Is London Recruiting Random at Lateral Level?

Wanted to get some thoughts since everyone generally agrees the randomness of UK recruiting for SA/Grad programmes in IB. Is this randomness the same at An1+ lateral level? Is there more networking involved? How’s usually best to position yourself for lateral moves?

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