Vacation Scheme Applications - Official Thread 2009!

Thanks and congrats on progressing further Actually what I find the most stressful at the moment isn't the interview itself but booking a time slot. There are none available online - so I sent an e-mail to the technical support (as teh FAQ sections instructs to) but have not heard from them since last week. I will probably send another e-mail to the graduate recruitment tomorrow.

That does sound stressful. I've not been able to book myself in for an assessment centre because i'm currently on my year abroad and get out of France for when they wanted me to the centre. I sent an email to graduate recruitment and heard back about 2 days later. Not all that helpful though. I have to keep checking the website for when new dates become available in December and January. It's December tomorrow....!

Good luck for when you do have it. At least it's giving you time to collect your thoughts!

A very, very wise choice. It's a well-kept secret that Ashurst is the best and most powerful firm in the City and that the Magic Circle are merely small departments of the firm, full of undesirables not considered worthy of entering the hallowed temple on Appold Street. It's said that 90% of all turnover in the City is attributable to Ashurst, and that such is its influence that other large City firms pay over 50% of their profits to The Big A for fear that otherwise they will be crushed. Rumour has it that the day before Lehman Brothers collapsed, that bank had missed the deadline for paying its legal bills by thirty seconds...*

LMAO!
Its true... undesirables such as myself were flatlydenied entry to said temple upon application. We are now destined to languish in the less hallowed and more dingy magic circle departments of this prestigious firm.

don't you just hate it when the crapness of HR really puts you off a firm and yet you still desperately want them to give you a vs?!?!?!

don't you just hate it when the crapness of HR really puts you off a firm and yet you still desperately want them to give you a vs?!?!?!

I applied to Travers Smith 2 months ago today. nooo word. I emailed them and said shall I take your lack of response as a rejection and they said my application was 'still being processed'... yeh right!

Its not as though they are my favourite firm or anything like that. Out of all the places I applied to for vs's they are probably my least favourite. I just don't know why they have to lie to me about it! the scheme starts in less than a week and they haven't been bothered to reject me yet. I just think its so rude when people take the time to write them an application and show interest in them! I absolutely won't be applying for a tc there!

Had my first rejection today from eversheds, not too bothered tbh (although my bely flipped a bit when I saw "unsuccessful" in the email subject matter

Quite relieved that I don't have to do the maths test..

Good luck to all those waiting to hear from firms!xx

Does that mean Eversheds use automatic procedures? I'm guessing so as I just applied at 3.30am British time and got an email at 3.31 asking me to do the maths test. I don't understand what they could use for automatic procedures though as the form asks for so little, no breakdowns, nothing. Seems a bit harsh. Anyone else applied?

Had my first rejection today from eversheds, not too bothered tbh (although my bely flipped a bit when I saw "unsuccessful" in the email subject matter

Quite relieved that I don't have to do the maths test..

Good luck to all those waiting to hear from firms!xx