2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

[Deleted member 9747]

Personality, it's 8 questions where you have to rank 5 options (basically asking which method you'd take in a certain scenario) - you then get a feedback report which highlights your 3 best skills/traits

I received the next round's commercial questions 2 weeks after I took the SST

Great- thanks a lot!

 

[jasonweee]

Anyone else think today has been eerily quiet lol.

 

[Jooooopp7]

Has anyone else missed emails from law firms in their inbox, they don't even go to junk for me, just completely don't show up?? I was so luck today, as I logged into the reed smith portal to update my application and saw that they had sent me the SST but I would have completely missed it otherwise! I'm not sure how to direct the emails into my inbox though, could anyone help?

 

[Jaysen]

Sorry guys, will have this back up asap.

Search function should now be working for everyone!

 

[Isaac]

Anyone heard from Skadden? I think I may have missed a call but I'm in a library with zero signal so unsure what to do!

Nope! Haven't heard back anything yet

 

[Kablahc]

Has anyone else missed emails from law firms in their inbox, they don't even go to junk for me, just completely don't show up?? I was so luck today, as I logged into the reed smith portal to update my application and saw that they had sent me the SST but I would have completely missed it otherwise! I'm not sure how to direct the emails into my inbox though, could anyone help?

This happened to me with Dentons' WG a couple months ago, it seems like certain application portals have glitches where they don't notify candidates of progression!

 

[MJ90]

For the V&E Vi, does anyone reckon grad rec can see how many times you recorded before you send?

I might be overthinking but I thought it could be some sort of implicit challenge (considering for the W&C VI someone mentioned above-15secs to prep and 90 no re record, the V&E one just seems too fair!)

 

[DJMG]

Thank you Dheepa!

I agree. It's just after talking with people from both, I am having trouble between Baker and Hogans. I feel both have great opportunities and D&I initiatives, but i'm still clueless 😅

This made me wonder-if a firm has multiple people it offers vac schemes to pull out because of clashes with another firm's scheme, who do they offer these spare places to?

 

[Helpme12345]

For the V&E Vi, does anyone reckon grad rec can see how many times you recorded before you send?

I might be overthinking but I thought it could be some sort of implicit challenge (considering for the W&C VI someone mentioned above-15secs to prep and 90 no re record, the V&E one just seems too fair!)

I’m pretty sure it explicitly stated that they wouldn’t be able to see. But regardless, I think the point was to ensure no one had an unfair advantage by finding out the questions before and is just aimed to find out about our personality rather than how we can cope with timings, so I wouldn’t worry!

 

[gg332dd]

V&E rejection

 

[Hamilton]

V&E with a PFO at application stage. Best of luck to those who undertook/are undertaking the VI.

 

[layla rose]

has anyone had a rejection from Mishcon post-vi?

 

[M777]

Anyone heard from debevoise or know when they'll get back to us?

 

[Al1793]

has anyone heard from shearman?

Still waiting, having submitted in November... anyone else still waiting too?

 

[M1999]

Still waiting, having submitted in November... anyone else still waiting too?

It seems like they got back to quite a few people a few days after the deadline and some people have already been given offers but haven’t heard anything in the past two weeks. I applied to the scheme that starts in less than a month & they generally don’t transfer people in schemes so it’s looking like a delayed PFO for me.

 

[NA27]

I applied for W&C on the day of deadline for spring and haven't heard yet, assuming it's a rejection :/

Have some faith! It's disheartening but hopefully it works out

Could someone who has completed a White & Case video interview please let me know how much time you get to prepare and answer each question? Thanks very much

Hi there! Congratulations on the VI and best of luck ahead. May I ask if this is for spring or summer? Thank you

 

[Dheepa]

This made me wonder-if a firm has multiple people it offers vac schemes to pull out because of clashes with another firm's scheme, who do they offer these spare places to?

I’m not too sure about this myself. I always thought that if a firm has been turned down and so have a couple of spare spots on the VS it’s no great loss to them because either way firms take in more VS students than they have TC spaces?

@Jessica Booker

 

[AAA_a]

I know a few of them explicitly say that they will get back to us in Feb and March, and for some other firms, I sent in the applications towards the end of their application window (mid or late January), but so far complete silence from all these firms, is that normal at all? (all for Summer VS except Freshfields Direct TC)

Travers Smith
Kirkland
Dechert
White & Case
Latham
Shearman
Covington
Freshfields
Cooley
Winston & Strawn
Ropes Gray
MoFo
Gibson Dunn

 

[JoeyTr]

v&e pfo

 

[Staples]

Irwin Mitchell VI invite!