Anonymous User wrote:
I don’t get your last statement. Every office gets a zillion applications, many from super-qualified people, so while it sucks to get dinged, it’s not a personal insult and lots of great candidates are going to get rejected - that’s just how the numbers work.
(Which isn’t meant to sound so harsh - it sucks to get dinged, so sorry about that.)
Of course. I think it's a combination of the hiring attitude--"wow, it's a great experience, apply, you'll never get better training!"--contrasted with the utterly opaque and depressing application process. I interned in two different USAOs, clerked in the district, and did my best to communicate that I wanted this job more than anything else on the planet...and to get a "Dear Sir/Madam" email in response?
Truth be told, it also might be the fact that my pals who made it into various USAOs seem to have done so with minimal effort, via the Biglaw-->apply three or four years in--->zing! track. I'm not a Biglaw gal, and despite being told repeatedly that this wouldn't hurt me, it seems like it has.
Meh.