Training Contracts 2014

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Original post by suffocation1992

I suddenly feel very overwhelmed. I have an interview Thursday at quite short notice, another Friday and one on Monday and I have to get my house (which housemates have left) cleaned over the weekend so I can move out on Tuesday :frown:

That on top of having just finished five days straight of late nights at work, I feel absolutely wrecked! I actually just want all this to be over so I can enjoy a few weeks before term starts again, training contract or no training contract.

Thinking of bingeing on ice cream and choccies tonight #fattyforlife

Did you not say earlier you only had two firms left to hear from? Are any of the three firms you have an interview/AC with, Taylor Wessing?

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suffocation1992

Original post by NikeSampras

Did you not say earlier you only had two firms left to hear from? Are any of the three firms you have an interview/AC with, Taylor Wessing?

If I didn't write down the third one, it was probably because a few others I applied to have really tiny intakes, so it'd be obvious. Good luck with Taylor Wessing! :smile:

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Mattup

Got through to a testing centre for Ward Hadaway in Newcastle. Anyone know what that entails?!

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Tom_Hagen

Original post by Mattup

Got through to a testing centre for Ward Hadaway in Newcastle. Anyone know what that entails?!

http://www.rollonfriday.com/Discussion/TrainingDiscussion/tabid/78/Id/9277636/currentPage/0/Default.aspx

Posted that for someone else a few pages back... definitely worth a look, offers some very specific information. :smile:

Mills & Reeve PFO

Original post by TChunter

Mills & Reeve PFO

Same :/
Was a bit annoyed I could only add supplementary information to my useless VS application. I feel I am such a better candidate and can answer App forms so much better than last year, so immediately felt at a disadvantage.

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tembo

Original post by mwnic

Congrats.

Anyone done the Burges Salmon AC? I'm there on Thursday.

Is anyone still waiting to hear back after doing the RPC verbal reasoning test? Getting nervous about that one, I don't think it went well :frown:

I have done the Open Day and the Vac Scheme at Burges Salmon if thats of any help. What do you want to know? (Im new here: whats an AC?)

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mwnic

Original post by tembo

I have done the Open Day and the Vac Scheme at Burges Salmon if thats of any help. What do you want to know? (Im new here: whats an AC?)

AC = Assessment Centre.

Based on what I've seen, they only run ACs for people who haven't done their vac scheme, so it sounds like they run a few presentations, and also do a verbal reasoning and a group exercise. Did you do either of them during the vac scheme?

More broadly, how did you find them as a firm?

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Muchacho

Osborne Clarke- PFO

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Mattup

Original post by Tom_Hagen

Ahh that's awesome, thank you so much!

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Princessjess

Haven't heard from quite a few yet including howes percival, Browne Jacobson and eversheds. Does this mean I'm unemployable? :frown:

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Smashedin

Original post by Princessjess

Haven't heard from quite a few yet including howes percival, Browne Jacobson and eversheds. Does this mean I'm unemployable? :frown:

"There's room at the top they're telling you still..."

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flaresamc

Original post by Princessjess

Haven't heard from quite a few yet including howes percival, Browne Jacobson and eversheds. Does this mean I'm unemployable? :frown:

Browne Jacobsons have been doing telephone interviews this and last week to decide who to invite to ACs next week. The last day of telephone interviews is tomorrow.
If you did the VS or went to an open day it may be that you don't need to do a telephone interview...

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mwnic

Original post by Princessjess

Haven't heard from quite a few yet including howes percival, Browne Jacobson and eversheds. Does this mean I'm unemployable? :frown:

Don't panic yet, I'm still waiting on loads (although I have heard from BJs).

- Cleary Gottlieb
- Mayer Brown
- Taylor Wessing
- SNR Denton
- Farrer
- SJ Berwin
- Lewis Silkin
- Jones Day (although apparently they've filled their places with vaccies)

(edited 11 years ago)

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alibaba03

Original post by mwnic

Mayer Brown have started giving out PFOs, I just got one :redface:

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mwnic

Original post by alibaba03

Mayer Brown have started giving out PFOs, I just got one :redface:

Hmm, not sure whether I like the sound of this or not! :eek:

Sorry to hear that though.

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Paine1

Just got the email from Jones Day saying they had filled up their training contract spaces with placement students.

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NadTC

PFO from Jones day and a weird email from SC saying TC application will remain on hold for the short tem....not sure if that's a good thing.... :frown:

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dom111

I wish the firms I have applied to would hurry up, it's ruining my golf all this worrying

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tembo

Original post by mwnic

LOVE THEM love them LOVE THEM. Really want to work there! Still waiting to hear from Norton Rose but if I get an offer there that's definitely my first choice. Such great people! I'll cry if I don't get it :P

We had to do a verbal reasoning test, which they apparently just use as a "cut-of" point. Either you pass the x% required, in which case they'll look at your application, or you don't and then that's it. It doesn't actually matter whàt score you get, as long as its above the required x%. Well that's what they told me anyway when I did the vac scheme (did a verbal reasoning test at the Open Day in order to get on the vac scheme).

Group exercise is likely to be a negotiation exercise. We each got a position to defend in a fake scenario, so for. my group was supposed to be on the management board of a firm, and we had to decide what to do with £1000,- or something. We then each got a position to defend, so I had to argue that we had to spend £1000,- on "greening" the building... its quite straight forward and nothing you can prepare either :smile: