Open day Review

by A&O Shearman

Best Student Employer

This review was submitted over 4 years ago, so some of the information it contains may no longer be relevant.

Rating

4.4/5
  • About You
    4.4
  • The Company
    4.6
  • Everything Else
    4.0

    About You

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

    • It was a really enjoyable day, all the events they had organised were useful and engaging- particularly the negotiating challenge!

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

    • Very helpful and willing to answer any questions both on the day and in the future, it felt like they cared about helping us to succeed in law

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

    • So much information and assistance, plus further webinars later on in the year, everyone was very helpful and willing to explain

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

    • It will help a lot for my future applications for vacation schemes and beyond

    4/5

    The Company

  • 5. How well structured was the insight?

    • Very. Lots of short talks on applications/commercial awareness interspersed with meetings with actual employees

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

    • Very welcoming and helpful

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

    • Very willing to answer personal queries and the group was small enough to enable this on the day as well

    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?

    • Talking with trainees and lawyers helped a lot to get a feel for the firms atmosphere

    4/5
  • 9. How much did the insight help you in understanding the company culture?

    • The trainee I was partnered with was very clear and helpful about explaining what it was like at the firm and throughout the day the firms ethos was embedded in everything

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

    • Whilst I am still undecided it helped me realise that commercial law was a strong contender

    4/5

    Everything Else

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

    • Not automatically but if you emailed and asked then travel expenses were reimbursed

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

    • This was the main focus of the day, with speed networking and lunch with trainees, plus work shadowing

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

    • Very helpful

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

    • We were told about the facilities that A&O has to offer but little about the pro bono work or anything else

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

    • Definitely, even if they were unsure whether law was for them it was very helpful and a useful experience

    5/5
    Report this review

Details

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Commercial Law

London

June 2015

View More Reviews