im sure this is a common complaint but i seriously wish firms could give us feedback even if its one line :/ I’d rather hear that I need more legal experience or need to improve my answer structure, commercial awareness idkk anything over an automated rejection 😭
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2022-23
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Took my test mid December. I heard back about 3 days after my test in December with invite to phone interview. Booked late Jan and received AC invite the day after the phone interview. A classmate of mine took her test in January and hasn't heard anything from them, I think it's to do with how they recruit on a rolling basis.
JONES DAY SUMMER VS OFFER!!🤯🥳🥳😭 This is my first cycle so thank you to everyone on the forum for your advice cause I really don't know what I'm doing lol ❤️
Prepare for the question:
"How would your friends describe you"
You have unlimited time to prepare so it's a fairly stress free VI (as far as any VIs can be stress free)
Do you happen to know if they’ll fill all AC slots before managing to progress everyone through the earlier stages of the process? I’m worried that I applied too late!
Wow, how amazing. Congratulations 😊
Thanks! Can’t remember exactly off the top of my head, but around the 10th-12th January!Congrats!! When did you complete the written assessment, mine was two weeks ago and I haven't heard back yet. Should I be expecting a PFO
I’m sorry to hear that - I think mine’s coming through any minute, but wanted to ask when you applied?
Jones Day PFO post-interview! Moving on
Thanks to all those people who gave me some incredible tips Happy to help anyone who has an interview with them.
Thanks to all those people who gave me some incredible tips
Happy to help anyone who has an interview with them.I have no special knowledge but given the discussion in the Fieldfisher 2022 TC thread it seems that many people who applied later in the process weren't progressed before all the vacancies were filled.
Just got my rejection from Freshfields, so make that two vac scheme rejections after assessment centres(rejected from Hogans too).
Feeling pretty devastated can't lie and not sure how to take any of this positively. They said they'd offer a feedback call in late March which feels like ages from now.
Feeling pretty devastated can't lie and not sure how to take any of this positively. They said they'd offer a feedback call in late March which feels like ages from now.
Thanks for the info! I completed my test mid-jan so not expecting to be successful then.
Don't lose hope! All the info I have is speculative
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