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<blockquote data-quote="Kay Aston" data-source="post: 182491" data-attributes="member: 36759">Hi Shatu, this is a great question. It is important to take a step back and think about what Ashurst are trying to see from you in these questions. In the first, they are looking for professional skills (e.g. leadership, adaptability, attention to detail), so use these as a starting point, and then relate them back to an example from any work you have done or any extracurricular activities, such as university societies or other clubs. I think that they add in 'extracurricular activities' in this question because they are aware that many students may not have worked before, but nevertheless have had opportunities throughout life to develop these skills.The second question is a much more personal one about hobbies and interests, so focus on things you like to do in your spare time outside of work or extracurriculars, which show that you are a well-rounded person. Of course, there may be some overlap, and that's fine as long as you can talk about them separately. For example, if one of your hobbies is snow sports, you could talk about this in question 2, but if you organised an event or trip for the snow sports society, you could talk about the skills you developed during this task for question 1. I really hope that helps but let me know if anything is unclear!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kay Aston, post: 182491, member: 36759"] Hi Shatu, this is a great question. It is important to take a step back and think about what Ashurst are trying to see from you in these questions. In the first, they are looking for professional [B]skills[/B] (e.g. leadership, adaptability, attention to detail), so use these as a starting point, and then relate them back to an example from any work you have done or any extracurricular activities, such as university societies or other clubs. I think that they add in 'extracurricular activities' in this question because they are aware that many students may not have worked before, but nevertheless have had opportunities throughout life to develop these skills. The second question is a much more personal one about hobbies and interests, so focus on things you like to do in your spare time outside of work or extracurriculars, which show that you are a well-rounded person. Of course, there may be some overlap, and that's fine as long as you can talk about them separately. For example, if one of your hobbies is snow sports, you could talk about this in question 2, but if you organised an event or trip for the snow sports society, you could talk about the skills you developed during this task for question 1. I really hope that helps but let me know if anything is unclear! [/QUOTE]

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