The interview was pleasant, and I was accepted into the next stage of the application process, the Assessment Day, but unfortunately this was cancelled due to the decision to pause recruitment for the Goodstart scheme this year. No reason was given for this, and I frankly do not find it acceptable to open up this scheme, letting candidates get through the interview stage, prepare for the assessment day and pay for travel to their London office, only to stop recruitment altogether. As a graduate who had placed a lot of time and energy into the application process, this was an extremely frustrating outcome and rather unbecoming.