Really have no clue. Doesn't seem like many people were advanced to interview (atleast from what I see).
I'm not assuming PFO but also don't know what to think
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
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I'm not assuming PFO but also don't know what to think
What can I expect from Mischon chat interview? is it written and then VI? Or what is the spiel? Very confused!!
Hi, thank you! I applied for the vac scheme last year and was successful, but their process is a bit different. While other firms offer exit interviews straight after the vac scheme, Perkins said ours would be 1 or 2 years later. So if you did the vac scheme in your second year, you’d do it in your final year; if you did it in your first year, you’d also do it in your final year (like me). That was the only possible route to the LBA programme at the time (in 2024), so there wasn’t a direct LBA application available.
It’s only recently (so this year) that they opened both LBA and VS applications, which I think has now closed, so you’d likely need to wait until next year when applications open again. That can actually be a positive, because it gives you more time to learn about the merger (if it goes through) and prepare a strong application. In terms of dates, they typically recruit sometime in the summer (around June-ish I think).
Hope that clarifies things!
Literally. It took me 2.5 hours. And I have no idea how they’re going to assess us, I doubt they’re going to read all of our chat.
Can anyone provide any BCLP interview insights please? Feel free to DM me or reply in thread here 🙏 // separately, @Andrei Radu How should I prepare for a strength based interview with this firm? Thank you!!
I see there is a lot of activity regarding DLA Piper. I'd like to know (be extremely grateful too) if someone who has been invited to a phone interview can share when they received their 'passed WG' email and what their scores were. If it helps anyone (I have not been invited to a phone interview - yet?)
- Applied 6th October
- Watson Glaser Invite 26th October (did it on the 28th)
- Received the 'you have successfully passed our online assessment' email on the 29th Oct
- My 'scores' were: 3 Strengths to leverage and 1 Further exploration
You the guy that gets through everything, you're in AS CAC finals right? Wishing you all the best bro (assuming you're a guy).
Does Simmons and Simmons have video interview questions during their amberjack, and are they motivational or scenario based?
It is at the end, there's 4 with unlimited time to prepare and they are motiviational/commercial based
If you did the test last year it’s more or less the same. They never really change anything
Just completed the stage 1 online test for Freshfields, I feel like I did well in every aspect besides from the Critical Reasoning, I feel that was not as good as the others. Can anyone who was invited to stage 2 say how they felt regarding their performance of the stage 1 Critical reasoning test?
congratulations! please could you share what your feedback report said?
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