TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[GT1205H]

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

But I have not been invited to a Telephone interview (maybe it will be a PFO)

 

[i-want-a-tc]

I got equivalent to 20 but not heard on next steps yet!

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).

 

[Bbhu19]

Does Simmons and Simmons have video interview questions during their amberjack, and are they motivational or scenario based?

 

[Jennifer2003]

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

 

[yasmars]

Does Simmons and Simmons have video interview questions during their amberjack, and are they motivational or scenario based?

If you did the test last year it’s more or less the same. They never really change anything

 

[cookedlawstudent]

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?

 

[pleasepleaseplease]

A&O Shearman AC invite!!!!!!!!

congratulations! please could you share what your feedback report said?

 

[TCtoothfairy]

Latham lgbt open day!! 🎉

 

[LawAspirer]

Does CMS give you the results for the Watson Glaser right after you complete it?

 

[summersun]

Mishcon 's test was horrible! I kept missing some typing mistakes because I could not see my answers well and I even sent a few with typos by mistake because it sent them when I was still correcting my parapgraphs 😭 Basically spent two hours typing just to purely expect a PFO....

 

[londonlawyer]

Hi @Andrei Radu @Abbie Whitlock, I'm quite unsure as to how I should approach the question "Please give details of computer skills rating?". There is no specified word count, but all the other questions have a 250 word limit. I'm not sure whether they are looking for us to go into dept about the various software programmes I've used in my internships/VS and then ultimately make a self-assessment.

 

[llblawstudent]

Anyone know when we might expect to hear back from Weil post VI and Freshfields post stage 2?

 

[Someoneinlaw]

Simmons AC!

Hiii congratulations! please when did you complete the online assessment?

 

[Goodbyetc]

How long does Willkie take after the VI to make a decision

 

[1stCycleApplicant]

How long does Willkie take after the VI to make a decision

Within 15 working days. I received my WE invite after 14 working days

 

[TCLA0322]

PWC vi invite; anyone know what type of questions they ask??? First time applying to Big 4, thought I screwed up their shl test

 

[M85672]

Hi, is it an AC after the tests (granted you pass) for Taylor Wessing?

 

[Jennifer2003]

Hi, is it an AC after the tests (granted you pass) for Taylor Wessing?

I applied for the summer scheme and they will send out written assessments after the deadline

 

[Shaky_Pete]

Find SJT quite tricky - did FF stage 1 and got rejected.
Usually I am ok (average-ish) with wg and it seems to be the SJT that is problematic.
I understand from the sense that you have to be honest with yourself but it does seem a bit frustrating when you don't seem to be the right 'personality'.
Any insights or tips with these situations? Thanks

Tip would be don't answer honestly, answer with what you think the firm wants. For instance, do I prefer working to clear, defined and stable deadlines, or continually changing, tight deadlines? Well, certainly the former, but that's not the answer they want!

It's usually pretty apparent from the 5 potential responses to rank which 2 will be considered the 'right' answers.

How many years do we think before firms realise the Cappfinity SJTs are a waste of everyone's time and scrap them?

 

[1stCycleApplicant]

How long did you guys wait post app?
It’s been 2 weeks for me so I’m assuming it’s a PFO now 😭

I heard back on the 15th working day post app. So you shouldn't assume pfo tbh.