TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26

[Donuttime]

Hi Jaysen,

Thank you for reaching out. I will send you a private message.

I posted about this user’s behaviour to warn others. Reed Smith is a firm some of us are currently very anxious to hear back from and the user tried to spread misinformation. This was the only reason for my public post, but I will remove it if you deem necessary.

Thank you in advance.

what did they say about Reed sMITH?

 

[EL2003]

Hi Jaysen,

Thank you for reaching out. I will send you a private message.

I posted about this user’s behaviour to warn others. Reed Smith is a firm some of us are currently very anxious to hear back from and the user tried to spread misinformation. This was the only reason for my public post, but I will remove it if you deem necessary.

Thank you in advance.

They have done this with other firms as well such as HFW

 

[trainee4u]

Does anyone know if Osborne Clarke's online verbal and deductive reasoning test timed?

yes you get 18 minutes for 12 deductive reasoning and 19 minutes for 10 sets of 3 true/false/cannot say verbal reasoning.

the verbal reasoning does not require any special preparation IMO (in general I think they are reasonably strict on the "can't say" if it does not follow truly logically based on the text, however) and the time limit is ample.

for the deductive reasoning the time limit is designed to cause maximum stress and make you fail due to poor time management. there are basically five question types:

• schedule the meeting in your own calendar, which is easy and doesn't take the full time but if you have spent long on the other types you will needlessly lose marks by not picking up here;
• schedule the meeting across multiple calendars, again easy marks;
• allocate the people to the meeting rooms, which is again pretty easy;
• rank the candidates one to six, which is a logic puzzle like the ones you can buy in newsagents basically, albeit the x✔ strategy doesn't necessarily work so more advanced techniques can be helpful;
• the monthly scheduling is tough but probably you could pre-print calendars for each day-of-the-week or use a second screen/second computer to make this more effective.

If you go over about 2 or 2.5 minutes per question (and you could easily spend five or more) on the last two types you will end up failing due to time management.

There is only one, fixed practice test for dr but if you do the general test it will give you questions from the dr pool and you can just answer randomly for the ones that are using numerical reasoning and inductive reasoning to avoid wasting too much time.

 

[badmintonflyinginsect]

Hi Jaysen,

Thank you for reaching out. I will send you a private message.

I posted about this user’s behaviour to warn others. Reed Smith is a firm some of us are currently very anxious to hear back from and the user tried to spread misinformation. This was the only reason for my public post, but I will remove it if you deem necessary.

Thank you in advance.

haha i know this is an immature addition to the convo but i think it's so funny they called u a Dorito. I didn't fully get it until i saw ur user

 

[I’m a celebrity get me out of here - VS/TC edn]

Just to follow up on this, if any users have information, please feel free to send this to me privately and we can take any necessary actions.

But I don't think it's productive to publicly pile on to someone without more information.

ngl their recent activity is just them dishing out thumbs up reactions to every firm posted. I'm surprised they've not said they have a freshfields DTC AC that would really get the forum bubbling

 

[EL2003]

ngl their recent activity is just them dishing out thumbs up reactions to every firm posted. I'm surprised they've not said they have a freshfields DTC AC that would really get the forum bubbling

Lol its funny you mention that because someone already claimed to have one in December if i remember correctly on the direct thread

 

[anon78365222111]

ngl their recent activity is just them dishing out thumbs up reactions to every firm posted. I'm surprised they've not said they have a freshfields DTC AC that would really get the forum bubbling

The final straw for the whole forum 😭

 

[BeanaGoalGetter]

yes you get 18 minutes for 12 deductive reasoning and 19 minutes for 10 sets of 3 true/false/cannot say verbal reasoning.

the verbal reasoning does not require any special preparation IMO (in general I think they are reasonably strict on the "can't say" if it does not follow truly logically based on the text, however) and the time limit is ample.

for the deductive reasoning the time limit is designed to cause maximum stress and make you fail due to poor time management. there are basically four question types: schedule the meeting in your own calendar, which is easy and doesn't take the full time but if you have spent long on the other times you will needlessly lose marks by not picking up here; schedule the meeting across multiple calendars, again easy marks; allocate the people to the meeting rooms, which is again pretty easy; rank the candidates one to six, which is a logic puzzle like the ones you can buy in newsagents basically, albeit the x✔ strategy doesn't necessarily work so more advanced techniques can be helpful; the monthly scheduling is tough but probably you could pre-print calendars for each day-of-the-week or use a second screen/second computer to make this more effective.

There is only one, fixed practice test for dr but if you do the general test it will give you questions from the dr pool and you can just answer randomly for the ones that are using numerical reasoning and inductive reasoning.

Thank you!

 

[TortillaTC]

haha i know this is an immature addition to the convo but i think it's so funny they called u a Dorito. I didn't fully get it until i saw ur user

To be fair they’re pretty funny just don’t want others to be mislead, actual candidates could get worried uneccessarily.

 

[Jaysen]

Thanks all - if any user is pretending to hear back from firms, we will remove them from the forum. Please do feel free to email me in the future if you need to flag this up ([email protected]) or use the report button in the forum. This will then give me time to look into it.

I just want to avoid public discussions about individuals without evidence. It derails the forum thread and it's not a nice experience if the OP turns out to be incorrect.

 

[rulebritannia]

ngl their recent activity is just them dishing out thumbs up reactions to every firm posted. I'm surprised they've not said they have a freshfields DTC AC that would really get the forum bubbling

Didn't Harvey Specter say he had an interview for a Freshfields DTC?

 

[Harvey Specter]

A confidentiality agreement for an Amberjack is crazy 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 Guess the whole forum is getting sued

Amberjack after opening the forum and seeing we breached their confidentiality agreement (I didn’t even know there was one lmao):​

 

[Adithi]

Cooley interview invite. I did the Watson Glaser test late last night.

Hi! Did you apply for spring or summer?

 

[kim wexler]

Willkie WE invite !!!

 

[Harvey Specter]

Didn't Harvey Specter say he had an interview for a Freshfields DTC?

Yeah as an alternative for stage 2 cos I requested adjustments you absolute muppet:

 

[Rosie_Kitten]

yes you get 18 minutes for 12 deductive reasoning and 19 minutes for 10 sets of 3 true/false/cannot say verbal reasoning.

the verbal reasoning does not require any special preparation IMO (in general I think they are reasonably strict on the "can't say" if it does not follow truly logically based on the text, however) and the time limit is ample.

for the deductive reasoning the time limit is designed to cause maximum stress and make you fail due to poor time management. there are basically five question types:

• schedule the meeting in your own calendar, which is easy and doesn't take the full time but if you have spent long on the other types you will needlessly lose marks by not picking up here;
• schedule the meeting across multiple calendars, again easy marks;
• allocate the people to the meeting rooms, which is again pretty easy;
• rank the candidates one to six, which is a logic puzzle like the ones you can buy in newsagents basically, albeit the x✔ strategy doesn't necessarily work so more advanced techniques can be helpful;
• the monthly scheduling is tough but probably you could pre-print calendars for each day-of-the-week or use a second screen/second computer to make this more effective.

If you go over about 2 or 2.5 minutes per question (and you could easily spend five or more) on the last two types you will end up failing due to time management.

There is only one, fixed practice test for dr but if you do the general test it will give you questions from the dr pool and you can just answer randomly for the ones that are using numerical reasoning and inductive reasoning.

In hindsight, I really wish I had printed the candidates. Oh well.

In unrelated news, I hope I hear from M&R soon, simply as they have been giving out many ACs and PFOs recently...

 

[hanahana]

Hi! Did you apply for spring or summer?

Summer.

There were lots of time slots available just now when I booked mine, so I am sure more invites will follow

 

[boots pharmacy]

Willkie WE invite !!!

Any news from Schweikart & Cokely?

 

[EL2003]

Didn't Harvey Specter say he had an interview for a Freshfields DTC?

I just checked the thread it was a person called

Icantstopeatingfood​

who said they got a dtc ac

 

[applicant457]

anyone have advice for Linklaters AC?