thanks!Applied 04/12, invited to WG 05/12 and completed WG on the 7th or 8th of Dec I think
thanks!Applied 04/12, invited to WG 05/12 and completed WG on the 7th or 8th of Dec I think
Same here. I completed the Mills & Reeve test a few months back and wasn't too happy with the feedback. They said they should start getting back to people after the 16th Jan. We'll just have to wait and see what happens!Just did the Mills & Reeve Online test and the feedback report for the SJT part really isn't promising
I find these SJT questions really unpredictable
Trust me, I absolutely understand how you feel!! This cycle is my fourth cycle and up until this cycle, I’d never made it past the application/psych test stage.Does anyone else feel absolutely hopeless? I had a bad cycle last year and fortunately took a lot from it. Since graduating last year, I've spent so much time improving myself/applications. I have a much better commercial awareness (enough to get to the CAC semi final), I understand practice areas well, I am targeting my applications very carefully and being specific with my research. I've taken annual leave to do AS Aspire, I've attended application-only open days. My tangible work experience is much stronger and I've worked hard to regularly review and improve how I describe my w/exp in applications. And yet, I've had another big slap in the face. When you work FT so many opportunities dry up for you and I've invested so so much time and effort into improving - and I am a good candidate. But I am not an excellent candidate, and I don't know how to be so I won't get there anytime soon, because despite introspection and effort and getting support/reviews, I am nowhere closer than I was when I first decided I want to be a commercial solicitor. It's getting hard to pick myself back up and carry on going all the time.
Thanks a lot. I really appreciate this. I have already checked the new one, but I will go through your post as well.I 100% believe that you can and will pass your VIs- you just need some information on how you can ace them. I'm linking my post on VIs here to help and also this super recent one here by a star member of our community, @ml_vk2022! Let me know if you find these useful!
Hey, I’m sorry for how you’re feeling, large parts of me can relate. It’s been two back to back bad cycles for me. And I’ve not had anywhere near the kind of difficulties you have. All I can say is that hearing you do all this and keeping the dream alive is amazing to see and I guess we’re all in the same boat. It’s not a case of if, more of when it happens so just keep making the amazing progress you have been and I’m sure things will work out for all of us!Does anyone else feel absolutely hopeless? I had a bad cycle last year and fortunately took a lot from it. Since graduating last year, I've spent so much time improving myself/applications. I have a much better commercial awareness (enough to get to the CAC semi final), I understand practice areas well, I am targeting my applications very carefully and being specific with my research. I've taken annual leave to do AS Aspire, I've attended application-only open days. My tangible work experience is much stronger and I've worked hard to regularly review and improve how I describe my w/exp in applications. And yet, I've had another big slap in the face. When you work FT so many opportunities dry up for you and I've invested so so much time and effort into improving - and I am a good candidate. But I am not an excellent candidate, and I don't know how to be so I won't get there anytime soon, because despite introspection and effort and getting support/reviews, I am nowhere closer than I was when I first decided I want to be a commercial solicitor. It's getting hard to pick myself back up and carry on going all the time.
I know this wasn’t a reply for me but I did my SST on the 27th December, and my three strengths were Commercial Awareness, Collaboration and Attention to Detail ☺️I'm still waiting to hear from them.
May I ask when you gave the SST and what your strengths were?
I got a PFO too with collaboration, attention to detail and drive. Guessing it's just because other people matched their preferred strengths better, sadly! 😢Reed Smith PFO... Does anyone know why? I got Judgement, Attention to Detail and Drive as my strengths. This rejection hurt for some reason
Those were mine and I got a VI tbh.I got a PFO too with collaboration, attention to detail and drive. Guessing it's just because other people matched their preferred strengths better, sadly! 😢
I don’t think you can read too much into those reports. Although these are your strongest areas, you don’t know how well you have performed vs the benchmark/other people. It might be that you did average on those 3 areas, and poorly on everything else but you end up with those 3 as your ‘strongest’ areas. Keep your chin up, as one door closes another opens!Reed Smith PFO... Does anyone know why? I got Judgement, Attention to Detail and Drive as my strengths. This rejection hurt for some reason
I think this is trying to get you to think about careers events, seminars, Forage/virtual internships, other forms of learning, networking etc. It may also be your extra curricular activities too.For the question "How have you developed your skills and interest in the profession through your non-academic experiences?", talking about skills is fairly standard, but I'm unsure how to talk about my 'interest in the profession'. My only legal experience is a vac scheme, and I've used this elsewhere in my application. Can I talk about an experience where I've used similar skills to those required by a lawyer, and link these to my interest in the profession? @Jessica Booker . Thanks in advance
That sounds good, thank you!I think this is trying to get you to think about careers events, seminars, Forage/virtual internships, other forms of learning, networking etc. It may also be your extra curricular activities too.