NQ Salary
~£105,000
TC Salary
~£52,000 / £57,000 (year 1 / year 2)
Annual Intake
c.68 per year (UK-wide, one of the largest national intakes)
Seats
4 seats
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Pinsent Masons is the pre-eminent UK firm for infrastructure, energy and projects work, with a global practice spanning major construction projects, renewable energy transactions and complex regulated utilities. The firm has one of the largest trainee intakes in the UK and is known for its out-front role on infrastructure PPPs and energy transition deals.
Culture & Values
Open, inclusive and genuinely values-driven, with a culture that has won repeated recognition for its diversity and social mobility programmes. The firm's size and national spread mean trainees have real choice in where and how they develop. Known for strong investment in trainee development and a collegial atmosphere that differs markedly from the more intense US firm culture at nominally similar salary levels.
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Method
“Blended online assessment after application: situational judgement questions, short written exercise, two video questions, and an abstract reasoning test (Graduate Managerial Assessment — "which shape comes next" format, ~30 mins, minimum score required). Then in-person assessment centre.”
Tests
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Six-week paid internship for candidates from Black-heritage, mixed-heritage, or disabled backgrounds. Runs alongside the vacation placement and is also a route to a training contract (same assessments as vacation scheme candidates).
Applications via 10000blackinterns.com — check current cycle
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