Pre-OCI 2018 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Weil NY CB invite this morning...applied in June

Callback --> offer was about a day

[Anonymous User]

Hearing from DP NY this morning. No screener, straight CB. Have they been making offers?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard back from STB this week in terms of offers?

[Anonymous User]

Nothing quite that new, but I know Simpson extended at least one offer last week for their NY office.

[Anonymous User]

Any movement in CHI ?

[Anonymous User]

Nothing quite that new, but I know Simpson extended at least one offer last week for their NY office.

Do you know when they interviewed whoever they offered last week?

[Anonymous User]

Nothing quite that new, but I know Simpson extended at least one offer last week for their NY office.

Do you know when they interviewed whoever they offered last week?

Simpson seems to have pretty quick turnaround, like 2 days

[Anonymous User]

Nothing quite that new, but I know Simpson extended at least one offer last week for their NY office.

Do you know when they interviewed whoever they offered last week?

Simpson seems to have pretty quick turnaround, like 2 days

I think the process--from screener to offer--took 3ish weeks. Not positive though, and I have no insight on how long it took from MM to screener.

[Anonymous User]

General question - what are people thinking in terms of whether or not to still do OCI, if you have/could have a pre-OCI offer? An offer from a top choice employer? Or would you still do OCI anyway?

[Anonymous User]

General question - what are people thinking in terms of whether or not to still do OCI, if you have/could have a pre-OCI offer? An offer from a top choice employer? Or would you still do OCI anyway?

I’m in this situation, and I’m still doing OCI. However, I trimmed my bid list aggressively after getting my offer. My thinking is that although I believe the firm I have an offer from is my first choice, another firm could surprise me and end up being my first choice later on. If you’re sure that’s not possible then I don’t really see a point in doing OCI.

[Anonymous User]

General question - what are people thinking in terms of whether or not to still do OCI, if you have/could have a pre-OCI offer? An offer from a top choice employer? Or would you still do OCI anyway?

I’m in this situation, and I’m still doing OCI. However, I trimmed my bid list aggressively after getting my offer. My thinking is that although I believe the firm I have an offer from is my first choice, another firm could surprise me and end up being my first choice later on. If you’re sure that’s not possible then I don’t really see a point in doing OCI.

This. To go a step further, if you do participate in OCI, you should feel comfortable turning down screeners that you're not interested in if you have already bid on firms. Will allow you to focus on the firms that you're really considering and make it a more streamlined process.

[Anonymous User]

General question - what are people thinking in terms of whether or not to still do OCI, if you have/could have a pre-OCI offer? An offer from a top choice employer? Or would you still do OCI anyway?

I’m in this situation, and I’m still doing OCI. However, I trimmed my bid list aggressively after getting my offer. My thinking is that although I believe the firm I have an offer from is my first choice, another firm could surprise me and end up being my first choice later on. If you’re sure that’s not possible then I don’t really see a point in doing OCI.

This. To go a step further, if you do participate in OCI, you should feel comfortable turning down screeners that you're not interested in if you have already bid on firms. Will allow you to focus on the firms that you're really considering and make it a more streamlined process.

In what ways do you think you might be surprised by other firms? I guess I'm wondering what objectively I should be looking out for if I do go through with OCI screeners. I'm trying to not let fomo influence me too much since I know I'm susceptible to "what if..." thinking. Thanks!!

[Anonymous User]

Any new movements?

[Anonymous User]

Confirmed pre-OCI offers at Latham and Kirkland, West Coast markets.

[Anonymous User]

Confirmed pre-OCI offers at Latham and Kirkland, West Coast markets.

NorCal or SoCal

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone have a CB > offer timeline for PW or DPW in NY?

[Anonymous User]

My PW Callback - offer was about 10 days.

[Anonymous User]

Anything from Latham NY?

[Anonymous User]

Anything from Latham NY?

Latham DC and NYC has been giving out offers for over a month now.

[Anonymous User]

Anything from Latham NY?

Latham DC and NYC has been giving out offers for over a month now.

Any NY offers in the last day or so?

[Anonymous User]

Anything from Latham NY?

Latham DC and NYC has been giving out offers for over a month now.

Any NY offers in the last day or so?

What’s been the timeline like between mm -> screener -> callback?

[Anonymous User]

Mid-June MM -> post-July 4th contact for CB -> CB last week - > offer this week for NYC V20 & V50

[Anonymous User]

Definitely outing myself to some, but if you’re considering doing 3 callbacks in one day, just don’t. I thought it would be fine but it was extremely taxing, and I’m someone who interviews well and actually likes interviewing. Two was hard enough because the first can run late and actually conflict with the second (happened to me) but 3 left me feeling almost nauseous afterwards. I know most people would probably figure to avoid this situation, but I also know law students (myself included) sometimes think they’re invincible in these types of situations

[Anonymous User]

Definitely outing myself to some, but if you’re considering doing 3 callbacks in one day, just don’t. I thought it would be fine but it was extremely taxing, and I’m someone who interviews well and actually likes interviewing. Two was hard enough because the first can run late and actually conflict with the second (happened to me) but 3 left me feeling almost nauseous afterwards. I know most people would probably figure to avoid this situation, but I also know law students (myself included) sometimes think they’re invincible in these types of situations

What times? I've only done 10a and 2p CBs. Were you late to any?

[Anonymous User]

Definitely outing myself to some, but if you’re considering doing 3 callbacks in one day, just don’t. I thought it would be fine but it was extremely taxing, and I’m someone who interviews well and actually likes interviewing. Two was hard enough because the first can run late and actually conflict with the second (happened to me) but 3 left me feeling almost nauseous afterwards. I know most people would probably figure to avoid this situation, but I also know law students (myself included) sometimes think they’re invincible in these types of situations

What times? I've only done 10a and 2p CBs. Were you late to any?

10, 2, and 5:30. I was almost 10 min late to the second one, but the recruiter didn’t seem to even think I was late. She said I was right on time. Third interview I was max 2 min late but they called right at 5:30 to check on me. Once I was there though the recruiter seemed super understanding, maybe because they know how time crunched and crazy this process is. My impression was that being late isn’t what will hurt me, instead it just kept me from giving my best interviews, particularly for the second one