If you recruit for top City law firms, banks, consultancies...

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...how important are A level grades and what would your minimum expectations be if a graduate candidate did not having any special circumstances such as illness or having attended a poorly-performing school?

How recently was that?

I recruit and interview in tech consultancy, I don’t even look at A-level grades.

@Badbadbunny for 2023 vacation schemes so last year. I am just about to embark on the same for 2024 vacation schemes and apprenticeships now vacancies are open again

To expand, I don’t bother looking at A-level results because when most of your candidates won’t have taken A-levels it doesn’t convey any meaningful information, especially when comparing against candidates from systems which just have a general school leaving certificate.