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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
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The deadline was yesterday but if i remember correctly there wasn't one
Did anyone else get an email from Reed Smith about a strengths test? I already completed one so am guessing I should ignore?
From the bottom of my heart, I cannot express how much I HATE numerical tests 
If I wanted to do maths, I would be in STEM. The Simmons & Simmons test was so mathematical, I got so bored and I just did eenie meenie miney mo for the answers cause I genuinely did not want to have to do all the maths. And, it was long maths too like seriously I haven't touched a calculator since I was 16 (my A-Levels were essay-based), I chose law to get away from maths and yet here it is haunting me again. Why can't we just write an essay instead? That would be so much more fun!
If I wanted to do maths, I would be in STEM. The Simmons & Simmons test was so mathematical, I got so bored and I just did eenie meenie miney mo for the answers cause I genuinely did not want to have to do all the maths. And, it was long maths too like seriously I haven't touched a calculator since I was 16 (my A-Levels were essay-based), I chose law to get away from maths and yet here it is haunting me again. Why can't we just write an essay instead? That would be so much more fun!
From the bottom of my heart, I cannot express how much I HATE numerical tests
If I wanted to do maths, I would be in STEM. The Simmons & Simmons test was so mathematical, I got so bored and I just did eenie meenie miney mo for the answers cause I genuinely did not want to have to do all the maths. And, it was long maths too like seriously I haven't touched a calculator since I was 16 (my A-Levels were essay-based), I chose law to get away from maths and yet here it is haunting me again. Why can't we just write an essay instead? That would be so much more fun!
Was it a timed test as well? If so, just another reason why these tests seems so pointless...
hi guys,
freaking out a bit because I have a video interview for Dechert and this is my first video interview and the deadline is today. i saw that a few people had already also got the video interview and was wondering if anyone could tell me a bit more about what kind of questions they asked for interview.
thanks everyone and hope your application process is going well!!!!!!
freaking out a bit because I have a video interview for Dechert and this is my first video interview and the deadline is today. i saw that a few people had already also got the video interview and was wondering if anyone could tell me a bit more about what kind of questions they asked for interview.
thanks everyone and hope your application process is going well!!!!!!
This is why I stayed far away from that firmFrom the bottom of my heart, I cannot express how much I HATE numerical tests
If I wanted to do maths, I would be in STEM. The Simmons & Simmons test was so mathematical, I got so bored and I just did eenie meenie miney mo for the answers cause I genuinely did not want to have to do all the maths. And, it was long maths too like seriously I haven't touched a calculator since I was 16 (my A-Levels were essay-based), I chose law to get away from maths and yet here it is haunting me again. Why can't we just write an essay instead? That would be so much more fun!
It's not timed, but they track how long you take to answer questions as part of their anti-cheating measures.
Very invasive of them to turn your camera on too.
Yeah the green camera light is on throughout as you're sitting the SJT...
phahhahah thats fkin brutal
Oh sheesh that's kinda intimidating glad I didn't apply
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