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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

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what have people written about for the 'introduce a topic you know about' on the HSF app? I have a rather niche one I plan to discuss but I think it might be too academic. What are they actually looking for? I mean obvs non-boring, somewhat curious and well-read people who can enthuse and inform ppl about things. wondering what some successful candidates might have put in the past.
Wary this might be quite late with the deadline in less than a couple of hours, but they are looking for you to present a topic with genuine enthusiasm and be able to structure an engaging, informative answer on a topic as if your reader has no knowledge or interest in it.
 
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Vantage crashed 15 mins before HSF deadline and would not let me submit my application. Emailed them and attached all of the application info required. Theres not much else to do but pray for the best. :rolleyes:

Wow. I think I sent mine at like 11:30-something, glad to escape that :(

Something similar happened to me for a different firm that used Vantage - not a crash but my entire Uni results page glitched when submitting the application so all of the fields on that page got erased - I had to email their GradRec apologising with my entire module breakdown. Can't imagine that left a great impression haha
 

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    I had the exact same problem when I did my VI yesterday!! I could have done so much better on the first question, but they were all so loaded and I got nervous!! Bad thing is the nerves never get better for me... this is my 3rd CMS VI!! Hoping for good news
    hey when did you submit your CMS app to be invited to the next stage?
     

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    Bit of odd question, I am doing the video interview course on TCLA as well. Does anyone know any videos/link showing a successful video interview answer? I am confused by the 1 minute time limit for CMS vi, I don’t think I will be able to mention 3 points in any answer like why law why firm etc. I am really struggling with the level of detail I need to include in my answer? should i just mention 1 point for every question then?
     

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    I had the exact same problem when I did my VI yesterday!! I could have done so much better on the first question, but they were all so loaded and I got nervous!! Bad thing is the nerves never get better for me... this is my 3rd CMS VI!! Hoping for good news
    I knowww I flopped the first one cos of nerves and processing at the way they worded it - like they were trying to hit a word count. All the best with your outcome, hopefully 3rd time's the charm!!!
     
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