Tips for completing your application form
- Try to demonstrate your personality in the application form and differentiate yourself from other candidates.
- Extra-curricular activities and positions of responsibility help to differentiate you from other candidates, many of whom will have similar academic records. Therefore make sure you spend time completing this section of the application form.
- A number of questions on the application form require you to demonstrate evidence of any research you have conducted about Lindsays. Try to gather this information from as many sources as possible.
- Don’t just provide us with a list of your work experience and dates. You should summarise the work involved, and describe any skills developed that you think will be transferable to a legal environment.
- Accuracy and attention to detail are paramount to the success of your application. Therefore you must ensure that you have spell checked and proof read your application form prior to submission.
If your application is successful, you will be invited to attend an interview.
What next?
Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and if you are successful you will be invited to attend a first round interview.
First round interviews will be conducted by representatives from the HR Team and will last no longer than one hour. The interview will provide you with an opportunity to discuss in more detail specific areas of your application form, and to discuss particular traineeship vacancies and departments you are interested in. There will also be a number of competency-based questions centred around the key skills we expect from our trainees.
Candidates who are successful at the first interview will then be invited to attend a second round interview. This will be conducted by the relevant Head of Department as well as a representative from the HR Team. You may be required to complete a short piece of research prior to the interview and this will form part of the interview discussion.
