“I am a fourth year law and German LLB student at a top 10 university, due to graduate this year with a 2:1. This is the second year I have gone through the vacation scheme/training contract application process and I am starting to feel disillusioned.

“I have reached the final stages of the application process with a good handful of firms, but it seems that my inability to cross the threshold may have something to do with me or my personality.