In the avereage range.
Clearly need to work on the drawing conclusions section. If I have time, I'll try to practice Watson Glaser tests to improve my score. I'll aim for one Watson Glaser per week and I will go over the Watson Glaser advice on TCLA for the parts I found harder.
Norton Rose Fulbright
Another Watson Glaser success as I passed that stage and had a telephone interview today!
I found the telephone interview surprisingly hard because it felt like a monologue. I was asked four questions with no follow ups for each one. The questions were simple enough (motivations, experiences, and competencies) and the graduate recruitment lady was lovely, but I think I got so nervous that my head was not thinking very coherently.
I had my written application and the booklet I made for myself with me and they were so helpful at keeping me a bit more together. I'll definitely be keeping up with this booklet as it was so helpful! I definitely need to practice interviews more often. I want to practice at least one set of interview questions per week. I will record my answers to questions off a list.
I'm going to keep my goals under constant review as I don't want to overwhelm myself each week.
Review of goals
- TCLA courses: I've managed to keep up with this goal and I have found it to be a really useful source of commercial awareness. I am also using this to help me prepare for the AS Commercial Awareness Competition where I have managed to get into the Quarter Finals (waiting to hear about the Semi Finals).
- News article: I haven't written this yet, but I have a few ideas about some of the articles I could choose. I plan to write this weekend.
- Application booklet: This has been useful so far and I am continuing to work on this.
- Targeted applications: So far I am very happy with the firms I have chosen, so no issue here.
