TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5

[yk1906]

Hi all!

Just wanted to check whether Withers SJT is automatic?

Their website says: If you are successful following the application stage, you will be invited to complete an online strengths based assessment. But someone on this forum said it is automatic.

 

[yk1906]

Also interested as I received it and it says you’ve passed to the next stage of the process but I got the email a day after I applied which makes me doubt that they actually read it so quickly
This was also 19 days ago and haven’t heard back since

Same!!! No news since the SJT...

 

[Tintin06]

Anything from Hogan Lovells post-WG yet?

 

[JasmineM9]

Hello, I just received a PFO from Latham for the open day? I applied for spring vac scheme? So confused and demoralised, this application cycle destroyed me 💀

 

[SamiyaJ]

Their website says: If you are successful following the application stage, you will be invited to complete an online strengths based assessment. But someone on this forum said it is automatic.

Confusing! But I’ll try my luck with the damned assessment anyways 💀

 

[zonnonomo]

SPB AC 😨 i was so sure i had bombed the VI

 

[yk1906]

Confusing! But I’ll try my luck with the damned assessment anyways 💀

Good luck!

 

[Gflow0211]

tomorrow!

Wow best of luck! Please let me know how it went!

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

It's happened to me a few times with some non-US/MC/SC firms this cycle (e.g. Addleshaws and Dentons) where I worked really hard on the application and didn't even get to a VI stage. I really was interested in these firms too. On the other hand, with US/MC/SC firms this cycle, I've not received a single post-app PFO (i.e. I always made it to the next selective stage, whether that's a VI or telephone interview, or AC). I am starting to think firms are making judgements based on whether they think I'd accept a TC with them sometimes? Like how do I convince them?? I promise I would????

Edit: Just to note, Addleshaws had a non-selective test so it's entirely possible that I failed that

If an application form suggests an interest in MC/US firms (e.g. previous open days, insight programmes, Forage programmes, events etc), there can be a question mark over why the applicant is now aiming for a firm that is very different to to them, especially when considering complexity of work and factors like salary - sometimes they get concerned that candidates are applying as a way down the list back up option rather than a firm they are prioritising.

 

[law_junkie]

Hey! Has anyone who submitted the King & Spalding application earlier today received a confirmation of receipt email from their Recruitment Team yet?

I have, just received it today

 

[andrecsaa]

If an application form suggests an interest in MC/US firms (e.g. previous open days, insight programmes, Forage programmes, events etc), there can be a question mark over why the applicant is now aiming for a firm that is very different to to them, especially when considering complexity of work and factors like salary - sometimes they get concerned that candidates are applying as a way down the list back up option rather than a firm they are prioritising.

Hi Jessica! One follow-up question...should I be concerned about this if the law firm I work for overseas has partnered with MC/US firms on cross-border litigation and transaction matters I participated in?

Aside from my paralegal and regulatory internship experiences in London, my work experience overseas highlights my role in cases and deals with MC/US firms. However, I’m now aiming for SC and national firms (e.g., Macfarlanes, Ashurst, Addleshaw Goddard).

 

[HappyHippo]

Goodwin news after video interview? Did this nearly two months ago.

 

[billyonthespeeddial]

If an application form suggests an interest in MC/US firms (e.g. previous open days, insight programmes, Forage programmes, events etc), there can be a question mark over why the applicant is now aiming for a firm that is very different to to them, especially when considering complexity of work and factors like salary - sometimes they get concerned that candidates are applying as a way down the list back up option rather than a firm they are prioritising.

Thank you so much for this. That all makes sense and it's what I suspected. I mean I can't say they're entirely wrong but I wish there was a way for me to actually have these as back-up options other than attending their events (which I can't because I'm in full-time employment). I realise that they're super competitive too, and can find candidates just as capable as me who are considering exclusively firms similar to them, but as a candidate I sometimes feel like it really should be an option for me to have options to "fall back" on, I mean, everyone outside of the legal sector always assumes that'd be the case

 

[OliverTwist]

Has anyone heard from Brown Rudnick / applied in a previous cycle and know how long it takes for them to get back to an applicant?

 

[yk1906]

Has anyone heard from Withers, Mayer Brown, Dentons, BCLP post-app/SJT? Any interview or AC invites? For DTC

 

[norothrow324]

Has anyone heard from Withers, Mayer Brown, Dentons, BCLP post-app/SJT? Any interview or AC invites? For DTC

Nothing from Mayer so far. only the feedback report after the automatic STJ

 

[lawlover123]

CMS Dubai AC invite or should i assume PFO?

 

[yk1906]

Okay, just received my BCLP feedback. Strengths are Credibility, Growth mindset and Active Collaborator. Weaker side is tendency to be less critical of the information...

 

[norothrow324]

Nothing from Mayer so far. only the feedback report after the automatic STJ

has anyone heard otherwise?

 

[MaheeVohra]

Hey! Has anyone who submitted the King & Spalding application earlier today received a confirmation of receipt email from their Recruitment Team yet?

I submitted it sometime in January and received an acknowledgement from the Recruitment Team within a week.