Hi all! I'm not sure whether this goes under the discussion topic for vacation scheme or interview but I hope this is fine!
Basically I am in an in-person winter vacation scheme, but another firm has asked me to attend an interview for a direct training contract during the work. These two vacs/direct TCs start in the same year. Both firms are similar in some ways (small intake, lean teams, specialising in corporate)
Question: is it advisable to tell the firm, at which I'm interning, that I need to take time off for another firm's interview?
I have been weighing some factors around so it'd be great to see what you all think!
Reasons why I should tell the firm about my interview:
This is a real dilemma (and something that sounds like a taboo even outside the TC app stage) so any thoughts are welcomed!
Basically I am in an in-person winter vacation scheme, but another firm has asked me to attend an interview for a direct training contract during the work. These two vacs/direct TCs start in the same year. Both firms are similar in some ways (small intake, lean teams, specialising in corporate)
Question: is it advisable to tell the firm, at which I'm interning, that I need to take time off for another firm's interview?
I have been weighing some factors around so it'd be great to see what you all think!
Reasons why I should tell the firm about my interview:
- This interview bolsters my competitiveness in the eyes of the law firm
- Honesty and integrity matter a lot
- No matter any alternative reasons I use to explain my absence, I look like I don't value the vacation scheme that much
- Law firm grad recs are interconnected and they may find out
- I look really disloyal to the current firm I'm interning at!
- Candidate information is confidential and the law firms cannot share with each other
- Honesty is one thing, but the full disclosure is unnecessary (as with how you think about what you say in interviews instead of blurt out everything)
This is a real dilemma (and something that sounds like a taboo even outside the TC app stage) so any thoughts are welcomed!