Travers Smith questions

[Lumree]

Hi everyone,

The TC application for Travers Smith asks for a cover letter, but also these questions:


1.Please give details of your main extra-curricular activities and leisure interests. *

2.Please give details of any positions of responsibility and achievements or awards at school, university or elsewhere *

In my cover letter, I have already covered some of my extra-curricular activities and positions of responsibility as reasons for 'why me.' I have two questions about this:

1. Should I be focussing on my extra-curriculars and responsibility in my cover letter? They are woven in - so they're not purely explanatory. However, I don't want to sound like I am repeating myself in the questions that follow.

2. In response to the two questions Travers are asking, should I just simply explain what I did and what I learnt? Should this be as bullet points for each experience?

Thanks!

 

[Jessica Booker]

Hi everyone,

The TC application for Travers Smith asks for a cover letter, but also these questions:


1.Please give details of your main extra-curricular activities and leisure interests. *

2.Please give details of any positions of responsibility and achievements or awards at school, university or elsewhere *

In my cover letter, I have already covered some of my extra-curricular activities and positions of responsibility as reasons for 'why me.' I have two questions about this:

1. Should I be focussing on my extra-curriculars and responsibility in my cover letter? They are woven in - so they're not purely explanatory. However, I don't want to sound like I am repeating myself in the questions that follow.

2. In response to the two questions Travers are asking, should I just simply explain what I did and what I learnt? Should this be as bullet points for each experience?

Thanks!

I’d adapt your cover letter so it removes any repetition given in other sections.

Focus on what you achieved rather than what you did. It doesn’t need to be bullet points, but probably not an issue if it is.

 

[Romiras]

Hi everyone,

The TC application for Travers Smith asks for a cover letter, but also these questions:


1.Please give details of your main extra-curricular activities and leisure interests. *

2.Please give details of any positions of responsibility and achievements or awards at school, university or elsewhere *

In my cover letter, I have already covered some of my extra-curricular activities and positions of responsibility as reasons for 'why me.' I have two questions about this:

1. Should I be focussing on my extra-curriculars and responsibility in my cover letter? They are woven in - so they're not purely explanatory. However, I don't want to sound like I am repeating myself in the questions that follow.

2. In response to the two questions Travers are asking, should I just simply explain what I did and what I learnt? Should this be as bullet points for each experience?

Thanks!

For my own (successful) application, I had the cover letter "Why Me" Section set out in a summarised-esque format and I focused on commentary discussing how I could add value to the firm by pulling upon a range of things that may not normally fit into the two above questions. For example, you could talk more about your degree and things that would not fit into either question. If I had already covered an experience in detail in my cover letter, I would not repeat it in the question section, unless there was something substantial to add to it.

Therefore Re Question 1, don't particularly 'focus' in the sense of being detailed.

Re Question 2, I would avoid using bullet points and I would flesh out each point (but keep it concise) so that it is implicit as to how it is relevant to your career, etc.

 

[Lumree]

For my own (successful) application, I had the cover letter "Why Me" Section set out in a summarised-esque format and I focused on commentary discussing how I could add value to the firm by pulling upon a range of things that may not normally fit into the two above questions. For example, you could talk more about your degree and things that would not fit into either question. If I had already covered an experience in detail in my cover letter, I would not repeat it in the question section, unless there was something substantial to add to it.

Therefore Re Question 1, don't particularly 'focus' in the sense of being detailed.

Re Question 2, I would avoid using bullet points and I would flesh out each point (but keep it concise) so that it is implicit as to how it is relevant to your career, etc.

Brilliant, thank you so much for this!

 

[Mohammed]

Hi Guys,

Did you also include the firm's and your own address in the cover letter, or did you go straight into it from Dear Ms?

Thanks!

 

[Lumree]

Hi Guys,

Did you also include the firm's and your own address in the cover letter, or did you go straight into it from Dear Ms?

Thanks!

I went with Dear ... and went into it.

 

[harleen]

How much would you suggest we write for those questions?