TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2024-5
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Hello everyone, received an invite to the K&S AC for next week. Does anyone have any tips? (I saw the 2021 insight, it was very helpful!)
This has been asked a million times I'm sure lol but does anyone have a list or can you direct me towards the list of firms that have a healthy direct TC intake? Preferably over 50%
Thank you!
Thank you!
vac scheme has started at the firm i work at and got rejected from and it is PAINFUL seeing the students walk past ☹️
I did it yesterday, went terribly! 😅 Had 1 motivational and 3 competency based questions
I'd say focus on their values. There's not much else to do. There was a good video once. It was top 10 trainee skills. Paul Gascoyne made it, IIRC. I don't know where it's gone.
This video could be helpful though.
I do think being consistent helps. Especially on those sliding answer questions.
Where firms recruit from (Vacation Scheme vs Direct TC applications) 2024-2025
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Has anyone got pass the application stage for a TC if they have work experience but not a vac scheme/ paralegal role
Does Withers' Cappfinity test include any video questions?
it is:
1) the same fairly standard questions they did last year in terms of the scenarios which are superficially firm-tailored ("we're representing a wealthy person in a divorce", "Mr X says he owns the castle we're selling") but ultimately not really, you still need to choose whether you want to choose 'crack on with the work' yourself or 'ask the partner for help', and the answers don't really vary across firms and you don't really need to read the materials (except perhaps to work out who the specific resources you could hit up for advice are)
2) the slider thing whether you choose between 'explaining detail' or 'explaining concepts' from left to right
3) some fairly easy maths stuff which are more focused on being able to read graphs/tables and the question than maths per se.
4) some watson-glaser/logic questions that I've seen about five times before (couriers getting to work, shares of firm A, B, C and D, etc.)
but no VI.
after you've done it you'll get a useless feedback report that gives you no idea how you've actually performed.
Anybody heard from PHB about ACs they’re next week? The deadline only closed Monday to be fair.
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I hear you - seeing the vac schemers at the firm you got rejected from must be really tough, and it’s completely valid to feel that way. But this isn’t the end of the road.
Remember, you can always apply again next year, and there are so many firms out there that would be lucky to have you. One closed door doesn’t define your future. Every setback is just a setup for a comeback, and your journey isn’t over yet. Keep going, because your moment will come!
The rank order questions seemed OK. I never know with sliding questions. How far should you slide idk? Went as well as I expected. Reasoning questions were a mixed bag. Never passed a Cappfinity test before. Not hopeful about this one either.How did everyone find the Ashurst Cappfinity test? I thought it was quite ok - especially the "case studies" were quite straightforward
Does anyone who has a Brown Rudnick Interview, or has previously had one please message me directly?
it’s so peak interviewing at a firm and you realise half the candidates interviewing there are internal paralegals
Many paralegals also don't get interviews. For example, a previous Vac Scheme. There was one paralegal doing it. Other two applied but no dice. So paralegals aren't always successful.
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