San Francisco / Silicon Valley 2016 Thread Forum

[Anonymous User]

San Francisco seems to be the slowest and least predictable out of the Big 5 cities (NY/Chi/DC/SF/LA). I think a thread dedicated to SF can help people like me keep track of what applicants San Francisco firms are screening, giving call backs, and extending offers.

T25 Top 10% (strong ties, went to Berkeley for undergrad), my school has a small off campus interview program in SF (4 Firms 100% preselect). I got a screening interview with all four; Orrick, Baker & McKenzie, Skadden, and Morgan Lewis.

No luck with mass mail as of yet, but I've gotten bites from Los Angeles.

[bananaphone]

I'm also participating, top 16% at T25 with very strong background in VC/Entrepreneurship and decent family ties to CA. I'm 4/4 with screeners.

How many spots do you believe these firms are devoting to hiring through this round? I was told by the coordinator of the program there were 54 interviews total among all 4 firms.

[Anonymous User]

I suspect these firms will want strong ties to SF given that they also hire and do campus visits to Stanford/Berkeley/USC/UCLA/Hastings/Davis. How many calls back are they going to give out, I don't know.

[Anonymous User]

STB and Latham SV are doing pre-OCI callbacks.

[Anonymous User]

White & Case SV is also doing pre-oci screeners.

[Anonymous User]

Any offers come out of the Bay Area yet?

[Anonymous User]

McDermott, Will, Emery is doing callbacks

[Calbears123]

Any offers from Skadden PA? Had a CB but radio silence

[Anonymous User]

Any updates? I'm sitting in limbo post CB from Morgan Lewis. Is the Bay Area generally slow at offers?

[Anonymous User]

Any updates? I'm sitting in limbo post CB from Morgan Lewis. Is the Bay Area generally slow at offers?

Other places on this board have reported S&C and Skadden SV offers going out.

Personally I have had S&C and W&C CB with no ding or offer.

[dabigchina]

skadden hiring committee meets every wednesday. If you have been waiting more than a week or 2 it might not look good.

[Anonymous User]

skadden hiring committee meets every wednesday. If you have been waiting more than a week or 2 it might not look good.

Had a CB with Skadden on a Wednesday and they told me their hiring committee meets on Friday.

[dabigchina]

skadden hiring committee meets every wednesday. If you have been waiting more than a week or 2 it might not look good.

Had a CB with Skadden on a Wednesday and they told me their hiring committee meets on Friday.

Palo Alto? They told me Wednesday. Either way, more than 1 week is prob not great.

[Anonymous User]

skadden hiring committee meets every wednesday. If you have been waiting more than a week or 2 it might not look good.

Had a CB with Skadden on a Wednesday and they told me their hiring committee meets on Friday.

Palo Alto? They told me Wednesday. Either way, more than 1 week is prob not great.

Ya PA, and I agree I've been waiting almost 3 weeks now. I check my mail/e-mail everyday for a ding, but nothing. I had a good CB but only come from a T25, so I guess I'm waitlisted for now.

[Anonymous User]

Any offers from Orrick SF or PA following the super callback?

[Anonymous User]

anybody feel like it's especially brutal this year in the bay area? i can't tell if i've struck out or if firms are legitimately just taking longer.

[Anonymous User]

Any offers from Orrick SF or PA following the super callback?

What is the super callback?

I got an offer from Orrick PA.

[Anonymous User]

anybody feel like it's especially brutal this year in the bay area? i can't tell if i've struck out or if firms are legitimately just taking longer.

Wondering the same thing. I was told that I should hear back by the end of last week. So far nothing. I am assuming that those of us who haven't heard either way are waitlisted. Can't imagine firms are taking this long to send out their first round of offers.

[Anonymous User]

Any offers from Orrick SF or PA following the super callback?

What is the super callback?

I got an offer from Orrick PA.

When did you get the offer? There was a firm-wide callback where they had multiple candidates come in at the same time and rotate interviewers last Thurs.

[Anonymous User]

For what it is worth I'm pretty sure that Orrick just sent out a lot of offers (or decided to send out a lot) just based on the fact they finally sent a post-screener ding to me after like 4.5 weeks and that their big cb day just ended.

[Anonymous User]

anybody feel like it's especially brutal this year in the bay area? i can't tell if i've struck out or if firms are legitimately just taking longer.

Wondering the same thing. I was told that I should hear back by the end of last week. So far nothing. I am assuming that those of us who haven't heard either way are waitlisted. Can't imagine firms are taking this long to send out their first round of offers.

Had that happen at 2 firms already. Gotta wonder why they say "end of the week", if they know that's not going to happen for a lot of candidates.

[Anonymous User]

anybody feel like it's especially brutal this year in the bay area? i can't tell if i've struck out or if firms are legitimately just taking longer.

Wondering the same thing. I was told that I should hear back by the end of last week. So far nothing. I am assuming that those of us who haven't heard either way are waitlisted. Can't imagine firms are taking this long to send out their first round of offers.

Had that happen at 2 firms already. Gotta wonder why they say "end of the week", if they know that's not going to happen for a lot of candidates.

So I have to think that the latest would be 28 days from the "end of the week."

[Anonymous User]

Any offers from Orrick SF or PA following the super callback?

What is the super callback?

I got an offer from Orrick PA.

When did you get the offer? There was a firm-wide callback where they had multiple candidates come in at the same time and rotate interviewers last Thurs.

Oh I didn't know that, nor was I a part of it. I got an offer 7 days ago.

[Anonymous User]

has anyone heard from Fenwick & West?

[Anonymous User]

has anyone heard from Fenwick & West?

Yes, dinged today (sadly)