TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[xMontmorency]

Probably doesn't matter but if there are 2 AC slots, one from 9am to 1pm and one from 2pm to 5:30pm, is there any benefit to picking either one over the other?

pick the 9am one

Top tip (in my opinion) for picking interview timeslots is to find a time when your interviewer is most likely to be friendly, energetic and keen to have a conversation with you. Don't choose Mondays or Fridays. Morning slots, right after they've had their coffees, are better than afternoons (your interviewer probably just wants to go home).

 

[jacksollaf]

I think bakers said we would get a test invite in Feb

no no, they personally told me, I spoke with the graduate recruitment officer... He specifically told me, on the 9th of December, "We do not send out tests until all applications have been reviewed. The deadline for the Summer Vacation Scheme is 01 January 2024. We hope to have test invites out by 10 January 2025."

Evidently, they may be delayed, but max a few days...

 

[EA95]

AG - PFO, I’m starting to believe none of these applications are good enough

 

[GSJ]

They sent an email earlier this week confirming that they will give the outcome of our applications on the 10th

Anyone heard from forsters today

 

[tcla888]

Sorry to hear that. Post-app or Post-VI?

Post app

 

[EA95]

NRF TC offer!

Congrats

 

[jacksollaf]

AG - PFO, I’m starting to believe none of these applications are good enough

Not at all! We're all more than sure that you'll get something! Remember, it's not because it's a smaller firm, compared to Linklaters or HL, that a PFO means you're not good enough... Think of it this way: in an application cycle to US unis, some people get rejected from Dartmouth (the lowest ranked Ivy League university [equivalent technically to Russel Group]), yet still get accepted into Harvard, Yale and Princeton in the same cycle! A bit unrealistic with UK unis, but you get the point; it's like getting an offer from Oxford and LSE but being rejected from the university of Liverpool...

My point being: the recruitment team was simply looking for someone who aligns more with what they are looking for; doesn't mean, in any way shape or form, that you are not good enough - it's simply means that, at least according to them, you might not particularly fit too well with exactly what they are looking for! It's part of the process, just keep applying and don't forget, most firms' acceptance rate is extremely low, on average it's a 1.7% acceptance rate; keep your head up and you'll get something!

 

[pax]

CMS PFO

 

[fairbourne]

Willkie Written Exercise!

 

[FCL25]

Has anyone heard back from Addleshaw Goddard yet, post-VI?

 

[jacksollaf]

Sorry to hear that. Post-app or Post-VI?

There was a VI?? I'm still on post-app PFO to me to then I guess

 

[TC129129]

AG PFO (London)

Addleshaws or Akin?

 

[TC129129]

AG - PFO, I’m starting to believe none of these applications are good enough

Addleshaws or Akin?

 

[jacksollaf]

CMS PFO

was that post-test or just simply post-app? Cuz they still didn't send me my PFO, but I haven't even completed the test and it seems that people are already going through next stages of the application process

 

[James Wakefield]

There was a VI?? I'm still on post-app PFO to me to then I guess

Yea for Addleshaw Goddard although I did apply very early (back in October). Only a few people have heard back on here I think.

 

[jacksollaf]

I am still waiting to hear back from Addleshaws, did my VI almost 2 weeks ago. Seems like Some people have heard today.

wait, AG meant Addleshaws or Akin? Sorry, slightly confused I thought it was Addleshaws

 

[TC129129]

wait, AG meant Addleshaws or Akin? Sorry, slightly confused I thought it was Addleshaws

I think most people who say AG mean Addleshaws too

 

[Amiyrerose]

Hey, yes, I got through to VI!! Have you heard anything back??

Yes me too!! Have u taken it yet

 

[FCL25]

I am still waiting to hear back from Addleshaws, did my VI almost 2 weeks ago. Seems like Some people have heard today.

From what I've read on previous year threads for AG, those who heard back within the same week of the deadline i.e. by 10th Jan, seemed to coincide with going through to the next stage. Not certain it is always going to be the case tho lol.

 

[EA95]

Addleshaws or Akin

Addleshaws