First Year Vacation Schemes/Insight Days 2014-15

I received offers from Simmons & Simmons and PwC (consulting) for spring insight schemes, but their dates clash. Does anyone have any advice? :frown:

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Original post by SXYX

I received offers from Simmons & Simmons and PwC (consulting) for spring insight schemes, but their dates clash. Does anyone have any advice? :frown:

I'm in a similar situation as I've received an offer from Goldman Sachs for their Spring Week which is 2 weeks long in Easter - clashes with Hogan Lovells/Weil which I've applied for.

I think it depends on how badly you want the Simmons & Simmons experience - i.e. do you intend to apply to them next year or not? If you are pretty interested in them and do intend on applying for a vac scheme/TC with them then I would turn down PwC. I personally don't intend to apply to Hogan Lovells next year so I'm taking my Goldman offer and withdrawing from the process for Hogan Lovells.

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Original post by Unsworth

I'm in a similar situation as I've received an offer from Goldman Sachs for their Spring Week which is 2 weeks long in Easter - clashes with Hogan Lovells/Weil which I've applied for.

I think it depends on how badly you want the Simmons & Simmons experience - i.e. do you intend to apply to them next year or not? If you are pretty interested in them and do intend on applying for a vac scheme/TC with them then I would turn down PwC. I personally don't intend to apply to Hogan Lovells next year so I'm taking my Goldman offer and withdrawing from the process for Hogan Lovells.

I already have a Clifford Chance offer (accepted). I'm not sure if it's better to have 1 law 1 consulting for more diversity, or 2 law schemes to show my devotion (lol) to law? :frown:

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Original post by SXYX

I already have a Clifford Chance offer (accepted). I'm not sure if it's better to have 1 law 1 consulting for more diversity, or 2 law schemes to show my devotion (lol) to law? :frown:

Ah yes I remember you saying before - congratulations and see you there :wink:

How much previous law experience do you have? If CC is going to be your first proper experience at a law firm then I would take Simmons in order to boost your app for vac schemes next year further. If you already have a few other insight days/legal experience on your CV then perhaps take PwC.

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RohinGD

Original post by SXYX

I received offers from Simmons & Simmons and PwC (consulting) for spring insight schemes, but their dates clash. Does anyone have any advice? :frown:

Seeing that you have CC already, I'd say PwC. It's a company that's at the top of its field and I think it'd look slightly more impressive on your CV. More importantly, I think it'd be a better experience overall and you get to diversify a bit as well.

Original post by Unsworth

I'm in a similar situation as I've received an offer from Goldman Sachs for their Spring Week which is 2 weeks long in Easter - clashes with Hogan Lovells/Weil which I've applied for.

I think it depends on how badly you want the Simmons & Simmons experience - i.e. do you intend to apply to them next year or not? If you are pretty interested in them and do intend on applying for a vac scheme/TC with them then I would turn down PwC. I personally don't intend to apply to Hogan Lovells next year so I'm taking my Goldman offer and withdrawing from the process for Hogan Lovells.

If you get into Weil, would you take them over Goldman Sachs or do you need to reply to Goldman before Weil starts its assessment day?

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Original post by RohinGD

If you get into Weil, would you take them over Goldman Sachs or do you need to reply to Goldman before Weil starts its assessment day?

Not sure mate. Given there are only 10 places on Weil's scheme the chances of getting on it are fairly low anyway, but then there is the guarantee of the vac scheme the following year and it is definitely a firm I want to apply to for a TC. I think ultimately though I'm going to keep Goldman. You can't beat having them on your CV and because I've got a fair bit of legal experience anyway I'd like to think having an investment bank like GS will add a slightly different edge to my applications next year.

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Invited to take Watson Glazer test for Hogan Lovells, anyone else in the same boat?

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Original post by iano101

Invited to take Watson Glazer test for Hogan Lovells, anyone else in the same boat?

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Yeah man - best of luck with it. (Hint: You can practise it on Hogan Lovells, Linklaters and Clifford Chance's websites btw!)

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Original post by Unsworth

Yeah man - best of luck with it. (Hint: You can practise it on Hogan Lovells, Linklaters and Clifford Chance's websites btw!)

Okay cheers mate. Well done on the offers so far! You haven't heard from a&o by any chance have you? They said they would get back within 14 days but that never happened..

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Original post by iano101

Okay cheers mate. Well done on the offers so far! You haven't heard from a&o by any chance have you? They said they would get back within 14 days but that never happened..

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Thanks bud. Nope and I know loads of people who have applied and are in the same situation, think they are just taking their time haha.

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Has anyone got other spring scheme/open day offers?

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RohinGD

Has anyone had any communication with Herbert Smith or Shearman & Sterling after submitting their applications?

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Original post by RohinGD

Has anyone had any communication with Herbert Smith or Shearman & Sterling after submitting their applications?

For Herbert Smith - got invitation for verbal and logical test, still waiting for update

Shearman - no communication at all :/

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Lucilou101

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PFO from A&O (this isn't going well :lol:

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Mentioned tough competition for the 25th june - wonder if that means I would've been more lucky had I chosen a different date!

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Just received a rejection from A&O just to let people know

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Original post by Lucilou101

PFO from A&O (this isn't going well :lol:

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Mentioned tough competition for the 25th june - wonder if that means I would've been more lucky had I chosen a different date!

Yeah may have been that. Also the places they have for these programmes are very limited.

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Lucilou101

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Original post by iano101

Yeah may have been that. Also the places they have for these programmes are very limited.

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Yeah tough luck really - can't be easy to choose people purely based on a form!

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Original post by iano101

Yeah may have been that. Also the places they have for these programmes are very limited.

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Original post by Lucilou101

Yeah tough luck really - can't be easy to choose people purely based on a form!

How much time during the holiday do you plan on allocating for spring schemes? Just had a talk with my uni's careers advisor, and she thinks that a week long scheme with CC and a two-day law/consulting programme would be more than enough. A bit worried that I might not have enough time to study, but I still have some applications being processed:/

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