TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25

Lastseasonwonder

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Absolutely. I did this for White & Case and got to interview so I think it's useful to break things up with headings. Lawyers will often skim read things because time is money (among other things) so accessible formats have a lot of currency.
Many thanks!

@Tintin06 what question(s) did you do this for, and what questions do you think is best to adopt this approach for (cover letter, why commercial law, short questions etc)?
 

Lastseasonwonder

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Hi @Lastseasonwonder. I had used a combination of both prose and headings, as well as bullet-points in my application answers and got progressed onto the next stage. However, often times I found myself using prose. I would say regardless of which format you use, ensure you answer all arms of the question and don’t spin off on any tangents. Hope this helps, and feel free to drop any more questions if you have them :)
Many thanks @Amma Usman

But can't prose and headings be used at the same time? For instance, the below:

Heading 1

TEXT IN PROSE

Heading 2

TEXT IN PROSE
 

RonRod13

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    No but I keep getting emails from them about applying for open days that I applied for weeks ago 😭 like please just respond, please just respond
    It’s actually excruciating how long all these firms take to respond. Every other job and every other industry will respond after a week/ month maybe max. It’s a mix of too much competition and too much inefficiency tbh
     

    sammm10101

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    It’s actually excruciating how long all these firms take to respond. Every other job and every other industry will respond after a week/ month maybe max. It’s a mix of too much competition and too much inefficiency tbh
    To be fair, I've been waiting for roughly 3 months to hear back from Blackrock and 2 months to hear back from BNP Paribas post interview.
     

    Tintin06

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    Holding myself accountable (again).

    HSF ✅📝❌
    NRF ✅📝❌
    Weil ✅
    Sidley ✅
    Willkie ✅🎥
    Latham
    Skadden
    Goodwin ✅
    Covington ✅
    Linklaters* ✅📝
    Paul, Weiss ✅
    Slaughters* ✅
    Gibson Dunn
    White & Case ✅
    Hogan Lovells* ✅
    A&O Shearman ✅📝

    Key: ✅ = application submitted; 📝 = test received; 🎥 = video interview; ❌ = rejection.

    *Training Contract applications
     
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    3000to1shoteverytime

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    Dec 9, 2023
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    Holding myself accountable (again).

    HSF ✅📝❌
    NRF ✅📝❌
    Weil ✅
    Sidley ✅
    Willkie ✅🎥
    Latham
    Skadden
    Goodwin ✅
    Covington ✅
    Linklaters* ✅📝
    Paul, Weiss ✅
    Slaughters* ✅
    Gibson Dunn
    White & Case ✅
    Hogan Lovells* ✅
    A&O Shearman ✅📝

    Key: ✅ = application submitted; 📝 = test received; 🎥 = video interview; ❌ = rejection.

    *Training Contract applications
    Are you listing them on purpose by length of name or has that just happened randomly?
     
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