It’s very normal in the same way I often look at people’s LinkedIn profiles when I connect with them. I don’t think you can take it as any sign though unfortunately. It could just be curiosity.
Yes - although I’d wait until your vacation scheme to ask for this and you can ask graduated recruitment directly while on the scheme. Again, they may not provide it - but there is no harm in asking.
Yeah I was thinking that especially with them all going in blind! They did actually reach out to me and sent a really positive message though which was a surprise
Ahhh even more so the case of it being curiosity then if it was a CV/application blind process (although shows the flaws of such blind processes at the same time).
Yes - you can either include this in your work experience section if you can add future dates, but with little to no description in the entry, or add it to a motivational question or an extra information section to show you have the opportunity coming up later in the year.
Possibly, but a lot of written exercises are not practice area specific and are often more general commercial/business exercises.
I would aim for 2-3 points that you cover in detail/explain.
Regional firms have had decades of people applying to them as they think the roles are less competitive than those in London. They have also had too many candidates over the years try to game the system by getting a regional VS (or even TC) and then try to negotiate a TC/NQ role in London. This undermines the whole purpose of trying to bring talent into that office, and so many firms will try to weed out people they think who are doing this.
Unless you did really poorly on the test, I really believe that luck is a huge factor for firms like PW, especially given their undeniable popularity this year. EVERYONE applied to PW lol 😂
Did mine middle of december and got the ac invite late jan. I believe they are holding ACs right through until the middle of march so I hold out hope!
