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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

Donna Paulsen

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  • Sep 23, 2025
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    James Wakefield = 14 letters
    Strikingly Real = 14 letters

    You are strikingly real, and strikingly real is you! (Don’t ask how I noticed that)

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    Lawlawland

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    Oct 4, 2025
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    The RPC's Strikingly real question is the goofiest question I've encountered in the application cycle and I'm crying buckets after coming up with a half-baked answer for it because that's such a great firm by culture, my fav area of expertise and most importantly, truly diverse!

    My favourite Open Day, and I've attended 12 this cycle, that says a lot 😭!
     

    Harvey Specter

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    Jul 4, 2024
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    The RPC's Strikingly real question is the goofiest question I've encountered in the application cycle and I'm crying buckets after coming up with a half-baked answer for it because that's such a great firm by culture, my fav area of expertise and most importantly, truly diverse!

    My favourite Open Day, and I've attended 12 this cycle, that says a lot 😭!
    RPCs grad rec team after they came up with their #strikinglyreal branding and decided to use it as an app question to be #uniqueanddifferent:

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    Lawlawland

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    Oct 4, 2025
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    RPCs grad rec team after they came up with their #strikinglyreal branding and decided to use it as an app question to be #uniqueanddifferent:

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    Funny enough their Hong Kong application is completely opposite.

    6 questions, each deep ones, and 250 words...

    And then there's the London one. Just one Goofy♠️ question for 300 words.

    I mean, there should be a balance, fr. This can't be a thing.
     
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    spamelinazoid

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    Has anyone else experience this with the practice AmberJack sent alongside the test:

    "Your webcam is already in use​

    Something else is already using your webcam, please turn that off , see that the light goes off and then click here to try again."

    Nothing else is using my camera, I've cleared cookies etc...
     

    jamieclarke

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    Dec 30, 2021
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    Has anyone else experience this with the practice AmberJack sent alongside the test:

    "Your webcam is already in use​

    Something else is already using your webcam, please turn that off , see that the light goes off and then click here to try again."

    Nothing else is using my camera, I've cleared cookies etc...
    Kier Starmer is watching you bro
     

    T. Rainee

    Active Member
    Dec 17, 2025
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    Has anyone else experience this with the practice AmberJack sent alongside the test:

    "Your webcam is already in use​

    Something else is already using your webcam, please turn that off , see that the light goes off and then click here to try again."

    Nothing else is using my camera, I've cleared cookies etc...
    Ur FBI agent rn
     

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    badmintonflyinginsect

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    'Is there anything else that you would like us to consider when reviewing your application? What makes you stand out from the crowd? Don't feel obliged to answer this question!'

    Are they tricking me... do I answer this... I cba

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    just say ur donna like tf. who do they think they're talking to
     

    Harvey Specter

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    Jul 4, 2024
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    Vantage why have you jumbled up my work experience chronology what is wrong with you

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    Can someone explain why AllHires asks us to put our work experience in chronological order (most recent first), but Vantage asks for it to be done in reverse order (oldest first)???!! This shii has never made sense to me smh. I cba lmao.

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