Vacation Scheme Student Review

by Weil, Gotshal & Manges

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Rating

4.1/5
  • About You
    4.3
  • The Company
    4.1
  • Everything Else
    3.9

    About You

  • 1. To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

    • 4/5
  • 2. To what extent did you feel valued during your time at the company or firm?

    • 4/5
  • 3. How much guidance/support did you receive during the insight?

    • There were highly detailed practice area talks each week, which really illustrated the sort of work the firm does.

    5/5
  • 4. To what extent did/will the skills you developed, and information you received, assist you in your degree studies and beyond?

    • We had to do a client pitch presentation, which required working together as a team over a period of two weeks. This was very useful and will guide me in future presentation scenarios.

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • We had a booklet setting out everything that was happening (time, place etc) and all the events went to plan.

    5/5
  • 6. How was the general atmosphere during your insight?

    • 4/5
  • 7. In terms of personal training and development, to what extent did the company or firm invest in you?

    • We had practice area talks for all the major departments, which were very detailed and useful. All the associates and trainees were very happy to chat about their roles in the firm.

    5/5
  • 8. To what extent did the insight help you to understand what it would be like to have a full time role with the company or firm?

    • The insight gave me an idea of what work was done in the office, although as both of the departments I sat were relatively quiet, I did not get much of an opportunity to put this knowledge into practice.

    3/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • It enabled me to talk to a range of different members of the firm to get a good idea of what working there was like.

    4/5
  • 10. How valuable was the content in helping you to decide on your future career path?

    • 4/5

    Everything Else

  • 11. Were you paid or reimbursed adequately for this experience?

  • 12. Were there opportunities for networking and meeting other employees of the company or firm?

    • We attended a garden party, where most members of the firm were present at. Graduate recruitment also organised lunch events for the vacation schemers so that we had an opportunity to speak to them and get to know each other.

    4/5
  • 13. How were the networking/ social event opportunities?

    • We attended two lunch events, a garden party on the roof-top terrace and a cocktail-making event.

    4/5
  • 14. Did you find out about activities that employees can get involved in outside of work?

    • We had diversity and pro bono talks, but no talks on the sorts of firm activities we could get involved in.

    3/5
  • 15. Would you recommend this insight to a friend?

    • 5/5
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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

London

July 2013

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