Yes got PFOanyone heard back from RPC for their summer VS after test?
Yes got PFOanyone heard back from RPC for their summer VS after test?
sorry to hear that!! do you mind me asking when you heard back? do you know if they have any upcoming ACs?Yes got PFO
I havent' heard back either, on their website they say that ac invites should go out in jan and offers made in Feb, but I havent heard of any1 being progressedanyone heard back from RPC for their summer VS after test?
Damn AC invites already sent out in Jan? tbf I did my WG on 22/01 so maybe I should sit tight for a couple more days. I think someone's already had a SVS offer so I am going to assume they are doing this in batches. I wonder if they have anymore ACs coming upI havent' heard back either, on their website they say that ac invites should go out in jan and offers made in Feb, but I havent heard of any1 being progressed
They emailed yesterday late afternoon ishcongrats, when did you hear from them?
I'm sorry to hear that! I'm still waiting on an email. I'm not sure if anyones gotten acceptance emails as of yet but its been 5 weeks now with not hearing back. Making me a little nervous.Goodwin post-VI PFO![]()
There wouldn't be 100 trainees at Freshfields wanting to qualify into IA - the firm wouldn't recruit that way.
Plus trainees would most likely have had to sit in an IA seat/secondment to be in with a realistic chance to qualify there. That could easily mean its limited to less than 12 trainees (not sure how many IA seats they have these days) being considered for one role. And the benefit of Freshfields is they have two qualification rounds per year, so it would never be 100 trainees - more like 40-45 qualifying at one time.
The issue with a smaller trainee intake but with a larger practice area is that 1) they tend to only have one qualification round per year where they only have one intake, and the ratios can spike much more easily than at a firm like Freshfields. If every trainee at Debevoise rotated into IA, they could all be interested in qualifying there and all have the right experience to do so. That would not happen at a firm like Freshfields.
But even if we said there were 12 viable trainees at Freshfields and 10 at Debevoise to go into an IA NQ role, all it could take is for none of those to be interested, for some to be hired elsewhere and who you have actually got vying for the roles could be very different.
The key data we aren't really considering though is how many seats there are and how many NQ roles there are. That is likely to influence qualification chances than anything else. Graduate Recruitment/HR try to make this manageable - they would try to stop departments taking on 5 trainees per rotation if they had no NQ hiring plans, but ultimately sometime business demand (e.g. one big high-profile case) could lead to additional trainees being taken on for one rotation but with the view that it is unlikely going to lead to a NQ opportunity at the end of the TC. Plans also change - whether its partners leaving, unexpected paternity/maternity/sabbatical leaves, significant increases/decreases in client work, NQ hiring numbers fluctuate a lot and often unexpectedly.
This is why there is a lot of luck in the process - there are too many variables for anyone to plan or control this.
Summer only, so they might be starting to send out invites for summer ppl tooMassive congrats! Did you apply to spring or summer?
By networking event, do you mean the business of law networking event? I think that was open to anyone who applied that insight day (not necessarily just the upcoming spring cohort. I think the fact that you haven't received a PFO when they have been rejecting people the last few weeks could be hope that they are still considering your application for their spring cohortLOL @ Latham who invited their upcoming spring VS cohort to the event yesterday to network when so many of us are still waiting to hear back post app/SJT. SO CHEEKY!!!
I had to ask what that meant for us who received holding emails. Was told the spring cohort is not completely filled and they may still get back to us in the next 2 weeks to hold AC's. Cutting it a bit short imo. was also told if we applied for spring it would be for spring and we would not be considered for summer or anything like that. Would much rather they just PFO than keep us in limbo like this![]()
Same here! I actually did the SJT twice (VS and DTC), and the results were pretty different:I felt the same tbh. I felt my answer to why Macfarlanes was decent but that SJT was acc horrid. It defo let me down because they seemed to allude to it in their email which was a semi-PFO. They said I could consider DTC application route. 🤷🏾♂️
Hi, does anyone know roughly when applications and the whole process for open days and similar events begins? This is my first cycle so I missed most of them this year so want to be more on it for the next one.
ahh I see; thanks for clarifying! Fingers crossedHi yes it was that event. You're correct in that it was open to everyone, to clarify my initial post I meant that grad rec had invited the upcoming spring cohort to network with us and speak through how they were successful in the application process. Which then caused my questions, as I remember a few of us on here received the holding email. Hopefully no news is good news!