Slaughter and May VS 2021/TC 2023 application

[sparky10]

No I don't, I did try to get at it but he didn't say. I've heard they can challenge referees a fair bit honestly I have no clue.

Yeah I expected they might. They challenged me a fair bit at my interview. Not sure if you had the same experience?

 

[TikiTaka18]

I had my interview on Tuesday. My interview was almost very relaxed, they wanted to know about my background and why law mostly. I was almost 45 mins into the interview before I was asked why Slaughters. It seems to depend on your interviewers but they will single in on an interesting area of your cv for a while. During the cv discussion I wasn't outright asked a commercial awareness question but through my answers I dropped in some recent news stories that I was interested in an then we had a discussion about that. The article discussion, again, was quite relaxed for me - I was expecting more of a devils advocate position to be played by the partners but within my answers I also said well on the flip side you could also state/ argue this ... so maybe I covered that myself. Honestly, just try not to stress about it too much, I was super nervous but everyone was really nice throughout the day and made me feel at ease.

That's great to hear a more positive story. Most of the posts I've read on TCLA have mentioned that they were grilled at the interview.

How much of your interview was spent discussing the article? From your comment, I gather that most of your interview was focused on you and your background.

 

[HCY]

Anyone who applied for the Easter scheme hear back yet?

 

[Samantha]

Here’s to hoping everyone that interviewed last week finds out today!

 

[sparky10]

Here’s to hoping everyone that interviewed last week finds out today!

Have they said it will likely be today?

 

[Samantha]

Have they said it will likely be today?

They said one week to me. And if they make there decisions every Friday. It could be today.

 

[sparky10]

They said one week to me. And if they make there decisions every Friday. It could be today.

Best of luck!

 

[ze]

Here’s to hoping everyone that interviewed last week finds out today!

I feel so nervous !

 

[h2020]

Do Slaughter and May contact you via email or do you have to check the portal to find out if you've been invited for an interview?

 

[Chance]

Do Slaughter and May contact you via email or do you have to check the portal to find out if you've been invited for an interview?

You can find out both ways.

 

[h2020]

Good luck to everyone waiting to hear back

 

[h2020]

You can find out both ways.

Thanks currently locked out of portal so just wanted to check

 

[lucefrancesxx]

Has anyone heard back from their Easter Vac scheme yet?

 

[conniekatherine]

My TC app on the portal has changed today from 'interview confirmed' to 'application under consideration' - I feel like it'll likely be a bit longer until I find out (interviewed 1 week ago today) ! References etc.. have to be contacted if successful so can take a while Good luck everyone!

 

[WannabeSolicitor24]

Yeah normally it is two weeks so if you interviewed last week I wouldn't expect anything this week! Don't stress!

 

[Samantha]

mine has changed too however I was interviewed on Thursday of last week. Assuming they bundle the weeks interviewees into one for consideration?

How’s was it??

 

[Chance]

I had quite a positive experience. The two interviewers were very friendly. They were looking to get to know me but also suss out the way I responded to being challenged. A few times I felt like my answers were not particularly great and I had to take a step back and gather my thoughts. Ultimately, it felt like the interview was an informal discussion but a very interesting one. I think more than anything I found the research task difficult as I was pushed for time and felt my answers were ambiguous! How did you find yours?

I can echo that. I found the article and case study v hard but the actual interview portion was fine.

 

[Samantha]

I had quite a positive experience. The two interviewers were very friendly. They were looking to get to know me but also suss out the way I responded to being challenged. A few times I felt like my answers were not particularly great and I had to take a step back and gather my thoughts. Ultimately, it felt like the interview was an informal discussion but a very interesting one. I think more than anything I found the research task difficult as I was pushed for time and felt my answers were ambiguous! How did you find yours?

same honestly. Case study was VERY time pressured for me. Interview was fine but I felt I was being to informal at times.

 

[Chance]

Yeah exactly and I did make it clear to them in what I would have done better. I found the partner interview, trainee and HR interview very informal and also quite enjoyable. Best of luck, when were you interviewed? If last week maybe check your portal for an update.

Wednesday! My portal updated on Thursday.

 

[sparky10]

Wednesday! My portal updated on Thursday.

ah best of luck!