congrats!! when did you apply please?Thank you! Summer 🤗
congrats!! when did you apply please?Thank you! Summer 🤗
Using last year as reference for the Spring scheme; 70-85 had an AC and there were 12/13 on the VS. Assuming similar numbers in regards to Summer too.Does anyone know/can estimate how many people may be invited to an AC for Reed Smith? I heard they usually take around 22 people on their vacation scheme but this may be off.
They typically advise that you spend 5-10 minutes on it and I feel like that is enough time - I think I only wrote about a paragraph or two - hope this helps!Hey guys! For anyone who has done the CC AC, I was wondering how long do you think we are expected to write for the written exercise? I remember grad rec saying "don't write too much but you need to write enough so it's not too brief"... Did you guys aim for a page or maybe half a page? Not too sure what to expect!
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Do they ask why eversheds and why law?It's quite a decent VI in my opinion. The main advice I'd give is to know their competencies and to bear them in mind!
No it doesn't. There are so many variables to the outcome of an application and for the reason why one person has heard and the other person hasn't.Am I in the same boat as a lot of people when I say I don’t know if no response is necessary a PFO - it’s my first cycle and I see a lot of people saying I haven’t had a response does that mean going to be rejected. I’ve never thought so but am I wrong to think that?
Thank you for this! I didn’t subscribe to that belief at all but eventually the January blues got to me ! Thank you!No it doesn't. There are so many variables to the outcome of an application and for the reason why one person has heard and the other person hasn't.
As easy as it is to think no response = pfo, I'd advise to adopt the mentality "it's not a pfo until you get one". If you find yourself worrying, keep yourself busy by doing other apps, other stuff you do day to day, etc.
Good luck!
I totally get why people do though. I do too. And sometimes (more often than not), not hearing back does increase your chances of a PFO. I also think that most of us applicants are more pessimistic than not.Thank you for this! I didn’t subscribe to that belief at all but eventually the January blues got to me ! Thank you!
Lots of people got CMS ACs before Christmas and I assumed I was a PFO because I hadn’t heard but I got a last minute AC and now I have a place on the scheme so definitely not a PFO if you haven’t heard yet!Am I in the same boat as a lot of people when I say I don’t know if no response is necessary a PFO - it’s my first cycle and I see a lot of people saying I haven’t had a response does that mean going to be rejected. I’ve never thought so but am I wrong to think that?
Hi Jessica! I'm answering a similar question. I got two low 2:1 grades in the final year of university and then finished with good 2:1s and two firsts. I was thinking about speaking about this and saying how the failure was underperforming in my grades because of burnout/not implementing enough healthy habits and that I've now learnt from this and therefore improved in my final grades that year. But is this okay? Would this also make me look like a weaker candidate somehow if I talk about burnout etc? I want my response to be genuine and this really is my biggest failure and I can talk about how I genuinely learnt from it but I don't want to draw attention to my two bad grades and make myself look worse either.It really needs something more tangible. But it doesn’t need anything big. This is more about how you bounce back from the failure, rather than the failure itself.
I did it last year and it was the longest SST test ever and I did Linklaters capp test also.Has anyone done the Kennedys SST yet? Is it just me or was that SST really difficult 😩😩
I did it on Friday. I really enjoyed it.Has anyone done the Kennedys SST yet? Is it just me or was that SST really difficult 😩😩
Not really. It’s way shorter than the Linklaters Capp assessment. It took me about 45 mins to complete.I did it last year and it was the longest SST test ever and I did Linklaters capp test also.
Do you know how many more AC’s they’re running?Lots of people got CMS ACs before Christmas and I assumed I was a PFO because I hadn’t heard but I got a last minute AC and now I have a place on the scheme so definitely not a PFO if you haven’t heard yet!
2 more - one this week and one in a couple of weeksDo you know how many more AC’s they’re running?
I may be wrong on this so don't take my word for it. These are just my thoughts.Hi Jessica! I'm answering a similar question. I got two low 2:1 grades in the final year of university and then finished with good 2:1s and two firsts. I was thinking about speaking about this and saying how the failure was underperforming in my grades because of burnout/not implementing enough healthy habits and that I've now learnt from this and therefore improved in my final grades that year. But is this okay? Would this also make me look like a weaker candidate somehow if I talk about burnout etc? I want my response to be genuine and this really is my biggest failure and I can talk about how I genuinely learnt from it but I don't want to draw attention to my two bad grades and make myself look worse either.
Totally correct to discuss them separately, as they are separate (though often related) parts of a firm's business.Hi everyone, could someone please help me with understanding whether finance and private equity are to be spoken about separately? e.g. finance like banks etc and then PE like PE firms. But does private equity come under finance? e.g. if I said 'im interested in both finance and private equity' is that a logical fallacy? Thanks in advance x