TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23

[hirene]

Anyone heard from trowers?

 

[F12M34L]

I believe you have to do another WG in the AC to verify the WG you did online

I heard its just a critical thinking test similar to WGT

 

[Zaidoz10]

Anyone heard from trowers?

Trowers said in the application confirmation email that they’ll get back to people in the end of August. So probably in about 2 weeks I’d say.

 

[Noodles]

HI @Jessica Booker
Anything I can do to speed up Premium Access approval?
Thanks in advance

 

[LawGirl2023]

I heard its just a critical thinking test similar to WGT

I’ve done it before, pretty sure it was just another Watson Glaser test

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

HI @Jessica Booker
Anything I can do to speed up Premium Access approval?
Thanks in advance

Sorry, I am not quite sure what you mean here. What type of access are you looking for?

 

[Noodles]

Sorry, I am not quite sure what you mean here. What type of access are you looking for?

Ah sorry,
I have purchased Premium Gold but cannot yet access the Private Group/Forum

 

[TCLA Community Assistant]

Ah sorry,
I have purchased Premium Gold but cannot yet access the Private Group/Forum

Please PM me proof of purchase, and I can give you access to the forum content - I haven’t got access to the e-learning platform though, but can ask the team to process this tomorrow morning.

 

[Noodles]

Please PM me proof of purchase, and I can give you access to the forum content - I haven’t got access to the e-learning platform though, but can ask the team to process this tomorrow morning.

Thanks! I appear to have access to the e-learning, just not the forum - have PM'd

 

[mkt]

Anyone heard from White & Case?

 

[ab01]

I believe you have to do another WG in the AC to verify the WG you did online

Yeah that’s true! Although it’s a bit silly. As GR said the WG test done during the AC is not taken into account, just your other interviews are (I completed a VS with them last year)

 

[LawGirl2023]

Morning all! Fingers crossed we hear back with some good news today 🤞🙏

 

[lolamcd1]

Has anyone heard back from Farrer a after a first round interview?

 

[Tintin06]

White & Case Re…
…ally taking their time

 

[ComplianceChange]

That would be appreciated. I’ve not passed any WG I’ve taken since 2017, and did VSs at firms that don’t rely on it like Slaughters, Debevoise and Travers. I also got the V&E VI, and ACs at Cleary, Jones Day and Milbank who don’t use the WG.

My highest WG score ever was 77% for HL in 2020.

I’m unsure whether to focus on firms that don’t use any psychometric testing or invest time into the WG as well as networking and application technique.

If you have been applying since 2017, and have had various vac schemes at firms I think maybe you need to focus your energies on your interview strategy/ how you come across off paper.

 

[M0M007]

White & Case Re…
…ally taking their time

Should we email them?

 

[InvesmentBanker]

My worst application gaffe is abbreviating Squire Patton Boggs to SQB (instead of SPB). I obviously exacerbated this by proudly stating that my strongest trait is attention to detail.

 

[Tintin06]

If you have been applying since 2017, and have had various vac schemes at firms I think maybe you need to focus your energies on your interview strategy/ how you come across off paper.

Thank you. Sixth time lucky, hopefully! 🤞🏻

 

[Tintin06]

Should we email them?

😬 I don’t want grad rec to know me as someone who pesters (particularly as it’s probably a first impression). A Macfarlanes Associate once told me that to get a TC, “you need to be the kind of person who’ll get it anyway”. I feel like badgering graduate recruitment doesn’t help.

 

[InvesmentBanker]

I had a thought recently: do you think graduate recruitment do not take mitigating circumstances seriously anymore because most candidates who do not meet the grade threshold probably cite such reasons as the cause? Without a doubt, many candidates have mitigating circumstances... but I have a feeling a lot of candidates exploit this section. I wonder if recruiters can distinguish the real from the fake.