2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

[kls]

Is the Macfarlane application only 4 questions? Just been firing off some last minute apps and wanted to make sure I'm not missing something major as I think previous have required a cover letter and longer questions?

yes! It’s just 4 questions this year! All 300 words if I remember rightly ☺️

 

[M1999]

Not yet, I was pretty sure grad rec said they'd be done interviewing candidates by the week commencing January 11 and we'd hear back soon after, but now I'm wondering if I misunderstood and they're still conducting the remaining interviews this week then getting back to us at the end of the week/beginning of next week. Did the person interviewing you tell you when you could expect to hear back?

They told me that I’ll hear back next week (last week), so maybe they’re just deciding

 

[Bugsy Malone]

Not yet, I was pretty sure grad rec said they'd be done interviewing candidates by the week commencing January 11 and we'd hear back soon after, but now I'm wondering if I misunderstood and they're still conducting the remaining interviews this week then getting back to us at the end of the week/beginning of next week. Did the person interviewing you tell you when you could expect to hear back?

Hey - at the end of mine she said they were still interviewing this week and wouldn't make decisions until they had completed all interviews. I guess we'll hear end of this week/next!

 

[M1999]

Hey - at the end of mine she said they were still interviewing this week and wouldn't make decisions until they had completed all interviews. I guess we'll hear end of this week/next!

How did yours go?

 

[Jacob Miller]

Is the Macfarlane application only 4 questions? Just been firing off some last minute apps and wanted to make sure I'm not missing something major as I think previous have required a cover letter and longer questions?

From memory, it used to be considerably longer. I have known one of the folks in GR at Macfarlanes though and they mentioned to me at the end of the last app cycle that they were thinking about shortening it so I think that must just be what's happened.

 

[Haz]

Not yet, I was pretty sure grad rec said they'd be done interviewing candidates by the week commencing January 11 and we'd hear back soon after, but now I'm wondering if I misunderstood and they're still conducting the remaining interviews this week then getting back to us at the end of the week/beginning of next week. Did the person interviewing you tell you when you could expect to hear back?

I had mine on the 31st December and she said we could expect to hear during the week commencing 11th January... so fingers crossed soon!

 

[dosblancos7]

Hey - at the end of mine she said they were still interviewing this week and wouldn't make decisions until they had completed all interviews. I guess we'll hear end of this week/next!

Just to confirm for everyone wondering, Flora is right! For my WVS, NRF's GR told me that this year they have decided to make decisions after interviewing all the telephone interview candidates(previously they made decisions as they interviewed candidates along the way rather than waiting)

I had to wait 2 weeks for an AC i believe as my telephone interview was on the first week but after that the process was faster

Good luck to all!

 

[Deleted member 2707]

Literally going insane waiting for Bakers' response!

 

[AW_08]

Has anyone heard from DLA Piper for the summer vac scheme? I sent off my application 23/11, did the WG soon after, and haven't heard anything since! When I look at my application, it says last updated: 7th December 2020. Does anyone have any idea what that could mean? x

 

[Haz]

Has anyone heard from DLA Piper for the summer vac scheme? I sent off my application 23/11, did the WG soon after, and haven't heard anything since! When I look at my application, it says last updated: 7th December 2020. Does anyone have any idea what that could mean? x

I applied on the 13th December and did the WG on the 24th. My application now says last updated 11th January (yesterday), so honestly no idea! I know they've handed out some rejections though so no news is good news at this stage I would say

 

[Bugsy Malone]

How did yours go?

Hey - I think it was okay, one of the ques threw me off a bit but fingers crossed! What about you?

 

[KerC14]

Just wondering were we supposed to get a confirmation email after doing the WG for DLA Piper?

 

[law2021]

Just wondering were we supposed to get a confirmation email after doing the WG for DLA Piper?

I didn't receive one

 

[eveh1784]

Literally going insane waiting for Bakers' response!

Same! I know the VI didn't go well, and I have a GDL exam tomorrow - still isn't stopping me from fixating lol!

 

[M1999]

Hey - I think it was okay, one of the ques threw me off a bit but fingers crossed! What about you?

Mine was the same.. it was very short haha!

 

[syw]

Do you reckon they consider the Bakers VI in conjunction with the WG and application as a whole?

 

[NSinger]

I wouldn’t worry to much about the ‘last updated’ thing. It’s just an online system and could honestly mean anything so don’t let it worry you! Best to just wait for an actual response from grad rec.

 

[Kubed]

Literally going insane waiting for Bakers' response!

Same! I'm not feeling overly optimistic at this point but it would be good to know either way so I can move on

 

[eveh1784]

Do you reckon they consider the Bakers VI in conjunction with the WG and application as a whole?

It's hard to say without commentary specifically from Grad Rec - I expect that a reasonable amount of importance will be placed on the VI. In my opinion, you had to get through the WG to get a VI, so that's a benchmark already passed. However, if they have a lot of candidates who all have VI's of a similar standard, I expect they will look at the whole application more holistically!

 

[Deleted member 2707]

Same! I know the VI didn't go well, and I have a GDL exam tomorrow - still isn't stopping me from fixating lol!

Oh no! Best of luck. I have a meeting with Weil in about 2 hours to discuss collaborations and I *hope* I don't get the rejection email then. Don't wanna look a mess in front of another (potential) employer

Just wondering when did you complete the VI?