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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
I asked ChatGPT about your reply: The reply "Define 'people skills' then?" doesn’t demonstrate great people skills. While it raises a relevant question about clarifying the term, its tone might come across as abrupt or dismissive, depending on the context. Good people skills involve effective...- trainee4u
- Post #20,716
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Typically, no, it doesn't at all. 1. it's not a legally binding obligation 2. it's subject to meeting the "minimum criteria", which they will never disclose. I have ticked the box, and not been offered an interview. While it certainly appears to imply that you have an increased chance of an...- trainee4u
- Post #20,712
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
As long as you don't write Slaughter & May (you will be insta-slaughtered) or Paul Weiss (the paul, bearers will cremate you) , it's probably too minor a detail to worry about.- trainee4u
- Post #3,332
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
It's sometimes possible to do this remotely, but less likely for smaller cohorts. You can ask though.- trainee4u
- Post #20,706
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
It really depends what you've managed to get out in the rest of the form, and what else you might have to say. For example I would say "I am able to take SQE2 at the next sitting, with or without a preparation course, and would be able to start before 2027, if convenient." Academic...- trainee4u
- Post #3,318
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
4 minutes, twenty questions, 12 seconds each, I suggest making sure you have a good PC, internet connection, and a mouse (laptop trackpad/pointer slows you down).- trainee4u
- Post #20,683
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
honestly the firm did so much damage to its reputation with the Post Office case, I'm not sure how they think that recruitment processes like this are a step in the right direction. "ooh we have a reputational issue, what can we do, oh I know, let's make everything based on a short SJT, then...- trainee4u
- Post #20,675
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
they say yes but I don't honestly remember The first stage of our process is a short application form. You’ll be asked to share details of your undergraduate degree and any further vocational education, your life history, and information as part of the Rare Contextualised Recruitment System...- trainee4u
- Post #20,669
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
That's crazy. 9877 is essentially perfect. Were there any diversity related questions on the application form? I don't remember.- trainee4u
- Post #20,666
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
but what about their verbal and numerical scores? Mine were: Verbal: Highest Numerical: highest 4377 PFO- trainee4u
- Post #20,659
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
the first one is boilerplate copy-paste identical to all your other applications on allhires. for example 2024-2025 "McDonalds, Blackpool" "Developed customer service skills, dealing with drunken customers" (etc.) You'd list your jobs and bullet points for the skills developed and notable...- trainee4u
- Post #3,285
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
so apparently this was good enough, got email for Teams interview.- trainee4u
- Post #20,616
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Just did the test. It was pretty easy, but I was spending too much time on the questions and managed to get #17 wrong due to rushing, and ran out of time on #20. Not sure if it let me submit or not, but I just picked randomly and gave the wrong answer anyway. 18/20, not sure what their...- trainee4u
- Post #20,608
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
so did I. Big question is did anyone get PFOed/not invited? It says: This exercise involves answering 20 multiple choice questions to test your general commercial awareness. These questions will cover areas such as: Organisations and people e.g. “who is the CEO of…?” Commercial concepts e.g...- trainee4u
- Post #20,601
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
Yes it has been made. Logic: 1. Negate the assumption: "There will never be a time when Earth can no longer sustain human life." 2. Is the statement still valid? No, the statement is no longer valid - if the Earth will always be able to sustain human life, humankind can survive without...- trainee4u
- Post #20,585
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
tbf there are plenty of advantages of SQE, but perhaps not for the average member of this forum. you can self-study SQE for a few hundred pounds, pay the £5k fees and that's cheaper than GDL. SQE includes the entire GDL syllabus so GDL doesn't really serve much purpose and in the long run...- trainee4u
- Post #20,583
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
the classes are done every day for different students over a whole week. So for example if you've a class scheduled for Monday you can apply to switch (for that week) to Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not to a different week. If you miss a whole week and are self-funding there are...- trainee4u
- Post #20,522
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
she's taken down her linkedin, which was up when I checked earlier. it appeared that she was out of work for a few months. in this kind of scenario she might well not have disclosed the circumstances of her departure to her new employers, who might not be too impressed!- trainee4u
- Post #20,514
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check/7252033/ Interesting. LLB (first class) from KCL A*A*A* from elite London private school Macfarlanes paralegal. Went to AC for TC in 2023. "repeatedly accessed information that was confidential and which she knew or ought to have known she was...- trainee4u
- Post #20,483
- Forum: Applications Discussion
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
It's a normal commuting time; distance is possibly a different matter. E.g., somewhere like Tunbridge Wells is a desirable commuter town, and is 54 minutes from London, which is going to be well over 1 hr 20 minutes door-to-door. A season ticket is £154/week. OTOH somewhere like Coventry is...- trainee4u
- Post #20,475
- Forum: Applications Discussion