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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

Today is a special day. It’s day 67 of no response from Sidley post app… wait… 6,7… omg?!

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for those who got offer for bj telephone interview, how was your amberjack assessment score like?
I was pretty surprised actually I didn’t think I did well enough considering how crazy competitive things are getting

I got high for numerical + verbal
7,7,7 for the other

I was quite happy with my written responses as I spent a lot of time on those.
 
I don’t understand amberjack at all man😭😭 I feel like I answer in a similar way each time but my scores are just crazy different each time.

I just got 4,7,4,9 and high for applied verbal + numerical
My VI was not the worst but not great


How do people do well consistently in these tests I have no idea 😖 anyone got any tips
 
I was pretty surprised actually I didn’t think I did well enough considering how crazy competitive things are getting

I got high for numerical + verbal
7,7,7 for the other

I was quite happy with my written responses as I spent a lot of time on those.
I was pretty surprised actually I didn’t think I did well enough considering how crazy competitive things are getting

I got high for numerical + verbal
7,7,7 for the other

I was quite happy with my written responses as I spent a lot of time on those
I got 7,9,5 and high in intellectual and the middle for the numerical, so not too sure what to expect there lol. but well done!
 
They've obviously departed from that and added a written assessment onto the end. To be fair it was only a week or so ago that the WE came out but they've moved fairly quickly so far. I guess it takes a good while to read through a load of written assessment answers though.
can you please share how the VI is like? is it competency/motivational/situation based?? any tips on how to prepare?
 
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