2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

[LawGrad2019]

Just wondering if anyone who's heard from CRS can clarify if it's for the London office or one of the other ones?! I know I said I'm not taking their silence as a bad sign but I can't help it 😂🤦‍♀️

My VI invite was for a different office, so don't lose hope!

 

[wdclarke]

Willkie written exercise!! Buzzing!! If anyone has any tips pls pls message me, would be so grateful!!

Hi Rosie, well done - me too! Happy to chat through if and share some ideas.

 

[Nathan Hayes]

Just had an AC invite for Osborne Clarke which I definitely wasn’t expecting since I didn’t hear back on Friday!

Anyone have any experience with OC ACs?

 

[Ann Marie Lastrassi]

Charles Russell Speechlys (London) VI/SJT! It's my first VI and application cycle so any tips would be greatly appreciated, just PM me 😊

 

[Legalmel_99]

Hello I applied to Gateley I’ve not heard back Since but when I applied a thought it was an assessment centre? What’s the next stage after this Interactive Assessment?

 

[manifestingaTC]

anyone who has done Macfarlanes AC, do they ask many follow ups during the competency interview ?

 

[AH97]

anyone who has done Macfarlanes AC, do they ask many follow ups during the competency interview ?

I imagine every interview could differ but my interviewers didn't really - I went into quite a lot of depth in my answers though because I was conscious that they hadn't seen my application and knew nothing about me/my experiences

 

[Lumree]

Hello I applied to Gateley I’ve not heard back Since but when I applied a thought it was an assessment centre? What’s the next stage after this Interactive Assessment?

Im wondering the same thing! I’m not sure if this replaces the assessment centre or if it’s a step before

 

[wdclarke]

Hello I applied to Gateley I’ve not heard back Since but when I applied a thought it was an assessment centre? What’s the next stage after this Interactive Assessment?

I've just been invited to a 45min 'interactive assessment' including situational judgement, numerical and verbal reasoning followed by an interview. Sounds like a nightmare!

 

[LawGrad2019]

Charles Russell Speechlys (London) VI/SJT! It's my first VI and application cycle so any tips would be greatly appreciated, just PM me 😊

Congratulations!! When did you hear?

 

[SamTam99]

Im wondering the same thing! I’m not sure if this replaces the assessment centre or if it’s a step before

I’m also really confused by this!

I’m assuming it’s a step before, but it’s all very different to the recruitment process they initially put out. Hopefully they’ll clarify at some point!

 

[Ann Marie Lastrassi]

Congratulations!! When did you hear?

Thank you!! Just this evening, applied on deadline day

 

[Jessica Booker]

Currently on 666 pages of this thread...

 

[FM302989]

Currently on 666 pages of this thread...

And of those 666 pages, how many posts in this thread have included 'When did you apply?'

 

[jan28]

anyone who has done Macfarlanes AC, do they ask many follow ups during the competency interview ?

it might vary between partners but i had quite a few but they came up quite naturally. like if they asked me a question on resilience and i gave an example of a difficult situation, they in turn asked me 'how do you deal with stress normally then?'

 

[John Travoni]

It is quite early but has anyone actually completed the Gateley online tests and VI yet?

 

[kls]

anyone who has done Macfarlanes AC, do they ask many follow ups during the competency interview ?

I’m sure it differs quite a lot like what others have said but with mine I went into quite a lot of depth anyway and then they asked a few related questions (I guess you could call them follow ups)

As an interview I found it flowed quite naturally from question to follow up to another question!

Hope that helps ☺️

 

[M0723]

What are some good questions we can ask the interviewers at the end of an AC interview?

 

[Legalmel_99]

Im wondering the same thing! I’m not sure if this replaces the assessment centre or if it’s a step before

Yeah I’m very curious it doesn’t sound like anything on their website

 

[HorsesForCoursesNeighNeighNeigh]

Sorry to be a broken record but has anybody heard recently from Gibson Dunn (vac scheme), Macfarlanes (direct TC), Slaughter and May (non law direct TC), MoFo (vac scheme)? Still waiting on all of them...