Allen & Overy Winter Vacation Scheme 2024

[Seven]

Anyone heard back today?

 

[AV2000]

Anyone who did the interview - how did you guys find it?

 

[Seven]

Have spoken to a Grad Rec at Allen & Overy in-person who says that the second round of interviews is next week and so if you’re successful, you would have heard back this week. I’m assuming there will be a third round, so we should expect to hear back next week if we don’t by Friday.

 

[whywhy88]

I emailed Grad Rec a few days ago and they’ve just got back to me to apologise for the wait as they’ve had a larger number of applications this cycle than usual. They have said that we will hear an outcome by the end of next week.

 

[19.mfjones]

Does this mean even if we're rejected we are guaranteed to hear that news as well? Or is it if you haven't heard at all after next Friday you should assume you've not gotten in? I'm for some reason worried they won't respond to mine at all lol

 

[prospectiveswitcher]

Have spoken to a Grad Rec at Allen & Overy in-person who says that the second round of interviews is next week and so if you’re successful, you would have heard back this week. I’m assuming there will be a third round, so we should expect to hear back next week if we don’t by Friday.

Doesn't this imply that WVS invites, post AC are rolling then? What if they give out too many in round one and don't have enough place for round two?
How would this work in your experience @Jessica Booker ?

 

[Seven]

Doesn't this imply that WVS invites, post AC are rolling then? What if they give out too many in round one and don't have enough place for round two?
How would this work in your experience @Jessica Booker ?

I can imagine so, yeah. It also could mean that if you’ve made it to VI stage and they think you’re suitable but spaces are filled, they could possibly place you on one of their other schemes i.e. Spring or Summer.

Alternatively, it could also be that they’re a busy team and only have limited slots available week on week but eventually the several rounds will make up the cohort, taken into consideration how many people they actually need.

 

[Future_lawyer_somewhere]

I don’t think they will get offers until everyone has been invited to AC so the a
ACs will be priority ranked but offers will be given based on exceptional performance and also once all ACs have been booked

Plus it’s the first time they’ve been non-rolling - so probably underestimated how long it takes

 

[malvern3142]

Just one more sleep until my A&O PFO day 🤩

 

[PlimptonWeld]

Haven't heard back yet... I'm waiting for my death call tomorrow.

 

[Future_lawyer_somewhere]

Haven't heard back yet... I'm waiting for my death call tomorrow.

Might have to wait another week lol

 

[BuddingLawyer]

How many seconds to prepare for each AO video question and how many seconds given to answer?

 

[19.mfjones]

Might have to wait another week lol

I think I'm ok with this - I'm delusional enough to believe maybe I might get my offer next week lol

 

[aolpsi]

Did anyone get a rejection this week?

 

[Future_lawyer_somewhere]

I think because they have their other vac schemes open that they will just give out invites in stages and figure out who is allocated to which Vac scheme later when offers are made

 

[Minitomatosalad]

I think because they have their other vac schemes open that they will just give out invites in stages and figure out who is allocated to which Vac scheme later when offers are made

My theory is that they see how many people fail at the AC stage and then invite new candidates to the AC from a ranked list. Might be wrong tho

 

[Seven]

My theory is that they see how many people fail at the AC stage and then invite new candidates to the AC from a ranked list. Might be wrong tho

Great theory tbh. Makes me more optimistic

 

[19.mfjones]

My theory is that they see how many people fail at the AC stage and then invite new candidates to the AC from a ranked list. Might be wrong tho

I had this thought too but then I considered the fact there seems quite a lot of us still waiting? Maybe this forum is a bad microcosm of applicants still waiting, but I'm just concerned so many of us haven't heard back yet - like how many back ups do they need?!

 

[Minitomatosalad]

I had this thought too but then I considered the fact there seems quite a lot of us still waiting? Maybe this forum is a bad microcosm of applicants still waiting, but I'm just concerned so many of us haven't heard back yet - like how many back ups do they need?!

Yeah I know, I always wonder how proportional this forum is. I also think a lot of people are just watchers and don’t post PFO/AC updates. this thread alone has 10k views but that’s obvious not from individual accounts I would imagined

 

[F12M34L]

I think I'm ok with this - I'm delusional enough to believe maybe I might get my offer next week lol

same here lol
Idk why they are taking so much time