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Thinking about a candidate who is studying part-time, I have two considerations:

Positively, it speaks of a desire to learn, to become better, to understand more deeply, and to be willing to commit significant personal effort to that.

Negatively, it might be a distraction. It might limit their availability at times, and could occupy their thinking during work hours when it's demanding (like, assignments or exams).

For a more junior role, I'd likely also consider that the candidate might be looking to move on once they'd completed the qualification, but that's not relevant here.

The tradeoff between those two aspects would depend a lot on the role and the feeling I got from interviewing the individual.

I appreciate that this probably doesn't help at all.

[jgilbertson47]

It does! Thank you.