TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

[g.cl.2020344]

Me too!! So, so excited!

What day have you booked? I book the 4th Feb as I have a busy Jan!

hey congrats! when did u apply?

 

[1stCycleApplicant]

HFW AC. Slightly annoyed we have to do a critical reasoning test but oh well. Beggars can't be choosers lol...

 

[jojo23]

Does anybody have advice for the nrf Arctic Shores test?

I don't know if it's just me but when I did the facial expressions one in the past, the majority looked exactly the same🤣

 

[VMS]

HFW AC. Slightly annoyed we have to do a critical reasoning test but oh well. Beggars can't be choosers lol...

… please don’t tell me it’s the WG 😭

 

[VMS]

hey congrats! when did u apply?

Thank you! I applied 27th October

 

[jacksollaf]

… please don’t tell me it’s the WG 😭

it is sadly

 

[jacksollaf]

Me too!! So, so excited!

What day have you booked? I book the 4th Feb as I have a busy Jan!

I booked on the 28th of January, before it starts to get busy with uni

 

[VMS]

it is sadly

Ffs. I was good at that test on my first cycle, but this cycle I’ve been not doing as well. Looks like I’ll need to bite the bullet and buy the JobTestPrep kit or something.

Does anyone else have any WG prep websites they use? I’ve already used the Clifford Chance free test quite a few times. I’m scoring 80%+ in those but was only in the 32nd percentile when I did the Linklaters test.

 

[legal18]

Taylor Wessing PFO

 

[Miss Chocolate]

@Andrei Radu @Jessica Booker Hi

When mentioning vacation scheme/work experience at other firms in an application form, is it all right to name them? Because then I worry I will have to justify why not the other firm and why the firm I am applying to, whereas a brief 'vacation scheme at X firm helped me explore interest in...." seems like needs less of a justification.

 

[desperateTCseeker1998]

How long does it take people to do VIs with unlimited prep? Roughly…

 

[desperateTCseeker1998]

Taylor Wessing PFO

Sorry to hear that, did you apply for spring or summer?

 

[EA95]

Ffs. I was good at that test on my first cycle, but this cycle I’ve been not doing as well. Looks like I’ll need to bite the bullet and buy the JobTestPrep kit or something.

Does anyone else have any WG prep websites they use? I’ve already used the Clifford Chance free test quite a few times. I’m scoring 80%+ in those but was only in the 32nd percentile when I did the Linklaters test.

How do you know what percentile you were in with the Linklaters one?

 

[EA95]

HFW AC. Slightly annoyed we have to do a critical reasoning test but oh well. Beggars can't be choosers lol...

Isn’t the critical thinking test before the AC?, and when did you apply if you don’t mind me asking.

 

[legal18]

Sorry to hear that, did you apply for spring or summer?

Summer

 

[legal18]

How long does one application usually take people?

 

[rapunzel]

Does anybody have advice for the nrf Arctic Shores test?

I don't know if it's just me but when I did the facial expressions one in the past, the majority looked exactly the same🤣

I tried to pick the faces apart which sounds weird, but I tried to look at differences of eyebrows, corner of mouths, and if there were more lines on a face I just assumed they were frowning with a negative expression?

 

[MR218]

Does anyone have any advice for the Kirkland AC? It sounds quite different to the ones at other firms.

 

[legaldruid]

How long does it take people to do VIs with unlimited prep? Roughly…

I took 2 days to prepare for the first question and then did the rest in the span of 4 hours

 

[rapunzel]

Ffs. I was good at that test on my first cycle, but this cycle I’ve been not doing as well. Looks like I’ll need to bite the bullet and buy the JobTestPrep kit or something.

Does anyone else have any WG prep websites they use? I’ve already used the Clifford Chance free test quite a few times. I’m scoring 80%+ in those but was only in the 32nd percentile when I did the Linklaters test.

I brought the JobTestPrep last year and it was okay but I still found that I preformed badly on tests, so what I did instead is I made applications to firms with WG which I wasn't interested in to get practice, and I started to see the same type of questions pop up. I found this works better because u become used to the formatting of these questions and it doesn't put you off when you are doing the test for a firm you are interested in.