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  1. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @Bread I don't believe so - we had planned to make most people aware of the outcome of the partner interviews today. Best wishes, Kirsty
  2. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @startupgeek If you have been waitlisted that means you just missed our cut off mark in terms of your Written Exercise score. We are holding those people who just missed our pass mark so that, should a number of people turn down or pull out of the partner interview process (which we do see...
  3. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @Lawyer20, That's great to hear! The interviews are due to take place over the course of the next two weeks. We will get back to people within 15 working days of their interview (although note we plan to let the majority of people know at the same time whether they're being offered a place...
  4. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @Bread, We expect all outcomes post interview to be communicated at the same time. Good luck! Kirsty
  5. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @Myparentsdream Yes, everyone that scored the highest marks gets invited first, and then we go down the list as slots fill. As you'll be aware, all our Written Exercises are blind marked so we have no idea which university applicants went to when inviting people to interview. We base that...
  6. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @startupgeek Yes, it is. Thanks, Kirsty
  7. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    No problem at all, and best of luck!
  8. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    @Myparentsdream We expect there to be more invites tomorrow. They will likely be sent individually so we can keep track of them to ensure we have sufficient remaining partner interview spaces for everyone who accepts those invites. Thanks, Kirsty
  9. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @Myparentsdream Yes, more invites are being sent out in addition to the first set that were sent out yesterday. Best wishes, Kirsty
  10. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @Myparentsdream Everyone who completed the written exercise will have a reply from us by the end of this week (our working day officially ends at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow). Best wishes, Kirsty
  11. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @TCGrad1642 That's great to hear, thank you! The decision as to who will be offered vacation schemes will be based entirely the partner interview and verbal case study. The results of the application, video interview and written exercise are not considered, as they were just used to get...
  12. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @1stCycleApplicant Congratulations on getting to our partner interview stage! As last year we have 20 vacation scheme places available split across Spring and Summer. Thanks, Kirsty
  13. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @kim wexler I'm glad you're finding your experience with Willkie to be a positive one so far! With regards to the partner interview, our partners will have no information about you so it's a completely blind process, and they see nothing more than your name (so no, no application question...
  14. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @1stCycleApplicant No problem at all! We are sending out invites to choose a partner interview slot for those that have been successful in the Written Exercise from today onwards. We will be waiting to see who accepts an interview slot before sending out rejections, as obviously anyone...
  15. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @yasmars Yes, we do have some people who are in our 'maybe' list who haven't yet been rejected. This is because if a number of people didn't pass the video interview and written exercise stages, there would be space to move those in that 'maybe' list through to video interview and...
  16. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @PrayingforaTC2026 Once all the Written Exercises are marked, they are put in order from the lowest to highest mark. There's no set number of candidates that get through to the partner interview, but we start by looking at looking at the top 50% and how many people that would put through...
  17. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @Bread, Due to the number of people who take our Written Exercise, and the fact that we have just one person in Graduate Recruitment, we don't usually provide feedback at that stage. We do however provide it for those who don't make it past the partner interview. Thanks, Kirsty
  18. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi @Bread Our senior associates are starting to mark the written exercises today, and we expect this to take a week or slightly longer. We'll then need to look at who has passed and is therefore progressing to the next stage of partner interview, and who unfortunately hasn't met that...
  19. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi, To answer your queries: 1) The decision will be based solely on the score of your WE - you have already been assessed by Graduate Recruitment to get to the stage of the WE, so whether you progress to the next stage will be based on your WE score. Our senior associates mark the WEs, but...
  20. Kirsty Wilkins

    [Official] Willkie, Farr & Gallagher Vacation Scheme Thread 2025/26

    Hi, You should now have received an invitation for the Written Exercise. If you haven't please email me and I'll look into that for you. Thanks, Kirsty

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