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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    Omg I made it through to the final assessment centre for a TC at Withers! If anyone has any advice for this round, I'd be super grateful for your help!!
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    Accutrainee Interview

    I had an interview with accutrainee a while ago and I second this!! I had only one interviewer who picked fault with EVERYTHING I said, disagreed with everything I said and then asked a number of invasive questions (e.g. list how many applications you made per application cycle, the name of the...
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    Thank you so much! To be honest, they were quite vague about timings but your advice is really helpful!! I'll try not to stress too much about it because, in my books, no news is good news!!! For now!
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    Also, has anyone heard back from Faegre with positive news? :(
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    Hello! I haven't heard back from the first stage of the Withers Training Contract interview in quite a while and I was wondering whether I should contact Graduate Recruitment to ask for an update? I had my interview on the 30th of April! :)
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    Incredibly well deserved!!! Congratulations!! 🥰🥰🥰
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    Thank you so much!! I have to do a presentation on data privacy which is totally different from what I studied in my llb and llm. However, I'm going to do my best to prep for it!! And yessssss, the maths has been hard but I've been doing more maths test (e.g. withers) this year than ever before 😅😅
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    omg thank you so much Dheepa! Yes, I had to do an initial maths assessment so I think I'm clear on that!! Did you have to do a presentation as part of your interview too?
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    Thank you so much Jessica!! I'll make sure to prep in that direction and then I'll let you know how it goes! :)
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    It's a 6-month internship, so contract :)
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    TCLA General Discussion Thread #2 (2021)

    Hi everyone! I have an interview with an investment bank coming up but it's with their compliance department. Any tips for compliance interviews and does anyone know whether they differ greatly from law ones? Thank you so much!
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Hi!! :) I've replied to your message bu for everyone else, here is my advice: You'll be meeting with HR & a Partner and the interview is formatted like this: - Motivational questions for Withers - Strengths Based Questions - Scenario Questions I would also say have a very good understanding...
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    The maths was quite a lot of tables and charts which you had to extract information from and calculate answers for! I definitely needed more time tbh
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    2020-21 Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion

    Hey so sorry for the delay (currently in the middle of finals!!) but I've just finished the tests! The verbal reasoning ones were okay - 30 questions in 19 minutes to answer True/False/Cannot say questions But the MATHS! oh boy

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