TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

[Vasil2004]

Anyone heard from CRS (post-VI) for Cheltenham?

 

[Untilwinter]

After many many cycles and more than enough rejections, I secured my first vc!
Thank you everyone for being informative, supportive, and entertaining with good tea now and then.
I know I would have given up ages ago if it wasn't for this community so thank you so much.
Thank you especially @Jessica Booker and @axelbeugre cause you guys are always here whenever someone needs help or advice. I can't think of how difficult your job must be and how thankful I am for feeling assured knowing that I had someone to run to whenever I got stuck on a question or a difficult situation.
Now, I am panicking rn and have few questions.
How do I dress for the vc? is it formal ties, shirts, blazers every single day?
and what happens if I cant complete a work they give me on the scheme to a good enough quality? how do I make sure I do the job properly? Should I and do I prep and treat this like AC?

 

[tealzeal]

I think they might be doing their invites in rounds. They start with the first batch, and if they like everyone they interview then that’s that, but if they need to interview more they send out more invites. They told me it’ll be about two weeks before I hear back so they’re probably still doing interviews.

thanks for the info!! fingers crossed they'll get to me but it's prob a pfo atp haha

 

[Amjaya]

Any news on Gibson Dunn yet?

 

[axelbeugre]

After many many cycles and more than enough rejections, I secured my first vc!
Thank you everyone for being informative, supportive, and entertaining with good tea now and then.
I know I would have given up ages ago if it wasn't for this community so thank you so much.
Thank you especially @Jessica Booker and @axelbeugre cause you guys are always here whenever someone needs help or advice. I can't think of how difficult your job must be and how thankful I am for feeling assured knowing that I had someone to run to whenever I got stuck on a question or a difficult situation.
Now, I am panicking rn and have few questions.
How do I dress for the vc? is it formal ties, shirts, blazers every single day?
and what happens if I cant complete a work they give me on the scheme to a good enough quality? how do I make sure I do the job properly? Should I and do I prep and treat this like AC?

Massive congratulations @Untilwinter, I am so glad I was able to help in some way and you deserve this win more than you know as you worked really hard!

• When it comes to the dress code, I would recommend dressing formal for the entirety of the scheme as you want to 'dress to impress'. Every other vacation schemer will be dressed very formal, you could do without a tie but shirt, blazer and smart shoes everyday are what I would go for. I wore a tie for the first day!
• You should complete the work that they give you before the end of the scheme otherwise it will not reflect positively on you I am afraid. The secret is not get overwhelmed by the work and do not ask for too much work by different people at the firm. Get as much work you know you will be capable of doing. In fact, on the scheme you will also be busy with talks, workshops, coffee chats and social events so it is important to be very organised and show that you can do everything.
• You should enjoy this win for now in my opinion. In terms of preparation, I always recommend getting as much information as possible from people who have already done the scheme so you can get a deeper understanding of what is expected of you. Additionally, keeping up with the news about the firm, the deals it is working on and the cases it deals with is paramount. I shared some more tips on how to convert a vacation scheme and how to prepare for it: https://www.thecorporatelawacademy....ns-discussion-thread-2023-24.8037/post-169320
• https://www.thecorporatelawacademy....ns-discussion-thread-2023-24.8037/post-168253

Congratulations again and good luck with everything!

 

[axelbeugre]

Any news on Gibson Dunn yet?

I think they might have offered majority of their offers if not all of them, but it would be worth emailing them to ask for updates, and reinforce your interest in the firm.

 

[Amy Lucy]

has anyone received an update post-app for stephenson harwood vs (summer)?

nope :/ I have heard some people on the forum say that they were 'ghosted' by the firm. Unfortunately, I am assuming that, as I have not heard back yet, I have most likely been rejected.

 

[Arf1309]

Gateley pfo 😓

 

[Sharon Wu]

Gateley pfo 😓

Same
My test results are 7664
My numerical intellect was high.
My verbal intellect was average

 

[midnightsky990422]

Gateley PFO
My scores were 7643, high in numerical and verbal intellect 😢

 

[legallybrunette8]

got that nice 9am Gateley pfo too we all had such decent scores as well which is so frustrating to see

 

[hannah04]

Does SH send out rejections or do they just ghost you? I think by now they must have sent out all VIs for the summer scheme as it has been a while sine the deadline passed.

Last year I did get a rejection email

 

[tc252627]

Gateley rejection

 

[CallumJR]

FRESHFIELDS rejections post AC!

 

[amy2002]

How negatively will it have impacted me if I stumbled through quite a few questions on an interview?

I didn't feel as if my answers were too bad, just quite rambled and repeated certain words (I think I said "interests me" about 6 times). I'm pretty disappointed as I prepped really hard for it.

Any thoughts @Jessica Booker?

 

[TheLawSucks]

Is it bad to chase GR post-AC if they haven’t got back to you by when they said they would?

 

[Jessica Booker]

How negatively will it have impacted me if I stumbled through quite a few questions on an interview?

I didn't feel as if my answers were too bad, just quite rambled and repeated certain words (I think I said "interests me" about 6 times). I'm pretty disappointed as I prepped really hard for it.

Any thoughts @Jessica Booker?

You are probably picking up on this much more than your interviewers were. A lot is taken into consideration when assessing someone too, so I don’t think this is necessarily going to be a key decider in the outcome.

 

[Jessica Booker]

Is it bad to chase GR post-AC if they haven’t got back to you by when they said they would?

Give it another week and then chase them up. Sometimes things are delayed beyond anyone’s control, so giving them a grace period of a working week is never a bad thing unless you need to (not want to) find out the answer now.

 

[amy2002]

You are probably picking up on this much more than your interviewers were. A lot is taken into consideration when assessing someone too, so I don’t think this is necessarily going to be a key decider in the outcome.

Thank you Jessica, I've been worrying about it

I know it will really depend, but what are the main things interviewers will look for when determining an outcome? Is it confidence? Quality of answers? Or is it often just how you compare to other candidates?

 

[l789]

Any news on Latham first year scheme