Vacation Scheme Participant Review

Item: Vacation Scheme Participant at Macfarlanes
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at Macfarlanes

Insight / Vacation Scheme (< 4 Weeks)

Commercial Law

London

Review Submitted: July 2025

Overall Rating

4.7 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Experience

4.8/5 - Skills Development

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

5/5 - Recommendations and Advice

Overview of Experience

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

- Various talks about every practice area
- Work assigned by trainee supervisor and occasionally partners and associates
- Final Assessments for Training Contract
- Transaction

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

Good, we had a lot of talks that explained the industry and the way they demarcated themselves. Gave a more in depth understanding of legal market.

Please rate how insightful you found the insight

4/5

How would you rate the structure of the insight

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

- Time Management
- Communication with clients
- Communication

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?

4/5

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

Company Culture

How would you rate business leader involvement during the insight

5/5

What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?

Very friendly, very motivated, hardworking but also fun and always happy to help.

How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?

5/5

How would you rate the networking opportunities?

4/5

Please rate how valued you felt during your insight?

5/5

Overall Experience

To what extent did you enjoy the insight?

I enjoyed it, despite the interesting talks tgat took a lot of time, I would have enjoyed maybe more emphasis on the work that we produced rather than the assessments.