TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

[A92167!8]

I have looked at my portal, and it says:

'ACTIVE JOB APPLICATIONS​

• 2022 - Vacation Placement - England
  LONDON, LONDON, United Kingdom
  Status Invite to Assessment Centre
  Graduate and Apprenticeship 150 Applied on 12/03/2021'
  
  
  
  Do I email the grad team? The ACs are on WC 7th Feb and 14th Feb, and I need to give notice at my job if that is the case. Please advise- @Jessica Booker

Mine also says this I'm not sure what to do!

 

[SOAS22]

How did you find it?

Not too bad, although the questions didn’t seem the simplest to answer. It was mainly competency/strength based, and a bit of commercial (but not as much as I thought they would be)

 

[Limanehious]

Mine also says this I'm not sure what to do!

Do you think we should email grad recruitment? Don't want to push them, but there's barely anytime now

 

[lawvc2021]

Confused re Macfarlanes post-AC. They said we would hear the outcome by early this week. Still haven't heard anything but seems 1 or 2 people have offers. Anyone else have any insights? I'm guessing PFO

 

[RoughWood]

Do you think we should email grad recruitment? Don't want to push them, but there's barely anytime now

I would just email them and ask if they can let you know as you will have to book time off work, you wont be the only one who has to give notice for a day off. you can always speak to your employer and provisionally book them off and let them know the definite date once you know. That's what I have done with mine and they completely understand and appreciate as much notice as I can give especially as my role isn't replaceable/cant be covered by anyone else when I'm not there. Integrity and honesty!

 

[John Travoni]

SIdley PFO here too

When did you apply??

 

[snailvibez]

anyone still waiting on HL and Links for summer?

 

[GNewick304]

Clifford Chance TC 2024 Offer... Bit shocked it has happened ngl. Thank you to everyone who reached out to give advice over the past few weeks and to the forum as a whole which has been so supportive and helpful when it comes to resources and knowledge. Hope everyone achieves their goals too!

Yes!!!! Congrats

 

[antisocial applicant]

Not too bad, although the questions didn’t seem the simplest to answer. It was mainly competency/strength based, and a bit of commercial (but not as much as I thought they would be)

Thanks for sharing your experience!

 

[WillF]

Thought I'd give this a go haha!

✨✨✨✨✨manifesting a positive response from HFW post AC today✨✨✨✨✨

Can't quite believe this, but just received an offer from HFW for VS!

Very grateful for everyone in this forum!!

 

[ar2r]

any word from skadden anyone?

 

[M777]

any word from skadden anyone?

None for me

 

[captainhilts]

congratulations! How was the AC in terms of difficulty? what do you think made you succeed?

lol i thought i had flopped it...while i think they test your resilience a lot but also your ability to be able to pick up concepts quickly once corrected

 

[Jessica Booker]

Just out of curiosity, but has a firm ever accidentally called the wrong candidate to offer them a vac scheme/TC? I don't even want to begin imagining how soul crushing that would be

Highly unlikely - would have to be an exceptionally strange set of circumstances for this to happen.

The worst I have seen is two people with the same name both being invited to the next recruitment stage or the wrong person (but with the same name as the right person) being invited. But even then it all corrected itself ahead of offer stages.

 

[zidoeslaw]

Have people had AC invites from Linklaters for the summer VS?

Please do the emoji agree/disagree thing to show whether you have or not!! I know of many rejections from quite early on but surely having heard nothing at this stage must be a PFO too 😣

i haven't heard anything but my friend was offered a summer vac scheme for the london office. however i saw some linklaters ambassadors saying that they were still reviewing applications ! also, considering they take 50 trainees and quite a lot of them come from vac schemes, they probably are organizing more

 

[lawvc2021]

Just out of curiosity, but has a firm ever accidentally called the wrong candidate to offer them a vac scheme/TC? I don't even want to begin imagining how soul crushing that would be

Not quite the same situ but I got rejected by a MC the other week, and then was called up to say that they meant to invite me to interview rather than reject me!

 

[MH]

Gowling PFO post-VI

 

[ssolicitorz]

DEADLIINE: 6 February 2022 (GMT+00:00)

So I have to complete by saturday night, not sunday night?

 

[B A]

Has anyone not received the tests from Mayer Brown after submitting an application for a vs? I thought they were automatic but doesn't seem so

 

[B A]

Still waiting on application responses from Latham (Summer VS), Freshfields (TC), Shearman (Summer VS), Mayer Brown (Summer VS), Dechert (Summer VS) and Gibson Dunn (Summer VS) - has anyone who applied for these heard back after the initial application?