Cheers Cathal and Elaine think ill fire in a few so worth a shot I suppose!
thanks. On Oct 21, 5:19 pm, "Cathal Grennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey > The vast majority of their trainees are recruited straight out of final > year, so therefor don't have their fe1s done, they firms generally recruit a > year and a half in advance< i secured my traineeship last janurary and this > set just gone were my first set of FE1s. Its the same with most people I > know. Interviews are tough, expect to know your cv inside out and have > prepared answers for any weak spots thereon. Expect to be up on any current > affairs issues, you'll definitely be asked as well as any legal developments > but generally they dont question on technical points of law, tho LK Shields > have. > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > Do people apply before they pass the FE1s ? Is it worth doing has > > anyone any idea would appreciate if someone who knew would respond! > > > On Oct 20, 3:34 pm, elaineg82 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Speaking of the top five, what are interviews with them actually like? > > > > Do they test your legal knowledge?? > > > > Would reading the gazette be of any value?? > > > > I'd really appreciate if someone who has done an interview with any of > > > the big five could give me a few pointers...just wondering what they > > > involve and what I should or could be doing! > > > > Elaine > > > > On Oct 20, 2:23 pm, Daz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I always presumed that the big firms ask for all that info because > > > > they get alot of final year undergrads applying who would have little > > > > or no work experience so exam results is the only way to judge some of > > > > the applications. I applied for a few of them and didn't go into too > > > > much detail, just average grades (which admittedly were average in and > > > > of themselves). I didn't do a law undergrad either and most of the > > > > exams I took were too subject specific and irrelevant for a law firm. > > > > I should probably mention that I never got interviewed for a big five > > > > firm though! > > > > > If you have the info, there's no harm in putting it in I'd say (unless > > > > you're trying to hide sh**ty results) but I'd concentrate on > > > > maximising your sections on previous work experience as that's where > > > > you'll get the chance to set yourself apart from the thousands of > > > > others (I heard that McCann Fitzgerald got 4000 applications last > > > > year!). > > > > > I'd also say to not put of all your eggs in one (or 5) baskets. > > > > Carpet bomb every firm with a CV but try and tailor the covering > > > > letter specifically. Time consuming I know, but generic cover letters > > > > can be spotted a mile off... > > > > > On Oct 20, 12:31 pm, elaineg82 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hey caribou, > > > > > > well i've been just attaching a continuation sheet with all my > > > > > results. There were lots of results with my particular undergrad, > > > > > couldn't possibly fit them all in! I fiigure you've gotta put them > > all > > > > > in, given that they're asking for your average for each year. > > > > > > On Oct 20, 10:44 am, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Caribou out of interest have you passed all the FE1s or are you > > > > > > waiting on results? I've heard its not worth applying until you > > have > > > > > > the 8, any advice? > > > > > > > On Oct 19, 5:13 pm, Caribou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, I notice that on application forms for the big firms > > they > > > > > > > tend to want to know your college exam results year by year - i'm > > > > > > > imagine this is fine if one has a law degree etc -but do they > > really > > > > > > > want to know the ins and out of a Journalism degree or an art > > degree > > > > > > > or whatever? What are other people doing for this? And what about > > post > > > > > > > grad etc..? Just seems like a lot or results and too little > > space... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
