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Recent content by ruetorubble

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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Got the invite this Monday. Applied about 5 days before the deadlines.
  2. ruetorubble

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It's SJT, and there's a pre-recorded interview at the end. Was wondering if anyone here has finished their SH test and willing to share how they structure the pre-recorded interview? Do you have unlimited time to prep before recording? How many questions were there? Were there commercial...
  3. ruetorubble

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Not sure, but I think it might be automatic coz in my previous cycle there was a 3 day difference between WG test and application as well, with a PFO a month later. On the flipside, when I attended the London evening presentation I was told by grad rec that passing the WG test is based on a...
  4. ruetorubble

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Linklaters PFO but also Hogan Lovells WG-test invite. Surprised at HL's turnaround coz I submitted on the 26th.
  5. ruetorubble

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Thanks! I've put in an order for it on Amazon now.
  6. ruetorubble

    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Hi! Long time lurker and honestly still intimidated by TCLA. I recently got a Dechert invite for the pre-recorded video interview round + written exercise. It's my first time doing a written exercise and I am very nervous. I have been reading Christopher Stoakes' book "All You Need To Know...

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