TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Lamosophia4]

Mayer Brown PFO got 33 on the amberjack pillars so I was hopeful 😞😞

 

[radssss]

Has anyone who applied to birketts on the deadline day or a day before that received the assessment? Is it fair for me to assume a pfo atp or do they send assessments in batches (I don’t think so because their website states interviews will happen end Jan - start Feb).

 

[summersun]

I love firms like vwv😍😍😍😍😍😍 I wish all firms had 5 mins short tests like them especially the ones that make you do a vi after anyways😡

I know it was so quick and I can understand ly results based on the answers I gave!
Btw do you know if it is automatic?

 

[trainee4u]

I love firms like vwv😍😍😍😍😍😍 I wish all firms had 5 mins short tests like them especially the ones that make you do a vi after anyways😡

What was this? I got the invite today and I was like Neurosight!?

So I've put off doing it. Is it a SJT?!

 

[kukubird]

Hi sorry to hear this was this post application, stage 1 or stage 2? I haven't heard back post stage 2 yet

Stage 1

 

[sbbusybee]

I didn't even apply for Latham and I've noticed people doing this (as well as for Bakers).

I think as a matter of courtesy, if people ask for AC insights re a particular firm on this public forum (as opposed to a private message), they could inform the forum of the scheme they applied for and ideally a brief timeline of the correspondence they received up to AC, as this would help to appease the stress other applicants may experience as a result of their post. Just a thought!

Agreed! It doesn’t hurt anyone to say which scheme the AC is for

 

[radssss]

I know it was so quick and I can understand ly results based on the answers I gave!
Btw do you know if it is automatic?

I don’t think it’s automatic, email says -
Thank you for submitting your application to join VWV. After reviewing your application, we’re delighted to invite you to the next stage of the process - our online assessment.

Also can I ask how long did Shepard wedderburn take to get back to u post test?

 

[radssss]

What was this? I got the invite today and I was like Neurosight!?

So I've put off doing it. Is it a SJT?!

@summersun may be able to advise - I am yet to take it tonight but I’m gonna assume it’s like the test Fieldfisher used last year (I’m on waitlist this year so am unsure if they used that same test this year too)

 

[badmintonflyinginsect]

What is Milbank's contact email?

 

[summersun]

What was this? I got the invite today and I was like Neurosight!?

So I've put off doing it. Is it a SJT?!

Not really it's very quick and kind of like the sliders in SJT so you just say what you prefer

 

[summersun]

I don’t think it’s automatic, email says -
Thank you for submitting your application to join VWV. After reviewing your application, we’re delighted to invite you to the next stage of the process - our online assessment.

Also can I ask how long did Shepard wedderburn take to get back to u post test?

Hi
it took them 3 days to reply (including the weekend) so they were very quick.

 

[radssss]

Hi
it took them 3 days to reply (including the weekend) so they were very quick.

Been 3 days for me today including weekend so hoping for the best! Thank you for letting me know!

 

[summersun]

Been 3 days for me today including weekend so hoping for the best! Thank you for letting me know!

hope you receive good news soon !!!

 

[boots pharmacy]

A really dumb question, I would like to know if people have progressed to next stages when they did video interview at night (with lights on). For some reasons I always think that it's unprofessional to do video interviews without natural day light, but I don't have any time when the natural day light is there

Yes, all progressions I have so far were from VI's I did at night.

 

[Deleted member 43292]

January has been one anxiety ridden rollercoaster !

this speaks volumes given it has only been 12 days into January 😂

On a different note, I am once again itching to hear back positively from another firm please please please... that one PFO today wasn't enough to satiate me (why do I feel like an addict?)

Edit: not that I know what being an addict actually feels like, but you know, speaking hypothetically and stuff

 

[j.a55293]

Has anyone heard from Perkins Coie today?

 

[Novaa]

January has been one anxiety ridden rollercoaster !

Everyone else: “I can’t wait to achieve my New Years Resolution 😍”

*Meanwhile VS/TC Applicants waiting to hear back on an application they submitted in November*

 

[trainee4u]

Not really it's very quick and kind of like the sliders in SJT so you just say what you prefer

Ok, just done it now - it was definitely quite straight forward. Most of the time just choose between two options, and at the end there were some with three or four options.

I assume there's some marketing pseudoscientific BS where they claim the "hold your mouse over the question" thing is making it more authentic, but I don't think it really makes any difference, and candidates just choose the answer they think the firm wants in a lawyer.

 

[Dannie]

Mishcon chat bot is straight forward, just the questions they normally ask! You can finish it off in 40 min if you just make sure your answers are thorough - then you won't get any follow ups!