I did an Amberjack test for SH last year and it was untimed. But definitely double check as it probs differs between firms
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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2024-25
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Yeah I just sent an email to Paul so hopefully we can get confirmation before the test deadline. 🥲
i didnt realise the first stage was SPAG 
had 2 typos that i discovered 5 mins after submitting my app!
had 2 typos that i discovered 5 mins after submitting my app!I just emailed Paul and this is one of the few questions I have asked! 🙂
Just did V&E VI, boy that was interesting 😂😂
It will be 12 SJT questions, 5 numerical reasoning and 5 verbal reasoning questions.
Paul mentioned this on the Paul, Weiss thread on TCLA a few weeks ago! 🙂
Best of luck for Paul, Weiss!
Thank you! Oh god...numerical reasoning - that'll be...a journey.
This is Paul’s comment on the Paul, Weiss thread. 🙂
I think if you click on his name it takes you to the Paul, Weiss TCLA thread!
I don’t understand… It sounds so simple- 12 SJT questions but will take around 60 minutes which probably means 90 minutes?!
The questions written in morse code or something? 😭
I imagine the numerical reasoning questions will involve quadratic equations or the pythagoras theorem for it to take 60 minutes. 🤣
I hope it isn’t too difficult because it sounds relatively simple. 🥲
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Hey @ghostyb, first of all huge congratulations for the AC, it is a big achievement! I have had presentations included in my VS/TC interviews before, though in my case I received the details of the exercise one or two days prior to the assessment and I got to use a power point presentation. In terms of your questions about what it could look like, the only one I can properly address is the first, as I think (based on my experience and that of others) that it is quite likely the presentation will be on a commercial topic. This way, firms get to test both your ability to digest and synthetize information and your general commercial awareness. As to the split - there could be many reasons for it and many ways to divide a topic in two parts; it could be something as simple as there being two different questions they want you to answer based on the same research material. Finally, I believe it is somewhat more likely that there will not be a choice of topics involved, as having a single topic is simply easier administratively and arguably leads to a more objective performance assessment.
Now, regarding preparation advice, I have two main pointers. Firstly, to improve your capacity for substantive commercial analysis, try to brush up on your commercial awareness. Listen to podcasts and read business news widely at first to ensure you are aware of all the important current issues, and then delve deeper into the stories that you think are more relevant for the firm's core practice areas. Secondly, to improve your communication and public speaking skills, do a couple of mock presentations following this structure. You can get a friend to select a few articles on a controversial commercial topic and then task you to read that under time conditions and then present a summary of the facts and your views on the issues. Ideally, your friend could then ask some follow up questions and argue against some of your points to also prepare you to defend your claims.
Finally, a bit of advice for how to manage the Q&A part during the day: it is quite possible that the partners will push back on your arguments and question your understanding of certain issues, but you need to be able to maintain composure and defend your views. This does not mean that you should never accept any criticisms or make clarifications when appropriate, of course you should. If they bring up relevant points, acknowledge that, and then seek to include them in a synthesis view combined with your points or explain why, despite being relevant, they do not carry as much weigh as the considerations you have brought up. It is important to show that you can argue for your viewpoint even when facing the pressure of an opposite opinion from someone more senior. This not only demonstrates desirable qualities like resilience and confidence, but is essential in commercial law, when many times you will find yourself negotiating or arguing on behalf of your client with someone more senior from the other side.
23rd JanI'm sorry to hear that
Jesus. I haven't visited this stuff in about 9 years.
AG AC Manchester, I’ve been through a lot to get here so I feel so happy 😀any advice would be really appreciated!
I don’t think there will be anything difficult on the test. I imagine things like basic addition, multiplication, etc.
Hopefully there aren’t any formulas or complex maths questions. I haven’t done maths since GCSE’s. 🥲🥲
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