Official Vacation Scheme Thread 2015!!!

Original post by TrainingChopeful

How would you attempt the Q 'How would you summarise what makes us different from other law firms?' the question only allows 60 words so not a lot of room to elaborate. I have literally listed 3 things. But on their website they state on the 'why them' question (Which there isn't one specifically other than this) to include 'why you'. A little confusing. Thank you :smile:

60 words is brutal! I think if you can somehow tie it into how what makes them different works for you? So hypothetically if the firm has half their offices in China, you could take that as a point that makes them different and combine it with the fact that you speak fluent Mandarin (hypothetically of course!). Hope this helps!

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Offer from Hogan Lovells! :smile:

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ChoccyWoccy

Original post by Kidioteque

Offer from Hogan Lovells! :smile:

Woo! Congratulations! :biggrin:

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thomasllf

What do you guys think are the most likely competencies to come up in a competency based interview for a vac scheme? I.e. Give me an example of a time you demonstrated X? What are the most common Xs?

Any competencies that you have been asked to demonstrate that were 'out of the blue' or unusual?

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TrainingChopeful

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Original post by ScroogeHumbug

60 words is brutal! I think if you can somehow tie it into how what makes them different works for you? So hypothetically if the firm has half their offices in China, you could take that as a point that makes them different and combine it with the fact that you speak fluent Mandarin (hypothetically of course!). Hope this helps!

Thank you - that is real helpful! I might keep it to 2 points and then demonstrate why that works for me :smile:

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Original post by thomasllf

What do you guys think are the most likely competencies to come up in a competency based interview for a vac scheme? I.e. Give me an example of a time you demonstrated X? What are the most common Xs?

Any competencies that you have been asked to demonstrate that were 'out of the blue' or unusual?

The first ones that spring to mind:

Leadership; teamwork; resilience; responsibility for others; overcoming an unexpected challenge; communication; relationship building; creativity/innovation; problem solving.

Obviously a lot of those overlap so you may be able to use the same answer for a number of different competencies.

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Original post by ChoccyWoccy

Woo! Congratulations! :biggrin:

Thank you! All the best for your upcoming interviews. :smile:

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Defragmentation

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Original post by Kidioteque

Offer from Hogan Lovells! :smile:

Congrats bud! (:

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ScroogeHumbug

Original post by Kidioteque

Offer from Hogan Lovells! :smile:

Well done! :smile:

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mcrlawstudent

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Original post by Kidioteque

Offer from Hogan Lovells! :smile:

Congratulations Kidioteque!

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thomasllf

Original post by Kidioteque

The first ones that spring to mind:

Leadership; teamwork; resilience; responsibility for others; overcoming an unexpected challenge; communication; relationship building; creativity/innovation; problem solving.

Obviously a lot of those overlap so you may be able to use the same answer for a number of different competencies.

These are all really good, thank you! :smile:

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Original post by Defragmentation

Congrats bud! (:

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Original post by ScroogeHumbug

Well done! :smile:

Original post by mcrlawstudent

Congratulations Kidioteque!

How great is our little community of vacation scheme chasers? :lol:

Thanks, you guys. All the best to you all for any upcoming applications/interviews!

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By the way, out of interest, how long did you all spend preparing for an Assessment centre? Would spending three days on one be sufficient or is that going over the top?

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TrainingChopeful

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Original post by Kidioteque

Offer from Hogan Lovells! :smile:

Just saw this! Congrats!

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Original post by TrainingChopeful

Just saw this! Congrats!

Thanks!

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Defragmentation

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Original post by J-SP

Bit OTT in my opinion. You should do some research/reading on the firm and also review your own application again, but apart from that you can't really prepare.

Should I not try to prepare preliminary answers to certain competency questions and generic questions they may ask?

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ZaraW

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How long did it take for anyone to hear back from Linklaters after taking the Watson glaser?

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ScroogeHumbug