TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2021-22 (#1)

[ps213]

Macfarlanes PFO - all coming in today 😂

Me too lol! RPC and Macfarlanes PFO, not the best day!

 

[ssolicitorz]

Me too lol! RPC and Macfarlanes PFO, not the best day!

Yes me too hahah- Macfarlanes & Addleshaw PFOs

 

[SolSol]

Hi! I heard back around 4 days later!

Thank you for letting me know! 🥰

 

[SolSol]

I heard back in 2 days.

Thank you!! 🥰

 

[Bradley Draper]

Macfarlanes PFO

 

[MontereyPK]

Yes me too hahah- Macfarlanes & Addleshaw PFOs

Same here! 😂

 

[F12M34L]

At this point, I think Macfarlanes hates me xD

 

[JadeWadey01]

Macfarlanes PFO too aha

 

[JadeWadey01]

Oh well, our journeys are just diverting us elsewhere

 

[MontereyPK]

Oh well, our journeys are just diverting us elsewhere

Perfectly put 👏

 

[Adrian_S]

Oh well, our journeys are just diverting us elsewhere

rejections are just redirections! or at least that’s what my inner wine mum is telling me.

also AG PFO

 

[JadeWadey01]

rejections are just redirections! or at least that’s what my inner wine mum is telling me.

also AG PFO

Love that!

 

[JadeWadey01]

Love that!

And sorry to hear

 

[Rob93]

How long does it take to hear back from Freshfields post-WG? I did mine on the 8th of August and have not had a response

Folks above saying 2-4 days. Seems a lot of people did them this week so lead time may vary

 

[Rob93]

rejections are just redirections! or at least that’s what my inner wine mum is telling me.

also AG PFO

Wine mum is always right

 

[lawgrad2]

Folks above saying 2-4 days. Seems a lot of people did them this week so lead time may vary

Fair enough, thank you! Fingers shall remain crossed then

 

[YJ]

for 'tell me a time that you have failed' would it be okay to talk about failing to convert a VS to a TC or is that just opening a can of worms I probably do not want to open? Also, should this be more of a personal failure than a professional failure?

 

[DOCO]

Has anyone heard back from Boodle/still waiting on Harbottle??

 

[ellwilsen]

Has anyone heard back from Boodle/still waiting on Harbottle??

haven’t heard from boodle - seems to be taking a while 😅

 

[Rob93]

for 'tell me a time that you have failed' would it be okay to talk about failing to convert a VS to a TC or is that just opening a can of worms I probably do not want to open? Also, should this be more of a personal failure than a professional failure?

Imo if you can show i) that you have reflected on and understood the root of the failure and ii) have taken some productive learning away from that experience, anything is fair game.

That said, it is an answer that they will hear fairly often and I'm not sure that 'failure' to convert is always really a 'failure' - imo if a candidate and a firm aren't right for each other the candidate didn't fail, they dodged a bullet.