u/CreativeAd6940

I am generally good at interviews and applications and I took some time off and had a lovely bank holiday weekend.

I really want insight from those who were applying for NQ roles.

I have just started to bring myself to start applying- I am due to qualify in September 2026. I am keen to apply to transactional roles as I showed aptitude towards transactional work during my training contract.

I have been looking at NQ roles on TheLawyer and it says applications for those roles close approximately from the 9th May-26th May. I am confident that I will get my CV properly updated by then ( I have done a lot of work in my corporate seat which I underestimated and should have included in my CV in the first draft). However, my main fear is that they have probably already started interviewing for those roles/ potentially are not even considering applications because it is so close to the deadline.

Please let me know if I should go ahead and put my hat in the ring and apply or should my efforts be directed elsewhere- please be very honest.

Long story short I got rejected from a Corporate NQ role. I had a horrible training contract but somewhat showed an aptitude for transactional work and was hoping for a corporate or a finance NQ role. However, these were heavily subscribed.

I went through an internal interview process for the corporate role but was rejected despite the partner telling early careers that I performed extremely well at the interview and he is happy to jump on a feedback call with me later.

I ended up slipping up a little bit on an internal email I had to get out this morning because I was a bit emotional and it didn’t help that I was working from my parents house and they were a bit disappointed.

I ended up slipping up on an internal email to a managing associate for them to review. I missed something and resent it, and I spotted another mistake and I don’t want to resend it a third time. I feel really guilty for not showing perseverance and letting my work go array just because I didn’t secure an NQ offer. I have other work to get done but my mind is not going off the silly mistakes I made this morning and I am feeling annoyed at myself for not double checking things in my final seat just because I was a bit emotional about missing out on an NQ role.