2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

[DJMG]

i'm in the same situation! if you contact them would you let me know the outcome (I also don't mind emailing)

I've just emailed, will let you know

 

[tractor12]

I am a graduate and am not available for Reed Smith's Spring VS (which is the one I'm eligible for). The Summer VS is aimed at undergrads, but do you think it's worth contacting them to see whether they would still consider my application?

At the Open Day they seemed flexible with this. If they don't reply I would apply.

 

[tc123]

Does Katten ask everyone to confirm their right to work in the UK?

I’ve been asked to send a scan of my passport. I’m a UK citizen and studied in the UK, so I’m not sure why I’ve been asked or if they ask everyone.

I think so because I was asked the same. Have you heard back from them at all?

 

[Georgina Evans]

Just got an invite to an interview with BCLP! This is my first interview of this cycle, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice or tips on how to prepare and what to expect?

 

[Haz]

Just got an invite to an interview with BCLP! This is my first interview of this cycle, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice or tips on how to prepare and what to expect?

Congrats! When did you apply and complete the test?

 

[MzM]

I wonder in what order they are going through the apps, I applied in early November

I applied on the 22nd of October and got a VI invite yday, so im not sure how they're doing it

 

[Kola]

Anybody have any tips on preparing for an AC? How can someone get better at in-tray exercises and impromptu tasks like group discussions?

 

[DJMG]

At the Open Day they seemed flexible with this. If they don't reply I would apply.

Amazing, thank you!

 

[SouffléSouffléSoufflé]

Or "I'm just calling with regards to a car accident you were in recently..."

Haha classic! My partner heard I was on a call, ran in, then got all excited only for me to explain it was Tesco.

 

[Georgina Evans]

Congrats! When did you apply and complete the test?

Thank you! I applied on 21/01 and completed the test on 25/01

 

[Samantha]

Does anyone know if you can confirm your identity with a provisional liscence for a s&m interview?

 

[layk]

Do most people get sent the research questions for Reed Smith?

I'm not sure if most people get sent them, but you get sent the research questions only if you pass their benchmark for your experiences/grades. So it's kinda of a first screen before you spend time on writing your app questions!!

 

[JoeyTr]

Does anyone know if you can confirm your identity with a provisional liscence for a s&m interview?

ask GR but I don't see why not. I've used a provisional in the past

 

[Phoenix for all]

There's some technical issues with an online test I did for a firm (basically GR didn't get the result). It appears to be a fairly complicated issue so after a few emails the GR escalated it to IT and told me it wouldn't affect the outcome of my application.
Maybe it's just a standard thing they say, but if missing one test result doesn't affect the outcome surely it's because they already decided to give me a PFO due to bad performance in other tests? LOL
Part of me feel they should just reject me instead of leaving me hanging (but the other part of me is still hoping that it's not a PFO 🙃)

 

[lol123456781]

What office was this for? I did my telephone interview for the London office around 2 weeks ago and have not heard anything!

It was for London Summer.
But on the phone she said that they had gotten 50% more applications this year than previous years and that it was taking a long time to sort through everything but they would try to get back to everyone within 4 weeks

 

[summer207]

Does anyone have any tips for group exercises? I’ve done one during an open day in first year and there was someone who talked majority of the time and talked over me at some point, so I didn’t really want to contribute after that. Any tips when doing this for a vac scheme AC?

 

[GK8997]

Hi guys, for those who got an invite for Reed Smith's AC and had to provide an address to send the case study materials to, did you just reply to the email address from which the invite was sent? Because it is an allhires email address so I'm not sure if they have received it/ have not received confirmation?

 

[lildumpling]

Hi! I was wondering whether anyone was still waiting on HSF for the summer vac scheme? I completed the test back in Nov/Dec and I've seen a few people getting rejections, ACs etc, and I swear I even saw someone on linkedin already get a place on the vac scheme?

 

[tractor12]

There's some technical issues with an online test I did for a firm (basically GR didn't get the result). It appears to be a fairly complicated issue so after a few emails the GR escalated it to IT and told me it wouldn't affect the outcome of my application.
Maybe it's just a standard thing they say, but if missing one test result doesn't affect the outcome surely it's because they already decided to give me a PFO due to bad performance in other tests? LOL
Part of me feel they should just reject me instead of leaving me hanging (but the other part of me is still hoping that it's not a PFO 🙃)

Hmm I wouldn't assume its a rejection based on that. I suppose it could equally mean that they won't let the technical error affect the outcome of your application.

 

[LegalNim]

There's some technical issues with an online test I did for a firm (basically GR didn't get the result). It appears to be a fairly complicated issue so after a few emails the GR escalated it to IT and told me it wouldn't affect the outcome of my application.
Maybe it's just a standard thing they say, but if missing one test result doesn't affect the outcome surely it's because they already decided to give me a PFO due to bad performance in other tests? LOL
Part of me feel they should just reject me instead of leaving me hanging (but the other part of me is still hoping that it's not a PFO 🙃)

Not necessarily. It could be the complete opposite and that you performed so highly in the others that you're definitely through regardless of that mark, it could be that they'll take an average of the other tests and assume it's the mark you got, it could be that they have a mitigation procedure where they look for the competencies the test was assessing in your written app and grade you like that, it could be that lots of people had the same technical issue that you had so they're completely excluding it for their decision-making for everyone, it could be so many other things.

A PFO IS NOT A PFO UNTIL IT'S A PFO.