Bay Area Diversity Career Fair 2018 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear anything about preselects? Trying to figure out if they're not out or if I didn't get any

Also discuss away!

[Anonymous User]

They're not out yet. Final interview schedules come out on July 23.

[Anonymous User]

Random question - whats the general consensus on the best firms in the bay area if you want to do corporate work generally?

[Anonymous User]

I thought pre-select results will come out this week, according to last year's posts

[Anonymous User]

I thought pre-select results will come out this week, according to last year's posts

I'm OP, but yea I'm all but sure they do since I had a firm reach out to me for a transcript update saying that the deadline for their pre-selects was Friday (I'm a quarter school, hence my initially incomplete submission--don't want to cause any unnecessary anxiety for others)

I think final schedules include lottery, I'm more curious about pre-select for now

[Anonymous User]

I thought pre-select results will come out this week, according to last year's posts

I'm OP, but yea I'm all but sure they do since I had a firm reach out to me for a transcript update saying that the deadline for their pre-selects was Friday (I'm a quarter school, hence my initially incomplete submission--don't want to cause any unnecessary anxiety for others)

I think final schedules include lottery, I'm more curious about pre-select for now

Here's the timeline:
Pre-Select Sign-Up
Jul 09, 12:00 AM to Jul 16, 11:59 PM
Alternate Sign-Up
Jul 05, 12:00 AM to Jul 10, 11:59 PM
Lottery Sign-Up
Jul 17, 9:00 AM to not decided

[dabigchina]

Random question - whats the general consensus on the best firms in the bay area if you want to do corporate work generally?

Tier 1
WSGR, Cooley, Fenwick, Gunderson

Tier 2
Latham, Goodwin, Orrick, Mofo, Kirkland (T1 if you want PE), Skadden (for M&A)

T 3
The Rest

[Anonymous User]

How many people typically go/how coveted are the spots/do we know whether we're a pre-select or luck of the draw? First time doing a lottery system, so not really sure how it works. Lol.

I bid Covington, Boies (let's hope they raise their salary soon!), Keker, Orrick, Cooley, Sidley.

[Anonymous User]

I thought pre-select results will come out this week, according to last year's posts

I'm OP, but yea I'm all but sure they do since I had a firm reach out to me for a transcript update saying that the deadline for their pre-selects was Friday (I'm a quarter school, hence my initially incomplete submission--don't want to cause any unnecessary anxiety for others)

I think final schedules include lottery, I'm more curious about pre-select for now

Here's the timeline:
Pre-Select Sign-Up
Jul 09, 12:00 AM to Jul 16, 11:59 PM
Alternate Sign-Up
Jul 05, 12:00 AM to Jul 10, 11:59 PM
Lottery Sign-Up
Jul 17, 9:00 AM to not decided

Does it mean the result will come out on July 5th or July 9th? Also, it would be Cali time I assume?

[Anonymous User]

I thought pre-select results will come out this week, according to last year's posts

I'm OP, but yea I'm all but sure they do since I had a firm reach out to me for a transcript update saying that the deadline for their pre-selects was Friday (I'm a quarter school, hence my initially incomplete submission--don't want to cause any unnecessary anxiety for others)

I think final schedules include lottery, I'm more curious about pre-select for now

Here's the timeline:
Pre-Select Sign-Up
Jul 09, 12:00 AM to Jul 16, 11:59 PM
Alternate Sign-Up
Jul 05, 12:00 AM to Jul 10, 11:59 PM
Lottery Sign-Up
Jul 17, 9:00 AM to not decided

Does it mean the result will come out on July 5th or July 9th? Also, it would be Cali time I assume?

Past BADCF threads suggest that results trickle down beginning the announced dates and may continue till the last announced date. And yes, Cali time.

[Anonymous User]

does anyone have actual interviews? I got 5 alternates, but it seems like based on the email they sent these might be interviews? I'm confused haha

[Anonymous User]

does anyone have actual interviews? I got 5 alternates, but it seems like based on the email they sent these might be interviews? I'm confused haha

All my 26 are still "pending." Pre-select will release on July 9. I have no idea why they release alternate first.

[Anonymous User]

does anyone have actual interviews? I got 5 alternates, but it seems like based on the email they sent these might be interviews? I'm confused haha

where can you see the alternate?

[Anonymous User]

i can see alternates on the 'employer directory' list--i had 5 that were "alternate" and i could either accept or reject from that page directly. fwiw i accepted all 5 and now can't change them, so I'm not sure what effect that has on final pre-selects but oh well, just doin my best here lol

[Anonymous User]

People who were selected as alternates got an email from the organizer asking them to accept/decline. The organizer told me actual pre-selects come out July 9th, and they won't be coming out any earlier than that.

I don't think alternates affect pre-selects, but it may affect your final interview schedule -- I believe if you're an alternate and get an interview, if you're at the max # of interviews (10 I think) then your schedule will drop the firms you bid the lowest.

[Anonymous User]

got 3

[Anonymous User]

People who were selected as alternates got an email from the organizer asking them to accept/decline. The organizer told me actual pre-selects come out July 9th, and they won't be coming out any earlier than that.

I don't think alternates affect pre-selects, but it may affect your final interview schedule -- I believe if you're an alternate and get an interview, if you're at the max # of interviews (10 I think) then your schedule will drop the firms you bid the lowest.

Ahh ok thank you this is great info!

[Anonymous User]

Were we supposed to accept/reject alternates right away? I had 3 in the morning but don't see anything now.

[Anonymous User]

Were we supposed to accept/reject alternates right away? I had 3 in the morning but don't see anything now.

OCI web page shows they postponed alternate sign-up to July 11 - 16.

[Anonymous User]

Were we supposed to accept/reject alternates right away? I had 3 in the morning but don't see anything now.

OCI web page shows they postponed alternate sign-up to July 11 - 16.

Yeah, whatever happened today was a mistake. Back to square one.

[Anonymous User]

Preselects are out. The alternates that I accepted last week seem to have re-appeared.

[Anonymous User]

got 7

[Anonymous User]

Anyone know if Fenwick, A&P, and Morgan Lewis are out or not?
Trying to decide if i were not invited or they firms haven't made their selections yet.

Also, anyone knows about the likelihood of getting a cooley interview with an alternate?

[Anonymous User]

Can people confirm what firms are out yet?

I can confirm Baker McKenzie and Paul Hastings.

[Anonymous User]

Can people confirm what firms are out yet?

I can confirm Baker McKenzie and Paul Hastings.

Can confirm MTO, Keker, and Sidley are out.