TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
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Hey huge congrats! When did u apply? I applied 2nd Sept and still waiting… even did their first year insight day lol
CRS post-VI rejection (for vac scheme)
congrats and good luck !! did u apply for spring/summer?
i havent got anything yet and only applied for summer😿 quite sad as i went to the open day and was pleased with my app, and i checked the box telling them i qualify for the offer an interview disability scheme
The only thing that gives me (slight) hope about the waiting list prospect is that PW never got back to regarding my appointment which means if they had a set list of rejections, it would have been logical to get back to me (again this is me being hopeful). I think they want to make sure they get the full picture before sending out final offers (hopefully, but again rejections most likely)
Yes, from a purely common sense perspective I see no point of them stalling or even inviting more ppl for interview if they feel like the ones who interviewed (likely to be a ballpark of 50-60 ppl) are good enough to fill the 20 places across 2 VS.The only thing that gives me (slight) hope about the waiting list prospect is that PW never got back to regarding my appointment which means if they had a set list of rejections, it would have been logical to get back to me (again this is me being hopeful). I think they want to make sure they get the full picture before sending out final offers (hopefully, but again rejections most likely)
The inference here is that they feel most of those they interviewed were not "good enough", hence the decision to invite more for interviews. The reason they haven't sent PFOs out straight away is because it's literally the first time they're sending out PFOs and having only one interview stage means there's not enough data points or benchmark for them to reject the ones who score the lowest immediately, especially when almost all interviewees get different partners for their interviews - it's incredibly subjective.
Hello,
I have an interview with CRS coming up and I understand that the firm has a strong presence in private wealth but also in corporate and commercial clients.
@Amma Usman, @Andrei Radu, @Ram Sabaratnam, I would really appreciate any tips on how to show commercial awareness, as that is where I feel I have been let down in previous ACs
I have an interview with CRS coming up and I understand that the firm has a strong presence in private wealth but also in corporate and commercial clients.
@Amma Usman, @Andrei Radu, @Ram Sabaratnam, I would really appreciate any tips on how to show commercial awareness, as that is where I feel I have been let down in previous ACs
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This is the strangest firm name I have come across so far what the hell. 😂
Foot Anstey, Bird & Bird and Burges Salmon are also pretty interesting name choices. 🥲
Foot Anstey, Bird & Bird and Burges Salmon are also pretty interesting name choices. 🥲
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Bonus points for Poole Alcock (childish humour) and a tiny firm called Macfarlane and Co
One person got a telephone interview for BJ but most haven’t heard
I’m tired of waiting (not blaming the firms but I’m literally waking up in the middle of my sleep and refreshing emails in the morning😂😂😂😂) need some good news (or just any news/update atp to stay motivated to do dtc apps😭😭)
On that note, does anybody know if rwk Goodman vi was automatic because I don’t think I put my best app in due to time constraints but received a vi and am now worried that they might go through the app and the vi together all at once and didn’t review the app before sending the vi😔
Anyone else still waiting for CRS (London) and massively overthinking. Maybe they’re reviewing in batches? I have a feeling there’s been some offers but also just seen a PFO ☹️
Teacher Stern was established in 1967 with partners: DS Teacher, SSW Stern, RA Selby, hence Teacher, Stern, Selby. Later dropped the commas, and then Selby got dropped as well.
Foot Anstey claim they grew organically but it's not the case. Isaac Foot founded the firm Foot & Bowden (Plymouth) in 1903 and is ancestor to some of the best-known figures in British politics of the 1970s-1980s, including the journalist Paul Foot, the leader of the Labour party Michael Foot, The Lord Foot, the Lord Caradon, and Sir Dingle Foot.
This firm continued until 2000, when it merged with Anstey Sargent & Probert (Exeter), becoming Foot Anstey, then absorbing Alms & Young of Taunton in 2005, Serpell Eaton of Plymouth in 2007, and Hancock Caffin of Truro also in 2007.
Burges Salmon was the merger of Burges & Sloan with Salmon, Cumberland and Evans, although at the time of the merger there was only an Evans, no Salmon nor Cumberland. So they must have decided Salmon was a better name than Evans....
When Bird & Bird were set up it was more common to just change the firm name to reflect the actual partners BUT you also had generations of grandfathers, fathers, and grandsons, doing the same job, and they went from (William) Bird & Fisher to Bird & Moore to Bird Moore & Radcliffe (even though Moore no longer worked there). William Bird Jr was made partner, his father retired, a Mr. Strode joined and it became Bird, Moore & Strode, whereupon Bird's second cousin, Ernest Bird joined the firm and upon Strode's departure, they decided to do away with the "Moore" part and become "Bird & Bird" thenceforth.
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