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Has anyone who applied to Paul, Weiss, White & Case and/or Cleary Gottlieb heard from these firms (PFO or progress to next stage), that applied close to the final deadline. I believe they are rolling basis so not sure if it’s safe to assume PFO. Sent Cleary around 10 days ago.
I attended an Orrick virtual event recently and in that the early careers guy said they look for a 2:1 (ideally a strong 2:1) and a minimum of ABB at A-level. He also mentioned they take mitigating and extenuating circumstances into account and use rare contextual recruitment. He said they are...
I went to their open day last week and they said they would begin sending online tests out by the end of Oct or early Nov. I assume they will start to send tests out this week or next.
Can anyone share what the White & Case online assessment involves, e.g., SJT, WG, verbal and numerical reasoning? Are there any VI questions as part of the assessment? This is for the White & Case WVS.
I also applied for Lift Off last week and have yet to receive the 1st stage test. Not sure if they are dealing with the WVS apps and ACs first though, since that is in Dec. Lift Off is in late Jan so they might send those tests out in batches.
Cheers matey! This is for the 4th Nov open day. I applied pretty close to the deadline. Most likely they are sending invites in batches, since they have a few other open days in Nov.
In the email Weil sent after I submitted the 8th Oct insight day app, it said apps are reviewed on a rolling basis but before invites are sent out, all apps would be reviewed by early careers.
For the 8th Oct insight day, the deadline was 28th Sept and I received my invite the next day, on the...
I went to their insight day on Wednesday. They said the first stage is a short application form to capture grades and eligibility information. The form has a section for any mitigating circumstances too. After this, they send out an SJT + VI (combined).
They assess the application, SJT score...
You can only apply for either the Winter, Spring or Summer vac scheme in the same cycle (so one vac scheme per application cycle).
If you apply for the Winter vac scheme, I don’t think you would be able to apply for the Spring or Summer vac schemes in the same cycle.
If you apply for either...
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