a UK university student. Six documented progressions in a single cycle across Clifford Chance, Akin Gump (Social Mobility Programme, telephone interview and Assessment Centre), Jones Day (video interview to Assessment Centre) and Herbert Smith Freehills (Assessment Centre). The candidate used ECS's free content; there was no paid engagement.
§ 01
Starting point
- UK university
- Commonly classed as non-target in the wider elite-recruitment market (a market classification, not any firm's stated view)
- One application cycle, several firms in parallel
§ 02
Relationship to ECS
- Public ECS materials only. No paid engagement
§ 03
What the candidate used
- STAR-3® for the written applications
- PEAL-X® for interview answers at each stage
- Commercial Fluency™ across four firms
§ 04
Documented outcome
- Clifford Chance progression
- Akin Gump Social Mobility Programme place, telephone interview and Assessment Centre
- Jones Day video interview, progressed to Assessment Centre
- Herbert Smith Freehills Assessment Centre
- Assessment Centre invitations are progressions, not offers
§ 05
Causation boundary
There was no paid ECS engagement. The record shows the candidate used ECS's public materials before these progressions; it does not show that those materials caused them.