Hearing Back from Law Firms, Assessment Centres & Interview Tips - 2019 - 2020

[Selggib16]

Me too! Did you have a Scottish woman as the interviewer? I had a Partner who was from the Real Estate team and asked some very unusual and difficult questions. Interested to know if anyone had the same experience or interviewer.

No I didn’t have a Scottish woman. Both mine were Male. I don’t think my partner interview was unfairly difficult I just unfortunately didn’t prepare well enough in the hour we were given :/

 

[Anjeri]

Skadden telephone interview on Friday. Anyone doing it before then please?

 

[Holly]

@Holly No, I think your structure is good, and appears to answer the question. Just ensure that you answer both parts: 1) why Macfarlanes, and 2) what your career ambitions are. Then you can choose to link the two at the end, depending on your preference

I personally answered 'why Macfarlanes' and then wove in my career ambitions throughout as I felt artificial in stating the ambition in it's own right and didn't have too much to say about it really - but obviously there is more than one right way to go about the question.

Thank you both!

 

[w2719a]

No I didn’t have a Scottish woman. Both mine were Male. I don’t think my partner interview was unfairly difficult I just unfortunately didn’t prepare well enough in the hour we were given :/

Yes it was a lot to read in the time given!

 

[Selggib16]

Yes it was a lot to read in the time given!

Are you going to reapply next year? I really have my heart set on CC but I’m not sure where they stand in regards to reapplying after interview stage.

 

[Deleted member 2707]

Got a VI for Baker McKenzie! Can anyone give me any advice? This would be my first VI

 

[Castelli99]

Anyone know what the assessment on the VS for DLA is for the TC? i.e partner interview, just supervisor feedback etc

 

[LuLa]

hey, I did the scheme in summer 2018 and there was no individual "assessment" per se
you are assessed by your supervisor who writes up a report after each week and at the end of the scheme based on how well you did you may be offered the TC
however the might have changed this!

 

[Ratish S]

I got one like a week ago

May I ask when you applied to HSF's spring vac scheme?

 

[Teddy]

No I didn’t have a Scottish woman. Both mine were Male. I don’t think my partner interview was unfairly difficult I just unfortunately didn’t prepare well enough in the hour we were given :/

What dates were your AC?

I had mine on the 10th and still haven't heard back yet

 

[Alice G]

No I didn’t have a Scottish woman. Both mine were Male. I don’t think my partner interview was unfairly difficult I just unfortunately didn’t prepare well enough in the hour we were given :/

I’m really sorry to hear this and really cannot express how incredibly well you did to get the CC AC, I hope this has given you the confidence that you are good enough and sometimes these little things on the day do just happen. Will they give you a more thorough feedback call or did they go into more depth about the case study there and then so you can take the feedback forwards? really hope you’re ok and believe me when I say I empathise with you entirely.

 

[Anjeri]

May I ask when you applied to HSF's spring vac scheme?

On the 18th of December

 

[JoNo]

On the 18th of December

Did you hear back today?

 

[Selggib16]

I’m really sorry to hear this and really cannot express how incredibly well you did to get the CC AC, I hope this has given you the confidence that you are good enough and sometimes these little things on the day do just happen. Will they give you a more thorough feedback call or did they go into more depth about the case study there and then so you can take the feedback forwards? really hope you’re ok and believe me when I say I empathise with you entirely.

Thanks so much for the encouragement! It has definitely given me confidence as I wasn’t even going to apply to CC as I thought I had no hope of making the AC! However being so close is perhaps more upsetting! Yeah I got some good feedback it all came down to my misunderstanding of one particular point - they said my competency and written were really good! Ultimately it just comes down to working on my commercial awareness! I won’t let it get me down though!

 

[Selggib16]

What dates were your AC?

I had mine on the 10th and still haven't heard back yet

Mine was the 10th too! I’d say you will hopefully hear tomorrow!

 

[Alice G]

Thanks so much for the encouragement! It has definitely given me confidence as I wasn’t even going to apply to CC as I thought I had no hope of making the AC! However being so close is perhaps more upsetting! Yeah I got some good feedback it all came down to my misunderstanding of one particular point - they said my competency and written were really good! Ultimately it just comes down to working on my commercial awareness! I won’t let it get me down though!

Absolutely keep your head high! It’s best to get feedback and work on things now and then you’re all the more prepared for being a trainee I like to think

 

[Ben1897]

Interested in getting opinions on this: If you have an upcoming vacation scheme, but still intend to make a couple more vacation scheme applications, would you write 'Incoming Vacation Scheme at X firm' in the work experience section of those applications? Do you think it would add value? Thanks!

 

[FutureCity]

Interested in getting opinions on this: If you have an upcoming vacation scheme, but still intend to make a couple more vacation scheme applications, would you write 'Incoming Vacation Scheme at X firm' in the work experience section of those applications? Do you think it would add value? Thanks!

Shearman & Sterling clearly states that if you have any upcoming internships to state it. It definitely applies to Vacation Schemes too. I would include it, especially if the firms are competing or are in the same category.

If the VS dates at the two firms would clash, then you would need to be careful. You could potentially play it to your favour saying "I got x, but I like your firm more so I would choose you over them" but that's tricky and I'd be cautious with it.

Finally, if the firms are not similar at all, then it is a matter of discretion. To see if they play off of each other well.

Overall, in most cases, I would personally include it.

 

[PhoebeL]

Well done to everyone! Just received an email from RPC letting me know I'll hear back at the end of Feb re: their vac scheme

 

[Ratish S]

For any Slaughter and May spring applications, they're expecting to let us know of the outcome by end of January