The Pupillage Interview/Acceptance/Rejection Thread 2014

Mine still just says under consideration for Red Lion.


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Well I'm glad to know I'm not the only one - I've been averaging about 3 interviews a year on the portal for the last two years.. this year: nada! Maybe I'm on the shelf!?

Anyone heard from QEB post first-round?

Anyone heard anything from KBW Leeds, only one left on the gateway

Has anyone heard from the following:
5 St. Andrew's Hill
John Coffey Chambers

Thanks

Despite your first three words, the rest of your post would suggest that you actually do not appreciate the situation. It's not just that barristers give up their evenings and weekends to sift, because the tone of that suggests that they are giving up free time. Sifting takes a huge of time, and most barristers will not only give up time they would otherwise be spending with their families to do it, but also time they would otherwise spend working. So barristers who take part in a sift actually lose money for the privilege. And it's not as if barristers can simply blast through it and go on instinct; generally speaking barristers take sifting very seriously, as anyone would with a degree of empathy, and given the incredibly high standard of applications nowadays sifting has become far more time consuming and difficult than it ever has been in the past.

No, it is not ideal when timetables slip, but sometimes it is simply unavoidable. Most barristers who sift applications will have a level of seniority, and will likely be both successful and extremely busy. Sometimes complex cases come along or emergency situations arise that simply demand a large amount of immediate time. I say 'sometimes', it happens more than you might otherwise think. So on occasion those barristers will not physically have the time to sift, which will push back timetables.

Of course there are a whole host of other possible reasons as well. But perhaps the most important point to make here is that timetables are probably being pushed back so that the sift can happen properly, and that the applications are being given the attention they deserve so that the best decision can be made. Thus criticising the delay makes very little sense, and comparing it to a pupil missing a deadline only serves to highlight your ignorance, as the two really couldn't be more different.

Yes, I know this process can be frustrating and soul destroying. I remember it well. And I also know that the temptation to vent your anger on the process or individual Chambers is great. Again, been there. But instead of condemning those who hold a position that you aspire to be in, it might genuinely do you better to exercise restraint and try harder to understand their position, not just as barristers but as people. Not least because forgetting that barristers are people, and not cold hearted professionals, is one of the main mistakes that candidates make in interview, and indeed throughout this process.

Has anyone heard from the following:
5 St. Andrew's Hill
John Coffey Chambers

Thanks

I think mordantrich has a point. When you've got hundreds of eager applicants waiting with baited breath it is unwise to announce a deadline, unless you're really sure like Outer was.

I think with all written communication it's easy to misread or misfeel something into it - in mordantrich's defence I think the comments didn't warrant the reaction!!

I have an interview clash!! Does anyone know if I can amend my interview booking for an interview booked via PG?? I haven't tried as I'm worried if I click on "cancel" that my interview appointment will get lost in the system somehow...

Any help much appreciated, thank you.

I'm assuming rejection by silence but has anyone heard from the following:

Parklane Plowden

Chartlands

Holbourn

Linenhall

9 Park Place

I did say my aim this year was to get at least one interview to perhaps give me hope that I may be good enough for pupillage.

And I have had exactly one interview, so I got that going for me, which is nice...

I'm assuming rejection by silence but has anyone heard from the following:

Parklane Plowden

Chartlands

Holbourn

Linenhall

9 Park Place

I did say my aim this year was to get at least one interview to perhaps give me hope that I may be good enough for pupillage.

And I have had exactly one interview, so I got that going for me, which is nice...