From Tiktoks to Freshfields Vacation Scheme

At a glance

• Outcome: Invitation to the Freshfields Assessment Centre 

• Track: Corporate Law

• Evidence: Vacation Scheme offer letter email screenshot held on file (redacted)

Before

• Struggled with navigating the training contract process

• Unsure of how to excel in online situational judgement tests

• Low confidence in excelling and reaching the benchmark magic circle firms seek

After

• Freshfields Vacation Scheme Offer received

• Candidate reported a clear lift in how they structured their applications after consuming the TikTok Lives

The problem

This wasn’t a “knowledge” issue — it was a structure issue. The candidate didn’t have a repeatable way to turn experiences into clear, persuasive answers across written applications, which typically shows up as inconsistent conversion through early stages.

What changed (the mechanism)

The candidate used the TikTok Lives to internalise how we structure written answers and translate experience into selection-friendly language — effectively turning “I did X” into “Here’s why this proves I’ll perform in the role” using ECS-style structure (e.g., PEAL-3™ logic for motivation and STAR-3® logic for competencies).

Result

The candidate was invited to the Freshfields Assessment Centre and sent the invitation through as proof.

Candidate message (verbatim)

“Just by looking through and hearing how to structure applications helped me transform my success rate.”

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