TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[TCtoothfairy]

Okay i'm mortified... at the bottom of the email it told me to complete Assessment 1 within 7 days of receiving it, but I completely skipped past that and saw the 'Please note that this invitation will expire on 26/12/2025'......

But I guess I passed that without sitting it???

I'm so confused ?!!!!!

 

[BealMcAlly]

Hey guys super random, and idk if this is normal, but I applied to the Mishcon spring vac scheme last month and still have time left to do the first Amberjack assessment.

However, I got an email today saying that I have passed that stage and I am invited to take the SJT..... But I haven't taken the first assessment yet lol?!

Has this happened to anyone else?!

Amberjack is the SJT.

You mean you haven't done the chat based interview yet and received the invite for the SJT/amberjack assessment?

 

[Amgrad]

Do you have any tips for it? Would be very appreciated x

Just standard WE, for someone who did TW & Skadden's WE, they said it was pretty standard compared to those.

 

[Amgrad]

@Amgrad Did u hear back for next stage from SH already??

Yeah if you have question about SH just DM me! I'll be attending their OD in January.

 

[Donuttime]

Okay i'm mortified... at the bottom of the email it told me to complete Assessment 1 within 7 days of receiving it, but I completely skipped past that and saw the 'Please note that this invitation will expire on 26/12/2025'......

But I guess I passed that without sitting it???

I'm so confused ?!!!!!

So does that mean everyone who did the AI interview got shortlisted for the SJT? Because that’s insane you didn’t even do the AI interview.

 

[TCtoothfairy]

Amberjack is the SJT.

You mean you haven't done the chat based interview yet and received the invite for the SJT/amberjack assessment?

Yes, my bad. I corrected my original post.

I haven't done the chat based interview and received an invite for the SJT!!

 

[BealMcAlly]

Yes, my bad. I corrected my original post.

I haven't done the chat based interview and received an invite for the SJT!!

That's bonkers. What are they doing over there?!?!?!


****edit: the bald fairy profile pic person just needed some sleep, they did the CBI 😅👏🏼💪🏼

 

[Donuttime]

So makes me thing MISHCON AI interview isn’t that heavily weighted?

 

[TCtoothfairy]

Lol no clue... I'm hoping it isn't a mistake and it's an early christmas present, but it most definitely is something that has gone wrong

 

[Donuttime]

Lol no clue... I'm hoping it isn't a mistake and it's an early christmas present, but it most definitely is something that has gone wrong

When did you submit your application?

 

[Harvey Specter]

Yes, my bad. I corrected my original post.

I haven't done the chat based interview and received an invite for the SJT!!

Maybe they realised the chat based interview was a complete flop and they’ve decided to bin it and so now they’re gna use their amberjack to do all the filtering work for them. Baso yous were made to do that AI assessment for nothing? Idk that’s what seems to be the case with this. I do rem seeing ppl post that Mishcon were trialling the AI thing and grad rec said it at one of their open days I’d gone to.​

 

[TCtoothfairy]

Someone definitely was meant to press reject on my application but pressed Stage 2 instead 🤣

 

[Donuttime]

So makes me thing MISHCON AI interview isn’t that heavily weighted?

If that’s the case that’s kinda nuts.. I spent almost 2 hours or more haha

 

[Kakaboo]

Any insights to the Mayer Brown test?

 

[Lord Sumption]

How about we just set up our own firm? TCLA LLP has a nice ring to it. @Jaysen as Managing Partner, @Abbie Whitlock and @Andrei Radu as Senior Partners, and the rest of the community as trainees and a mix of associates depending on rankings in the forum.
A neat little international law firm specialising in Private Equity 🥹🥹

 

[Kakaboo]

Anyone applied for DWF ethnic minority and social mobility scheme? Never heard of it but thought I’d chuck an app in

 

[BealMcAlly]

If that’s the case that’s kinda nuts.. I spent almost 2 hours or more haha

Literally same. It all meant nothing 😅

 

[abc124]

If that’s the case that’s kinda nuts.. I spent almost 2 hours or more haha

Same 😭 I’m thinking they may have used us to test the chat based interview and will use our responses to evaluate it, but the real filtering will be done by the SJT. So I’m guessing all or almost all of us received it lol

 

[yasmars]

Maybe they realised the chat based interview was a complete flop and they’ve decided to bin it and so now they’re gna use their amberjack to do all the filtering work for them. Baso yous were made to do that AI assessment for nothing? Idk that’s what seems to be the case with this. I do rem seeing ppl post that Mishcon were trialling the AI thing and grad rec said it at one of their open days I’d gone to.​

Hm I don’t agree. It seems counterintuitive to bin an assessment and progress everyone to the next stage. It would also require more work for GR

 

[BealMcAlly]

Maybe they realised the chat based interview was a complete flop and they’ve decided to bin it and so now they’re gna use their amberjack to do all the filtering work for them. Baso yous were made to do that AI assessment for nothing? Idk that’s what seems to be the case with this. I do rem seeing ppl post that Mishcon were trialling the AI thing and grad rec said it at one of their open days I’d gone to.​

They were proper SELLING it saying it's to stop people from cheating. At one open day they said it's because people would do VIs and a different person would show up to assessments. Then when i went to the GROW insight day they changed the story and said this happened at a consulting firm...