🚨 Reed Smith has just announced its Direct Training Contract route!
The deadline is 20th June.

👉 Read Becca's announcement post here
📝 Apply directly here

Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="intllawstudent" data-source="post: 97727" data-attributes="member: 18307">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:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This interview bolsters my competitiveness in the eyes of the law firm</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Honesty and integrity matter a lot</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">No matter any alternative reasons I use to explain my absence, I look like I don't value the vacation scheme that much</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Law firm grad recs are interconnected and they may find out</li> </ul>Reasons why I should NOT tell the firm about the interview:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I look really disloyal to the current firm I'm interning at!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Candidate information is confidential and the law firms cannot share with each other</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">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)</li> </ul>This is a real dilemma (and something that sounds like a taboo even outside the TC app stage) so any thoughts are welcomed!</blockquote>

Verification: Our company is called, "The Corporate ___ Academy". What is the missing word here?

Top Bottom

Search

Search

Reply to thread