TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Kad28]

Has anyone had a PFO from Dechert yet?

 

[msclm]

Has anyone had a PFO from Dechert yet?

if this is post written exercise, I believe they wait till all of them are done (with the last test scheduled for today) before they release partner interviews

 

[fta2024]

freshfields stage 2 invite

 

[stilltrying]

anyone else waiting for first stage Freshfields test?

yep applied for DTC on the 15th

 

[stilltrying]

Is the Reed Smith test automatic or selective submitted my app last week wondering how long everyone else waited

 

[Deleted member 40373]

assume covington deadline is midnight?

 

[BealMcAlly]

Is the Reed Smith test automatic or selective submitted my app last week wondering how long everyone else waited

When I applied to DTC last year they explicitly said they screen applications before they send online assessment invites and I also saw a few people got PFOs post application with no test invite

 

[BealMcAlly]

Anyone else going to HSFK IRIS Open Day next week?

Yessss !!! I'll dm you!

 

[BillSikes]

Anyone whether you need to complete Hogan second test in one sitting?

 

[AshAP]

Has anyone heard from Baker Mckenzie about Open Days post app?

 

[nbjani]

Also on the FF 2nd stage hype! Compared to last year I have so much more traction thanks to the advice here. Anyone have any tips that can be shared for this? I don’t often get this far

 

[johnsmith]

Nice! I made it to the AS Commercial Awareness Semi Final

 

[Deleted member 41929]

Nice! I made it to the AS Commercial Awareness Semi Final

Same! Where are you doing your semi final? I picked Skadden.

 

[Abbie Whitlock]

Is the Reed Smith test automatic or selective submitted my app last week wondering how long everyone else waited

Hi!

The online assessment is the next stage of the application process - it is not automatic

 

[Abbie Whitlock]

Nice! I made it to the AS Commercial Awareness Semi Final

Same! Where are you doing your semi final? I picked Skadden.

Congratulations both - such a fantastic achievement!! Best of luck with the semi-final!

 

[elizabethkate]

for DLA piper, does anything else have this issue when uploading the CV?

 

[AngelB]

Just got an invite for the CMS Watson Glaser, is it automatic?

 

[LawAspirer]

Anyone that did first freshfields assessment and didn't get a second invite? I did the 1st on 13th.

 

[silonthesofa]

Anyone that did first freshfields assessment and didn't get a second invite? I did the 1st on 13th.

I did the first on the 12th, so we were in that same first batch of assessment invites. So maybe an incoming PFO, but who knows. What did your feedback report say?
My two least developed skills were "we thrive as a team" and "embracing transformation", so once I saw that, I kind of assumed this one was a burner.

 

[johnsmith]

Same! Where are you doing your semi final? I picked Skadden.

Mayer Brown!