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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

jta227

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Hey guys, 8 applications made and 8 rejections. Do i give up now lol - not even making it past application stage :(

Consider that many current trainees made X applications and had X-1 rejections, and are currently training at the 1 firm that accepted them! All you need is one
Edit: I remember @Andrei Radu saying he went from all rejections at application stage to 4 offers the next year so maybe he can give you some advice as well.
 
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hmevey

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Almost the same here. 7 applications, 7 rejections in the application stage.

I am waiting for 6 firms and planning to apply for 5 firms in the next 3 months. So stressful, but keep trying. We just need one.
I feel like all the ones i want to apply for are closing in the next few days and i wont have time to get an application in. Its so stressful and very disheartening especially as I am one year post grad :(
 

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If an online assessment is untimed, can firms see how long it takes you to complete it? If they can, do they take this into account when assessing you?
If it is untimed then there should be no element of time completed included in the assessment. That is different to if there is unlimited time, as that suggests you have got the freedom to complete the assessment in your own time but that the assessment results may be calculated with a timed element on some level.
 

Zaidoz10

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If it is untimed then there should be no element of time completed included in the assessment. That is different to if there is unlimited time, as that suggests you have got the freedom to complete the assessment in your own time but that the assessment results may be calculated with a timed element on some level.
In this case the firm said that the assessment is untimed, but it should take around 75 minutes to complete. Do they still take into account how long it took the candidate to complete it? Also part of the reason I’m asking is because the 75 minutes estimate seemed unreasonable given how many questions there were and the difficulty of certain questions.
 

aspiringcitylawyer

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Freshfields seems to have introduced a new online psychometric test, the Law Online Assessment, as part of the first stage of their direct TC application process.

Seems to be a mix of SJT/verbal/numerical reasoning perhaps? ‘measures your skills, behaviours, preferences and cognitive ability’ per their website.

Because ‘only candidates who pass the online psychometric test will have their written applications reviewed in detail’, I was wondering if any of you spoke to Grad Rec about this recently and had any insights to share on the nature of the test, benchmark etc.?
 
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Tintin06

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Freshfields seems to have introduced a new online psychometric test, the Law Online Assessment, as part of the first stage of their direct TC application process.

Seems to be a mix of SJT/verbal/numerical reasoning perhaps? ‘measures your skills, behaviours, preferences and cognitive ability’ per their website.

Because ‘only candidates who pass the online psychometric test will have their written applications reviewed in detail’, I was wondering if any of you spoke to Grad Rec about this recently and had any insights to share on the nature of the test, benchmark etc.?
That sounds like the Macfarlanes test. Akin used one like that too. Should be past examples online somewhere. Failing that, JobTestPrep could be helpful.
 


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