TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[AryanAgg]

Got holding email and invited to their weekly events. They said will send PFOs in batches, yesterday they sent to some non-law candidates. The interview will be conducted in March for those who got holding email.

So they're still going to be sending PFO's the entire month then?

 

[give.me.a.tc]

Anyone still waiting to hear from CC?

 

[rs_2002!]

Can I double check that the Job Simulation and the Online Immersive Assessment for Hogan Lovells in different. I have been asked to do the Online Immersive Assessment and want to check whether I should be preparing for a video interview and written assessment or just the Watson Glaser/SJT/proof reading that is said to be included in the Online Immersive Assessment. Thanks!

 

[Harvey Specter - Presiding Partner]

Can I double check that the Job Simulation and the Online Immersive Assessment for Hogan Lovells in different. I have been asked to do the Online Immersive Assessment and want to check whether I should be preparing for a video interview and written assessment or just the Watson Glaser/SJT/proof reading that is said to be included in the Online Immersive Assessment. Thanks!

The online immersive assessment is stage 1 so in that test it’s just SJT, WG and proof reading.

The job simulation is stage 2 and that’s got an SJT, written task and 3 VI questions to answer.​

 

[FutureLawyer_]

Does anyone know how long it takes to hear back between hogans immersive test and the job sim?

 

[Willgetatc]

Got holding email and invited to their weekly events. They said will send PFOs in batches, yesterday they sent to some non-law candidates. The interview will be conducted in March for those who got holding email.

Is this a different holding email or the one that was sent in December?

 

[Laurel Lance - Black Canary]

Is this a different holding email or the one that was sent in December?

I submitted on deadline 28/11. I got it mid Jan

 

[Isobel.liddle]

Is it too late to apply for some DTC's?

 

[silonthesofa]

Anyone got a PFO from Bristows yet? I see several people got WEs yesterday

I saw that as well, but then got the WE invite yesterday, so it’s definitely not all at once any more.

 

[Dogecoin GC]

Learning agility was my weakest area for the Macfarlanes situational judgement test - am I cooked?

 

[Laurel Lance - Black Canary]

Learning agility was my weakest area for the Macfarlanes situational judgement test - am I cooked?

What was your strength? I applied to VS and got analysis as a weakness with adaptability, learning agility, and drive as strengths. Then, invited to the next stage a day later. Many got similar traits and got invited in the same day as they did the first one in the morning

 

[Bruce Wayne Attorney at Law]

Hi all, if you heard back from these firms, please lmk. I still haven't got any updates from these following firms for DTC:

• McDermott: submitted on deadline
• Gibson Dunn: submitted on deadline
• Addleshaw Goddard London: submitted on deadline
• CRS London: submitted a day before deadline
• Dentons London: submitted a week before D-day
• Arnold & Porter: submitted last week
• Orrick: submitted last week
• Mayer Brown: Submitted today

Hi a friend has a McDermott AC in the first week of March I believe.

 

[testing123]

Does anyone have any advice for the Freshfields AC for DTC? there is a group exercise, but i have never done one before, how does this work?

 

[Partcore22]

HELP!! Ive just done the IM written exercise and im unsure its been uploaded. Ive submitted it and everything but it allows me to go back on the link and do the assessment again I think- there is no confirmation that I have completed it. It was on cappfinity. Is this normal???? Im panicking ahhhpls help

 

[Magdalena6912]

What was your strength? I applied to VS and got analysis as a weakness with adaptability, learning agility, and drive as strengths. Then, invited to the next stage a day later. Many got similar traits and got invited in the same day as they did the first one in the morning

I got weakness adaptability (I can't get my head around why, this is one of the reasons I have applied to HL lol how dynamic they are and thought - wrongly I imagine - my answeres were aligned with this), innovation and work ethics as strenghts. I imagine I will get a big fat rejection? I am so confsued by this result.

 

[futureTS03]

I attended Proskauer’s assessment day recently. It was an interesting experience, the structure and level of pre-assessment information were quite different from what I had expected. Defo a reminder of how varied recruitment processes can be across firms :/
Well, onto the next I guess

 

[Rads]

Would anyone know how much time Macfarlanes might take to get back after VI stage for DTC?

 

[gggggg1234]

I attended Proskauer’s assessment day recently. It was an interesting experience, the structure and level of pre-assessment information were quite different from what I had expected. Defo a reminder of how varied recruitment processes can be across firms :/
Well, onto the next I guess

Hi, would love to know the type of assessments given e.g group tasks, case studies etc

 

[Rosie_Kitten]

I got weakness adaptability (I can't get my head around why, this is one of the reasons I have applied to HL lol how dynamic they are and thought - wrongly I imagine - my answeres were aligned with this), innovation and work ethics as strenghts. I imagine I will get a big fat rejection? I am so confsued by this result.

If you get 10/10 for everything, then 9/10 for adaptability (it's not out of 10 I'm just making a numerical example), the feedback report will put adaptability as your weaknesses even if you got a near perfect score. The feedback report is almost meaningless in terms of rejection, as it isn't giving you raw scores (like amberjack), but rather just giving you relative information.

 

[Moo&mak]

HELP!! Ive just done the IM written exercise and im unsure its been uploaded. Ive submitted it and everything but it allows me to go back on the link and do the assessment again I think- there is no confirmation that I have completed it. It was on cappfinity. Is this normal???? Im panicking ahhhpls help

I had the same exact thing but I guess it is just how the system works. How did your exercise go?