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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Amazing!! Congrats
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    Curious to know whether anyone else has heard back from RPC post-WG?
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    Sorry to hear !! I think sometimes you can put it a really strong application and it just happens that someone else had super relevant work experience or something like that - doesn’t mean your app wasn’t strong :) you’ll defo get there!!
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    Congrats!! Hope you smash it :)
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    When did you submit your written app?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Hey :) I completed my WG last Thursday so was just wondering if they had started sending anything else/when I could expect to hear. I saw someone got an AC on here today so I’m hoping we’ll find out pretty soon
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    Has anyone heard back from RPC post-WG?
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Hey! My usual approach to these questions is a skill, a short, specific example of how I've demonstrated it in previous roles and then one/two sentences explaining why it's useful and what aspects of the role I could apply it to :) hope that's helpful. For 250/300 words I usually choose three...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I applied on the 14th so literally day before deadline :)) they’re super quick !!
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    RPC WG invite
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    How does everyone tend to approach application questions such as: "Describe a particularly challenging experience you have faced and the way you dealt with it. This could be an incident from any part of your life" ? Do you tend to go for examples from work/extra curricular activities and show...
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    This is the dream
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    For commercial awareness questions e.g. identify a current commercial issue which is relevant to X firm and explain why it's significant to stakeholders involved, how would you go about selecting the right commercial issue for that firm? Does it matter whether it's quite a prominent commercial...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Starting to lose my will with the WG test 😭 every PFO I’ve had this year has been because of this test and I felt like I had really improved with it and have made use of resources recommended by everyone. Clutching at straws but does anyone have any recommendations to improve? It feels like my...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    Most of the time yes :)) however some tests make it so you can’t minimise the screen on your computer during the test/leave the page to prevent cheating, sharing answers etc. (I think this is the case a lot of the time for WG especially) - there’s nothing wrong with printing out a set of helpful...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    It took two and half weeks for me to get mine as they review your app first so fingers crossed!!! - last year because of the rolling deadline they p much blanket rejected everyone who applied in the last week because they had over 800 apps in the last week
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    End of November!! 29th I think
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    I finished mine at like 19:45 so praying I don’t get a rejection at 23:00 ://
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    This year I’m doing about 7 but I think it really depends on you as a person and how you work + circumstances :)) last year I did loads and got PFOs v early on for each firm, whereas this year I’ve gotten further for everything having spent more time on each one. I work full time so hard to...
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    TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

    How long did it take to hear back from Bird&Bird post-WG?

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