2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

[Dheepa]

I received a TC offer from Jones Day hours after receiving first-stage rejections from Addleshaw Goddard and SPB! My suggestion would be to apply to as many firms as is possible, without compromising quality, as there is definitely an element of random luck involved. Happy to answer any questions about the interview/VS. This forum has been very helpful, so thanks!

This is amazing news! Congratulations on your TC!

 

[jan28]

I received a TC offer from Jones Day hours after receiving first-stage rejections from Addleshaw Goddard and SPB! My suggestion would be to apply to as many firms as is possible, without compromising quality, as there is definitely an element of random luck involved. Happy to answer any questions about the interview/VS. This forum has been very helpful, so thanks!

wow amazing!! biggest congratulations to you

 

[SouffléSouffléSoufflé]

I received a TC offer from Jones Day hours after receiving first-stage rejections from Addleshaw Goddard and SPB! My suggestion would be to apply to as many firms as is possible, without compromising quality, as there is definitely an element of random luck involved. Happy to answer any questions about the interview/VS. This forum has been very helpful, so thanks!

Amazing news - Congratulations!

 

[Han.louise]

I have just completed VI's for both SPB and Eversheds! I feel like neither went terribly but my mind did go black halfway through one of the Evershed's questions so I think I paused for what felt like forever but think it was only about 5 seconds in reality 😩

How did you find the Eversheds one? Do you have any advice for completing it? Just received a VI invitation, so nervous!

 

[corplaw123]

Just wondering if anyone knows how long Freshfields take to get back to you after the interview?

Have you interviewed with Freshfields?

 

[Legalregal]

Can an answer to 'why law' at interview be a solid 5 minutes non stop talking?

 

[JoeyTr]

how are people practicing for the BCLP test?

 

[Alisha S]

Just got my eversheds rejection! Least i can concentrate on my other applications !

 

[MW110601]

How did you find the Eversheds one? Do you have any advice for completing it? Just received a VI invitation, so nervous!

The questions themselves were not difficult, what I found the hardest part was that you only get one minute to read the question and prepare an answer and some of the questions were 3/4 sentences long so after reading I'd only have about 30 secs to think of what to say!

 

[Dheepa]

Can an answer to 'why law' at interview be a solid 5 minutes non stop talking?

I would try to avoid being caught up in the length of your answers and focus solely on your content. That being said, I think 5 minutes seems a bit long. Exactly how many sub-points you have in your answer? Is there anything that you could possibly edit down?

 

[hunter]

If ur waiting for sidley post interview then they took about 4 weeks to get back to me and only after I emailed them

That's weird, I heard back from them in like 2-3 days.

 

[Legally brown]

How long did people wait until they heard back from Willkie either with a rejection or VI invite?

 

[Soriginal234]

How long did people wait until they heard back from Willkie either with a rejection or VI invite?

I received an invite for their VI 2 weeks after sending out the app. Hope that helps!

 

[Legally brown]

I received an invite for their VI 2 weeks after sending out the app. Hope that helps!

Thanks!! sent off the app on Friday so just wanted to gauge a timeframe !

 

[whoyou]

For anyone who received an offer for CMS Academy, following the phone call did you receive any emails to follow up on that?

 

[CorporateB3]

Does anyone know how Baker Mckenzie factors in the WG test score, i.e. is there a pass mark or do they factor the score into your overall application?

 

[Celestie]

I got a vac scheme

 

[JayC]

Ah ok phew, was getting worried because last week I know they sent a lot of rejections out. We've survived the first cull so it seems no news is good news then!

When did you apply?

 

[Oxdart]

Just wondering if anyone knows how long Freshfields take to get back to you after the interview?

I got my offer the same evening..was a call from one of the partners who interviewed me. The formal email followed the next day.

 

[tk166]

That's weird, I heard back from them in like 2-3 days.

yeah it was a very long 4 weeks