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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

starting monday strong with a bakers pfo featuring the condescending and generic feedback..
Episode 2 Whatever GIF
I once got a pfo from them after only 6 days
 
Are Hill Dickinson Amberjack automatic or no?

fwiw, last year I applied on the deadline and got a PFO without SJT 3 weeks later.

This time I received a generic information email that they could have sent when initially replying at 11:14, and an SJT at 12:09.

IDK if they're just going through one by one and skimming and clicking reject/SJT or if there's been some automated process to determine who gets an SJT
 

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