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I am seeking some clarity regarding Trilegal’s current hiring process. From what I understand, there are generally two routes to land a position there:
a) Campus placements, and
b) Pre-placement offers (PPOs) following internships.
However, I’ve been hearing conflicting information lately. Some sources suggest that Trilegal has now moved entirely to a PPO-based hiring model. At the same time, I noticed that they did participate in recent campus recruitments at NLUs, Jindal, and SLS.
Could someone please share insights on what the present status actually is? And if the hiring is now primarily through PPOs, could you also explain how the PPO structure works — perhaps a walk-through of the entire process?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Internship is your best shot with how things tand as of now. They have been remodelling their internship process as welll, with now making assessments mandatory for everyone, be it through placement cells or referrals. maybe they are being a little more rigorous about their internships so as to only take in ones that could be potential hires. Not sure tho, but campus placements are a really tough shot
From what I've seen recently, they've significantly shifted towards hiring through PPOs over the past couple of years. Nonetheless, they still do Day Z hiring, albeit picking up only a handful and its mostly people who had previously interned there.
A little about the PPO Scene (This is the norm, followed 98% of the time)-
While interning, make sure to show that you’re interested in working further with the team you’re interning with, and talk to your mentor (who’s usually an SA1/2 or A3) about a potential callback. Make sure your presentation (if you’re asked to do one) goes well, because a lot depends on that, no matter how good your work was during the internship. This was true for me at least, because I mostly worked with the A3/2/1s and occasionally the SAs, but had virtually no contact with the Counsel or Partner. They showed up during the presentation and their feedback played a big part.
Post that, your mentor needs to fill out your feedback and recommend you for a callback. They also ask the entire team before submitting the form. After completing your first internship, you should receive an email from HR in about 60 days (from your last day). You need to ask your mentor whether the callback is an assessment or not. If yes, then you’re lucky af. Choose a month (the best ones are Dec/Jan or June, if you are graduating a year later) and intern peacefully (work hard). Make a good presentation if they ask you to.
If you’re able to cross all these thresholds, you’ll get an interview fixed with the partner you were working under. Trilegal also does a second interview with a neutral partner. Both interviews are a mix of technical and personal questions, so make sure to brush up Companies, Contracts, TPA and other subjects relevant to your team's practice.
(The other 2%)- Sometimes, even with just one internship, people manage to land PPOs. It’s usually a mix of luck, vacancies, and the quality of your work. A friend of mine actually got a PPO after just one internship, he had a single interview with the partner he was working under and, voila, he was hired. So at the end of the day, it's vv partner centric. Praying that you are with the other 2% if you intern there homie.