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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

I need VI success stories I just got cut off in one 😭
If this makes you feel better, during a VI that i (surprisingly) passed in January, I didn’t realize that I started recording for one of the questions and thought the prep time hadn’t begun, so I fully got up from my desk to quickly answer the doorbell and came back to see that i had 30 seconds left 😭 to say the least, those 30 seconds were violent at best, pretty sure i laughed at myself at some point too. You never know with these things, and they usually assess all questions + your app holistically. Good luck :)
 
Today is a special day. It’s day 67 of no response from Sidley post app… wait… 6,7… omg?!

6 7 School GIF by South Park
 
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 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!
 

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