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Idiot writing sample mistake
I accidentally sent a couple firms an older version of my writing sample which had a couple of small mistakes (missing letter and missing apostrophe). Should I send them the right version even though I already interviewed? I figured they will probably ding me for them anyway, so maybe it wouldn't hurt to. I guess I could also just hope they miss them but that seems unlikely.
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They almost certainly will not notice them and they will not notice all of them and if they do they won’t ding you for them. Don’t resend.
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I recently got a v50 offer where I made a mistake or two similar to that which you describe. I have a feeling they barely even read the sample. Do not resend.Anonymous User wrote:I accidentally sent a couple firms an older version of my writing sample which had a couple of small mistakes (missing letter and missing apostrophe). Should I send them the right version even though I already interviewed? I figured they will probably ding me for them anyway, so maybe it wouldn't hurt to. I guess I could also just hope they miss them but that seems unlikely.
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I just finished “reviewing” a candidate’s writing sample. Spent max 90 seconds on it. Too busy to read it thoroughly enough to spot a typo. Only read intro and briefly skimmed the legal argument section to see if candidate had the general idea How to Write a Brief. Can’t imagine many lawyers do a more thorough review.
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Re: Idiot writing sample mistake
Yep, that’s about how much time I just spent reviewing a writing sample... and it was on my cell phone. If you resend, however, I might run a redline to see what you are trying to get by me.Anonymous User wrote:I just finished “reviewing” a candidate’s writing sample. Spent max 90 seconds on it. Too busy to read it thoroughly enough to spot a typo. Only read intro and briefly skimmed the legal argument section to see if candidate had the general idea how to write a brief. Can’t imagine many lawyers do a more thorough review.
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I spend maybe 45 seconds looking at a writing sample. If it looks lawyerly and isn’t some weird formatted mess, it passes. If a candidate were to ask me about their writing sample in an interview, I wouldn’t even remember what they submitted.
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Mid level who does plenty of recruiting here:
(1) I don’t read writing samples
(2) I have let plenty of dumb typos slip into things that have been filed
(3) I would probably ding you if you emailed to correct a writing sample. It means you were both careless enough to miss it in the first place (which is not a deal breaker) and that you are so neurotic that you see the need to correct and call attention to it (which is)
(1) I don’t read writing samples
(2) I have let plenty of dumb typos slip into things that have been filed
(3) I would probably ding you if you emailed to correct a writing sample. It means you were both careless enough to miss it in the first place (which is not a deal breaker) and that you are so neurotic that you see the need to correct and call attention to it (which is)
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Thank you all for calming my raging OCI nerves.
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I just received/accepted an offer at a V50 where I spelled the recruiting contacts name wrong on the cover letter... so yea...
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Re: Idiot writing sample mistake
They will almost certainly not notice them. An additional anecdote to help calm your nerves - the first firm I worked at out of school jumbled the first letters of it's founding partners names into an acronym (think AMBQ). I misspelled said acronym in my cover letter. Still got an offer, and nobody noticed. Chances are, nobody will notice your error(s), and even if they do notice, they won't care.
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I misspelled the name of the firm (damn autocorrect) in 4/9 emails I sent after my callback. Still got the offer.
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