TCLA Direct Training Contract Applications Discussion Thread 2023-4

[SeniorStatusStudent]

Applied to Slaughters on 26th June and still nothing - is it too early to call and ask about the app?

 

[Ray33]

Radio silence from PMC 😮‍💨

 

[Mads91837]

Anything from RPC?

 

[lawyerdreams]

@Jessica Booker Is it good form to send a thank you emails after interviews?

 

[Deleted member 9747]

at the end of what I thought was a final stage tc interview the partner mentioned he might get a couple of us back for a coffee as the actual final round.

Trying to read into this.. not sure if I was a little too nervous and they felt they couldn’t tell if I’d be a good fit

 

[Deleted member 9747]

@Jessica Booker Is it good form to send a thank you emails after interviews?

I wouldn’t, think it can only be viewed as a negative and has little up side

 

[Jessica Booker]

@Jessica Booker Is it good form to send a thank you emails after interviews?

Plenty of people do this, and plenty of people don't. It is highly unlikely to influence the outcomes from the assessments. However, I think it is generally a polite and nice thing to do.

If you do email (and don't worry to those who have not in the past, its really not that important), keep the email short/concise and focused.

Sometimes people get a bit too overzealous with the amount of things they are saying thank you for or take it as an opportunity to try and re-emphasise their motivations or try to apologise/compensate for weaker interview questions.

 

[Jessica Booker]

Just to mention I will be closing this thread after today and any new posts can be put in the 2024-25 thread I have just created.

 

[Mads91837]

RPC rejection

 

[BSD21]

RPC rejection

Same !

 

[A worried graduate]

In classic “A worried final year” style, I might be getting an AC for an in-house SQE TC.

Unfortunately, this has come a few days after I have booked the flights for a family holiday and even gave notice to my part-time job.

I still haven’t had the exact date and had been waiting to hear since April (they told me I would have a telephone interview and then skipped this step in May to an AC) with little information or updates until a few hours ago.

How sympathetic are firms to these sorts of situations and if I hassled them enough would they give more details so that I could find some sort of arrangement.

No hotel/accomodation has been booked and the plan was to go for around 3-4 weeks with the AC date working out around 10 days in and the flights were pretty cheap thankfully.

They are also yet to guarantee that I will even be invited to the assessment centre which makes things particularly difficult.

 

[livelaughlaw]

Has anyone heard from Tamimi?

 

[Lawyering13]

Macs PFO

 

[LillyandSilver]

Just to mention I will be closing this thread after today and any new posts can be put in the 2024-25 thread I have just created.

Is it bad that I have gotten attached to this thread? It's the end of an era 🥲

 

[evianmineral]

Macs PFO

 

[VMS]

PFOs from Freshfields, Sull-Crom and MacFarlanes in the past week. If PH, SH and Dentons would like to wait a week before springing any more news on me, I'd appreciate it lmao.

 

[A worried graduate]

Macs PFO

Same

 

[Lovelaw2]

Is the Trowers test automatic? Literally rushed the application.

 

[give.me.a.tc]

I

Is the Trowers test automatic? Literally rushed the application.

I think it is.

 

[VV]

Haven’t heard back from W&C, seems like people are already doing VIs and TIs? Is it definitely a PFO then?