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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Mayer Brown post telephone interview rejection!
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Thanks! What would be considered a more stringent requirement? Do any firms expect a distinction?
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, I hope you're well! I just wanted to ask, what kind of grades do firms look for in the GDL? I understand that the undergraduate degree is the most important thing but I'd be interested to know what grades would be considered to be a negative on an application and what grades would...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    anyone still waiting to hear back post weil ac? I had mine on 20th jan
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    It is good but the CAPP assessment is the part they pay the most attention to- last year I got 96 and was still rejected!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I interviewed on 21st Jan for Summer so I think they’ve been doing summer for a while too!
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Amazing! Thank you for letting me know :)
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    Mayer Brown Tests

    I interviewed 16th Dec and still haven't heard back
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Ok, thank you!
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, I've applied to the Summer vacation scheme at Reed Smith and have passed the initial SST. However, looking at their website I realised that their summer vac scheme is for penultimate year and final year law students/final year non law and that their spring scheme is for 'graduates...
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    Mayer Brown Tests

    Can I ask when you did the phone interview and when you heard back? Thanks!
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    I think that they probably just haven't updated their website- from going to a talk with R&G in November they mentioned that they used to have fairly standard questions on their app (why law, extracurriculars etc) but this year they changed it to just the question you mentioned.
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Yes they do- I did the vac scheme last year- its a short interview with a partner and a member or grad rec. The interview mostly focuses on your experiences during the vac scheme
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Anyone had experience interviewing with Akin Gump? Would really appreciate any insight if so!
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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    Hi Jessica, I hope you are well. Upon receiving an invitation to an assessment centre, is it acceptable to email GR to ask who is going to interview you? I feel like it could be very helpful to know which partners are interviewing me because then I can look up a bit about their background and...
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    2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

    Anyone heard back for Weil's summer vac scheme post WG?
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    It was just under 500 words which was pretty much exactly a page

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