Winter Placement Scheme Review

by Stephenson Harwood

Rating

4.8/5
  • Skills
    5.0
  • Business Insight
    5.0
  • Culture
    5.0
  • Your Impressions
    4.3

    Overview

  • 1. Please give an overview of the insight and what was involved on a day-to-day basis.

    • The day to day tasks involved attending classroom based workshops on the various practice areas of the firm. This also included time to complete work for your supervisor and other free time for you to organise catch ups with anybody.

    Skills

  • 2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

    • - Prioritisation - Time management - Being proactive - Team working

  • How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around industry-specific skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the knowledge learned around personal or professional skills during the experience?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how the knowledge learned has helped you with regards to your career development

    • 5/5

    Business Insight

  • 3. What was it like understanding all about the business and potential roles available?

    • The presentations delivered were extremely thorough, covering a great insight into the firm

  • Please rate how insightful you found the insight

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the structure of the insight

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight

    • 5/5

    Culture

  • 4. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

    • Extremely friendly people at all levels of the firm. This starts from graduate recruitment who are extremely supportive and do everything they can to ensure you are comfortable and are able to perform your best. Similar with partners, associates and trainees who are really keen to help you and get to know you. There is an extremely flat hierarchy.

  • How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

    • 5/5
  • How would you rate the networking opportunities?

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?

    • 5/5

    Your Impressions

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

    • It was a great week. I learnt a lot about the firm and could really see myself fitting into the culture of the firm. I also developed very strong relationships with my supervisor, graduate recruitment and my vacation scheme cohort which was great to have. The only way I wish it would’ve been better is doing a longer placement of two weeks instead of the week in winter and having it in person.

  • Please rate your level of enjoyment on the insight

    • 5/5
  • Please rate how your experience met your expectations

    • 4/5
  • Please rate the future employment prospects at Stephenson Harwood

    • 4/5
  • 7. Would you recommend Stephenson Harwood to a friend?

    • Yes

  • 8. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Stephenson Harwood

    • Sounds clichĂ©, but be yourself and relay your own interests as much as you can - they really liked my interest in particular sectors and wanted to get to know more about my extracurricular. The recruitment process is tough, but enjoyable. For the application, it is crucial to research the firm. Following that, the Watson Glaser test just requires practice. The written exercise is time pressured so business writing skills help. They do want to get the best out of you!

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Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Commercial Law

London

January 2023

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