2020-21 Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion

[AAA_a]

When did you apply/hear back from cleary?

Around Jan 20 I think, and applied Jan 2.

 

[Lily721]

anyone else not heard from Latham or Cleary yet?

For Latham, their grad recruiter said candidates should hear back by mid-february....so I guess we should hear back real soon, but since so many people have been given VI already, I am just waiting for a PFO

 

[sparky10]

Hill Dickinson live interview invite (London)! Has anybody done this before in previous cycles and know the sort of questions they ask (commercial, competency, SJT etc.) - thanks

Congrats - best of luck with it ! When did you apply / complete the WG?

 

[Bonolaw]

Sorry to be that person but when did you complete the VI?

I think around the 18th of January

 

[WannabeSolicitor24]

Debevoise AC!

 

[M1999]

Is anyone else still waiting post app for BCLP? I applied in late November. I really don’t get it! I’ve seen people who applied a few days before the deadline of 31st Jan to be given interviews and then got VS offers. Have they not read my application yet? Am I in the hold pile? I don’t understand

 

[MikSoroko]

Is anyone else still waiting post app for BCLP? I applied in late November. I really don’t get it! I’ve seen people who applied a few days before the deadline of 31st Jan to be given interviews and then got VS offers. Have they not read my application yet? Am I in the hold pile? I don’t understand

Yep - I applied mid-Jan, did the assessment, and haven't heard anything since

 

[lawloser]

when you apply to Debevoise 4 days ago but still get an invite

Is everyone who applied just being invited to open days then ?

 

[Kubed]

Is anyone else still waiting post app for BCLP? I applied in late November. I really don’t get it! I’ve seen people who applied a few days before the deadline of 31st Jan to be given interviews and then got VS offers. Have they not read my application yet? Am I in the hold pile? I don’t understand

Yep applied November, did the test early December, and then...

 

[aspiringsolicitor123]

Feel like GR are so overwhelmed they don't even have time to reject people

 

[SF1234]

Debevoise AC!!

 

[p9b]

TAYLOR WESSING AC INVITE!!!!!

Congrats!! When did you do your Arctic Shores?

 

[MollyV]

Does anyone know the dates of Mishcon de Reya's vacation schemes this year? The dates on their website conflict with each other and correspond to the days of the week from last year

 

[summer207]

Congrats!! When did you do your Arctic Shores?

Thank you!! I completed the game Jan 5th

 

[M1999]

when you apply to Debevoise 4 days ago but still get an invite

Is everyone who applied just being invited to open days then ?

Wow I didn’t realise that deadline was actually a new deadline I thought it was a glitch.
Has anyone still not heard anything?

 

[ola830]

I did this VI for my top firm just over two weeks ago and since then total silence!

I am getting really frustrated and restless, constantly checking my emails. I know quite a few people who have been progressed within a couple or so days after completing the VI, and most of them completed their VIs after me...I just don’t understand why I seem to be waiting much longer than other people. Especially since they said they will be reviewing the VI on a rolling basis.

I feel like it won’t be good news but why take sooooo long to let me know?? I also think what if they didn’t receive my video responses? This is such a nightmare and I don’t know how much longer I can take this.

I don't know, should I email or wait more? Anyone have any thoughts? I genuinely am getting so affected by this and hate feeling like this.

 

[Celestie]

when you apply to Debevoise 4 days ago but still get an invite

Is everyone who applied just being invited to open days then ?

Oh wow! I thought someone posted saying it was a glitch? Congrats!

 

[Kola]

Debevoise AC/Open Day

They have 3 dates line up and are expecting 30 people to attend each one so I imagine they've invited 100ish people.

 

[ZaraB]

Maybe I am missing something but I feel like it's not that hard from a firm's perspective to send out a mass email to candidates who have been waiting over the wait period specified on their website i.e the way Osborne Clarke did it where they sent an email that it will be two more weeks of a wait for a response. It definitely stands out to me when a firm sends an update that it respects candidates time.

 

[lawloser]

Oh wow! I thought someone posted saying it was a glitch? Congrats!

yeah me too! I submitted just because it was bugging me that i'd regret not applying 😅

But tbh i find it hard to believe that they reviewed my app in that short a time frame