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    Ask A Graduate Recruiter Anything!

    If you have a training contract offer on the table (with a time limit for acceptance), and you have vacation schemes at two firms due to go ahead in summer (either in real life or virtually), is it advisable to ask the latter two firms whether they'd be willing to offer a direct TC? If so, has...
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Do you expect other firms to start following suit?
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Am I right to assume that direct TC offers were handed out to the would-be summer vac schemers then? It'd be interesting to know how that worked considering pretty much all firms, including HL, have more VS places than TCs available.
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    I was planning to either convert my spring vacation scheme into a TC ideally or, at the very least, have two weeks' work experience at a City law firm to put on my direct TC applications. Of course, the current situation means that the spring scheme has been postponed until (most likely) after...
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    Interview/Open Day/Vacation Scheme Updates- Coronavirus

    Stephenson Harwood spring scheme has been postponed to summer
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    General Discussion Thread 2020-21

    Has anybody received an outcome from Forsters post-AC?
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Anyone received any feedback post-AC from Reed Smith at all? I had my AC around a month ago, requested feedback via email almost instantly, heard nothing, followed up a couple of weeks ago via email, and I've still heard nothing...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Anyone heard from Latham post-VI? Completed mine Monday.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    I also had a pretty horrendous experience interviewing there, so their interviewers asking that question doesn't surprise me at all. Of course, the experience I had was partly down to lack of preparation on my part for some pretty unusual (and completely unexpected) questions, but it's by far...
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Rejection from Reed Smith post interview for Winter VS - best of luck to everyone else!!
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Anybody heard from Reed Smith post-AC for the Winter VS?
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Has anybody heard from HFW? VS deadline is 31/01 but the grad rec website says applications are rolling. Debating whether to put in a VS or direct TC application.
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    Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

    Interested in getting opinions on this: If you have an upcoming vacation scheme, but still intend to make a couple more vacation scheme applications, would you write 'Incoming Vacation Scheme at X firm' in the work experience section of those applications? Do you think it would add value? Thanks!

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