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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by renc56 » Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:18 pm

Anyone else reading the 2016 and 2015 SEO threads like a crazy person?

Also, how much research did you all do before interviews? I was going to go overboard because it's my style.

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by us3rnam3 » Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:40 pm

renc56 wrote:Anyone else reading the 2016 and 2015 SEO threads like a crazy person?

Also, how much research did you all do before interviews? I was going to go overboard because it's my style.
I did because I had a ton of free time at work. But for me the interview was literally all basic interview questions only thing SEO specific was which firms did I want to work at. So most of my preparation was wasted because they were basic interview questions.

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by poptart123 » Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:15 am

us3rnam3 wrote:
renc56 wrote:Anyone else reading the 2016 and 2015 SEO threads like a crazy person?

Also, how much research did you all do before interviews? I was going to go overboard because it's my style.
I did because I had a ton of free time at work. But for me the interview was literally all basic interview questions only thing SEO specific was which firms did I want to work at. So most of my preparation was wasted because they were basic interview questions.
Same. Also the last was easy for me because my top two cities only have two partner firms each lol

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by renc56 » Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:25 am

poptart123 wrote:
us3rnam3 wrote:
renc56 wrote:Anyone else reading the 2016 and 2015 SEO threads like a crazy person?

Also, how much research did you all do before interviews? I was going to go overboard because it's my style.
I did because I had a ton of free time at work. But for me the interview was literally all basic interview questions only thing SEO specific was which firms did I want to work at. So most of my preparation was wasted because they were basic interview questions.
Same. Also the last was easy for me because my top two cities only have two partner firms each lol
I'm in the same boat. There are only two partner firms and they both have industries I'm interested in which is unsurprising because they are huge firms. I was looking at the profiles of the POC who were partners and seeing who did what.

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by lula43 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:06 am

Has anyone else not been invited to interview yet? :? Are my chances diminishing?

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Post by renc56 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:46 am

lula43 wrote:Has anyone else not been invited to interview yet? :? Are my chances diminishing?
I doubt it, especially if you applied closer to the 3/15 deadline (since it takes them roughly 2 weeks to get back to you). If you finished your application in January or February, then I'd reach out to see what's going on.

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by lula43 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:57 am

renc56 wrote:
lula43 wrote:Has anyone else not been invited to interview yet? :? Are my chances diminishing?
I doubt it, especially if you applied closer to the 3/15 deadline (since it takes them roughly 2 weeks to get back to you). If you finished your application in January or February, then I'd reach out to see what's going on.
Thanks! How was your interview?

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by renc56 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:58 am

lula43 wrote:
renc56 wrote:
lula43 wrote:Has anyone else not been invited to interview yet? :? Are my chances diminishing?
I doubt it, especially if you applied closer to the 3/15 deadline (since it takes them roughly 2 weeks to get back to you). If you finished your application in January or February, then I'd reach out to see what's going on.
Thanks! How was your interview?
Mine is this upcoming Friday! But from past comments/reading past years' threads, it seems to be like a typical interview and requires basic knowledge of what firm you'd want to work at and why.

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by us3rnam3 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:22 pm

lula43 wrote:Has anyone else not been invited to interview yet? :? Are my chances diminishing?
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Post by lilitiger99 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:14 pm

Does anyone know when we're supposed to hear back by? Interviewed all the way back in January after my first t14 acceptance. I'm about to deposit next week and want to know if & when I should quit my full time job haha

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Post by hammy393 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:35 pm

lilitiger99 wrote:Does anyone know when we're supposed to hear back by? Interviewed all the way back in January after my first t14 acceptance. I'm about to deposit next week and want to know if & when I should quit my full time job haha
Around late April. But someone who deposited recently said they got accepted already, so they might be using an earlier decision system based on deposit date

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Post by lilitiger99 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:40 pm

hammy393 wrote:
lilitiger99 wrote:Does anyone know when we're supposed to hear back by? Interviewed all the way back in January after my first t14 acceptance. I'm about to deposit next week and want to know if & when I should quit my full time job haha
Around late April. But someone who deposited recently said they got accepted already, so they might be using an earlier decision system based on deposit date
Thanks. Is this rolling? Earlier deposit - better chances? And does anyone know what happens if we get off the waitlist and change our pref school? (riding out 5 waitlists :shock: )

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by hammy393 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:44 pm

lilitiger99 wrote:
hammy393 wrote:
lilitiger99 wrote:Does anyone know when we're supposed to hear back by? Interviewed all the way back in January after my first t14 acceptance. I'm about to deposit next week and want to know if & when I should quit my full time job haha
Around late April. But someone who deposited recently said they got accepted already, so they might be using an earlier decision system based on deposit date
Thanks. Is this rolling? Earlier deposit - better chances? And does anyone know what happens if we get off the waitlist and change our pref school? (riding out 5 waitlists :shock: )
Doubt that earlier deposit = much better chance. I'm sure they have a batch of students that they know they'll very likely admit, and are just waiting for deposits to sort everything out. If you get off a WL and switch schools during summer, while you're working at a firm, then (I assume) nothing changes

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by lilitiger99 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:46 pm

hammy393 wrote:
lilitiger99 wrote:
hammy393 wrote:
lilitiger99 wrote:Does anyone know when we're supposed to hear back by? Interviewed all the way back in January after my first t14 acceptance. I'm about to deposit next week and want to know if & when I should quit my full time job haha
Around late April. But someone who deposited recently said they got accepted already, so they might be using an earlier decision system based on deposit date
Thanks. Is this rolling? Earlier deposit - better chances? And does anyone know what happens if we get off the waitlist and change our pref school? (riding out 5 waitlists :shock: )
Doubt that earlier deposit = much better chance. I'm sure they have a batch of students that they know they'll very likely admit, and are just waiting for deposits to sort everything out. If you get off a WL and switch schools during summer, while you're working at a firm, then (I assume) nothing changes
That's true, actually. I did ask a former SEO intern who basically said URM + good interview + T14 + USC/UCLA/strongregional = accepted. I wonder how much of that is true.

Thanks for your help !

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by HarvardHopeful95 » Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:02 pm

Anyone care to share how long these interviews normally run for or what questions I should expect? I have my interview tomorrow at 4.

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by SMSWavelength » Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:10 am

Any idea about whether you are less likely to be placed at a firm you were a paralegal in?

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Post by poptart123 » Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:44 am

SMSWavelength wrote:Any idea about whether you are less likely to be placed at a firm you were a paralegal in?
My understanding is that the firm chooses you, not that you are assigned a firm, so I imagine it makes you more appealing to that firm.

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by renc56 » Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:40 am

HarvardHopeful95 wrote:Anyone care to share how long these interviews normally run for or what questions I should expect? I have my interview tomorrow at 4.
From past threads, roughly 20-30 minutes and it seems to be like an average interview.

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by 20171lhopeful » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:42 am

Did anyone else get a follow up interview request from SEO?

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Post by us3rnam3 » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:43 am

Hopefully other people got this email too so I don't out myself but, follow up interivew with the director :shock: This doesn't seem like a good sign?

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Post by us3rnam3 » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:43 am

20171lhopeful wrote:Did anyone else get a follow up interview request from SEO?
yea, did you also have two people in your first interview?

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Post by Harry Ass Truman » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:44 am

us3rnam3 wrote:Hopefully other people got this email too so I don't out myself but, follow up interivew with the director :shock: This doesn't seem like a good sign?
I got it also :shock: What does this mean? Also, do we sign up for a phone or skype interview?

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by 20171lhopeful » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:45 am

us3rnam3 wrote:
20171lhopeful wrote:Did anyone else get a follow up interview request from SEO?
yea, did you also have two people in your first interview?
Naw I didn't but I did feel like my interview was a little more difficult than what the threads had said.

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by AlexanderJordan » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:46 am

Harry Ass Truman wrote:
us3rnam3 wrote:Hopefully other people got this email too so I don't out myself but, follow up interivew with the director :shock: This doesn't seem like a good sign?
I got it also :shock: What does this mean? Also, do we sign up for a phone or skype interview?
I got one as well. I think for any job opportunity a follow up interview would be seen as a good sign.

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Re: 2016-2017 SEO Corporate Law Applicants (Summer 2017)

Post by wildquest8200 » Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:46 am

20171lhopeful wrote:
us3rnam3 wrote:
20171lhopeful wrote:Did anyone else get a follow up interview request from SEO?
yea, did you also have two people in your first interview?
Naw I didn't but I did feel like my interview was a little more difficult than what the threads had said.
+1 - def would like to know if everyone who interviewed got this or what

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