I come from a non-target, and last year I had worse exp and still managed to get more R1s. Nowadays, even my friends with target backgrounds are barely getting any R1s. Any reason why recruitment is becoming tougher in London?
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I mean yeah things never get easier, do they? Same way price levels never fall (Freddos used to be 0.1p!)
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