TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

[aspiringlawyer47]

Has anyone had a post VI PFO from PwC?

 

[lawstudent15]

Congrats! How long ago did you submit your VI and is this for the London office?

Thank you! I submitted it last wednesday and yes this is for London office!

 

[addy2004]

Has anyone heard from HSF today?

 

[Wannabe_Lawyer]

any tips for passing arctic shores? I am struggling to accept the fact that I wouldn't get the vac scheme when my application was decent because I popped too many balloons.

Honestly, in my (very biased, having been recently pfo-ed) opinion, it feels like an elaborate lottery system. There are some videos on YouTube, but, they're geared towards people in consulting and the big4. The criteria your firm is looking for may be completely different. Also, with Gowling's assessment report, we were told that the scores aren't factored. It's literally how you respond to the stimuli.

 

[eleven14og]

anyone agrees allhires is much easier to use than vantage lol. i get vantage has a cute ui but why do i have to put everything in before i can see the application questions😠 also my home postcode is *invalid* just cuz it's not in the uk

 

[MandyAA]

Thanks. I ask because I applied on 19 October and am still waiting 💀

Hopefully no news is good news. Good luck!!! xx

 

[Untilwinter]

is it too late to apply to Gibson Dunn?

 

[pb15]

is it too late to apply to Gibson Dunn?

No, I applied on deadline day 2yrs ago and was invited to interview a week later. So no harm in sending out the app!

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

@Jessica Booker or does anyoene else know if the application system asks you to list your "qualifications" for your degree (asks for its qualification name, type, result and date obtained), does "qualification" mean each subject, i.e. Tort, Constitutional etc, or the degree, i.e. LLB?

No - it will just mean the overall qualification (A-level, degree, masters).

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

this is for Latham's sjt :' 'To access the assessment, please log back into the apply4law homepage. The deadline for completing the assessment is three days after the application form deadline (London), or three days after submission for non-London vacancies. If you require any adjustments to be made ahead of you taking this assessment, please contact the office you have applied to.'

does this mean then the deadline to complete the test is 13th since the deadline is 10th? I was a bit confused idk if im being daft @Jessica Booker

If the deadline for the London is the 10th, then your deadline will be the 13th.

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

When inputting work experience in applications, do you do a new section for each role - for example, if I worked at the same company but changed role and department would I put a new entry with the dates for that role?

Any advice much appreciated

You can do this, although some people prefer to combine roles into one entry depending on how it fits with their other entries. However if you do add it as one entry, you’d need to make it clear in the description that your job changed part way through by rpcoiding that detail and dates. It is risky if it reads like you are in one job for the entire time (especially if that job is more senior) as a reference from your employer would not match up.

 

[axelbeugre]

A&O summer vacation scheme offer!!!! Got the call this afternoon can't believe it 🥹

CONGRATULATIONS! Huge Achievement!

 

[mfuturetrainee]

what was that vi q at the end for Latham's sjt 😭 damn right I need 2 mins to think

 

[aishaslm]

Does anyone know if you can request CMS WG score? Thanks!

 

[laby201]

what was that vi q at the end for Latham's sjt 😭 damn right I need 2 mins to think

Wait, Latham have a SJT/VI combination? I thought it was simply a SJT and then if you pass that + the application, then you go onto their video interview with 5 questions?

 

[mfuturetrainee]

Wait, Latham have a SJT/VI combination? I thought it was simply a SJT and then if you pass that + the application, then you go onto their video interview with 5 questions?

nope one vi q at the end of the sjt

 

[laby201]

nope one vi q at the end of the sjt

Thank you! Do you (or anyone else) know if it's competency based or directed at Latham specifically, so I can narrow my preparation!

 

[mfuturetrainee]

Thank you! Do you (or anyone else) know if it's competency based or directed at Latham specifically, so I can narrow my preparation!

the one I received was competency based best of luck!!

 

[laby201]

the one I received was competency based best of luck!!

Thank you

 

[Deleted member 28914]

Just completed Fieldfisher's online assessment. These type of assessments are so they can 'know' you as a person and so of course we should answer as sincerely as possible, but I still find myself considering the answers with the thought of 'would this be the answer they want' lol (even though I obviously don't know what answers they want 🥹)