Quinn Emanuel Hiring Timeline Forum

[Anonymous User]

All the people who got a CB, did you get a standard form reply fairly shortly after submitting saying they would get back to you? Or was the first response an offer for a CB?

[Anonymous User]

Did all of you with good grades at T14 schools go to their receptions? I wouldn't be surprised if that had an impact considering it's straight to CBs.

Has anyone gotten a CB at a location they're away from for the summer? Will they get you to come to the office you're interested in or just interview you at the other city's office?

Yes. And yes. CB at office applied to.

All the people who got a CB, did you get a standard form reply fairly shortly after submitting saying they would get back to you? Or was the first response an offer for a CB?

Day 1. Submit.
Day 2. Standard Form: We've received your application, we're reviewing now, etc.
Day 3. CB.

[Anonymous User]

Top 10-15% at Penn/UVA, no CB from DC. Submitted as soon as grades came out. QE better watch their selectivity, I know several law review grade ons taking CBs at quinn solely to go into OCI with an offer and aren't rely considering them highly

Lol. I'm sure Quinn's recruiting team is shaking in their boots.

And for all you that haven't gotten a callback yet, don't freak out. I got my callback three weeks after submitting my materials and got an offer on the spot at the D.C. office. Full disclosure since I'm anon--I'm working somewhere else.

[Anonymous User]

Trying to decide between NY and DC (since you can't really apply for both) but having real trouble researching how the DC office is. It's not even on Vault. Anyone have any sources where I can see what the experience is like, or anyone have any experience / hear anything about DC?

[Yukos]

Must be nice having grades back so you can apply and get CBs.

[Anonymous User]

All the people who got a CB, did you get a standard form reply fairly shortly after submitting saying they would get back to you? Or was the first response an offer for a CB?

Got cb email fairly shortly after submitting, no confirmation email

[Anonymous User]

All the people who got a CB, did you get a standard form reply fairly shortly after submitting saying they would get back to you? Or was the first response an offer for a CB?

Got cb email fairly shortly after submitting, no confirmation email

What office?
- Same anon

[Anonymous User]

All the people who got a CB, did you get a standard form reply fairly shortly after submitting saying they would get back to you? Or was the first response an offer for a CB?

Got cb email fairly shortly after submitting, no confirmation email

What office?
- Same anon

Ny

[Anonymous User]

has anyone gotten a ding or are ppl that they're not going to interview just going to get silence?

[Anonymous User]

has anyone gotten a ding or are ppl that they're not going to interview just going to get silence?

I applied with a high likelihood of a ding. If I get silence for another week, I'll report back.

[Anonymous User]

Can anyone speak to the work done in the San Francisco/Redwood Shores offices? Is it primarily patent litigation?

Both are very leanly staffed, and if I applied I'd want to avoid getting pigeonholed.

(incoming Quinn associate from upthread)

If you're interested in avoiding "getting pigeonholed" that's easy to do, but there is also so much patent work that it's probably not realistic to think you'll be 100% successful avoiding it either. Most associates at those offices are involved in at least 1 patent case at any give time - but most associates are also on 2-3 cases at a time, which means it's possible for the majority of your practice to be not patent-lit at those offices. Quinn has no groups, and work assignment is totally free market, so it's not unusual for the same SF/SV associate to simultaneously be on a patent case, a toxic tort case, and a contract dispute, all at the same time. There's plenty of gen lit, soft-IP, white collar, etc. in Nor Cal to go around.

Thanks! And sorry if that was unclear; I meant to say that the online grades included those from spring, it's just that our official transcripts aren't yet available. I found it interesting because in the emails I thought they said we didn't need to wait for official transcripts.

Are you at a school that ranks its students? If so, they may want to see the "official transcript" because they are looking for the rank to be published (since most schools that rank will put the rank on official transcripts). That could explain why you're being asked for an official transcript.

All true. Can't speak to redwood, but the partners in SF are roughly 60% IP and 30% white collar, with 10% being other. Still very easy to do any other kind of litigation case, you will just be working with a different office, which isnt noticeable, and can actually be better because facetime literally = 0 at that point

[Anonymous User]

T20 school - what grades would be needed to snag a cb? Top 5%?

[Anonymous User]

T20 school - what grades would be needed to snag a cb? Top 5%?

From my T20, it seems to be minimum Top 15%, or Top 1/3% with EE/CS/PhD. We have very strong IP placement for our rank though. I'm sure some personal phone calls by our Dean of IP were involved.

[Anonymous User]

Would the firm have any issues with applying to multiple offices? I have received a CB from the NY office but am considering applying to LA as well.

[Anonymous User]

From a received email:

"If you are interested in multiple offices, please email the office in which you are most interested and mention your second-choice office in your cover letter (cc-ing your second-choice office’s recruiting contact on the email)."

That's what I did for two of the CA offices. Haven't heard back yet.

In your case, couldn't hurt to send a second email to your second-choice office, as they're definitely not dead-set against it. Can mention you already applied to NY if you want.

Edit: If you get a callback, what are your odds of getting an offer? Do they make offers to less than half the people they call back?

[Micdiddy]

From a received email:

"If you are interested in multiple offices, please email the office in which you are most interested and mention your second-choice office in your cover letter (cc-ing your second-choice office’s recruiting contact on the email)."

That's what I did for two of the CA offices. Haven't heard back yet.

In your case, couldn't hurt to send a second email to your second-choice office, as they're definitely not dead-set against it. Can mention you already applied to NY if you want.

Edit: If you get a callback, what are your odds of getting an offer? Do they make offers to less than half the people they call back?

That quoted line has been the source of some confusion. It seems to suggest they want a cover letter, and somewhere in the cover letter one should "mention" their second-choice office. Others have said it means if you have a second choice to write a cover letter explaining that you have second choice and why. Either way it probably could have been worded better.

[NYSprague]

From a received email:

"If you are interested in multiple offices, please email the office in which you are most interested and mention your second-choice office in your cover letter (cc-ing your second-choice office’s recruiting contact on the email)."

That's what I did for two of the CA offices. Haven't heard back yet.

In your case, couldn't hurt to send a second email to your second-choice office, as they're definitely not dead-set against it. Can mention you already applied to NY if you want.

Edit: If you get a callback, what are your odds of getting an offer? Do they make offers to less than half the people they call back?

That quoted line has been the source of some confusion. It seems to suggest they want a cover letter, and somewhere in the cover letter one should "mention" their second-choice office. Others have said it means if you have a second choice to write a cover letter explaining that you have second choice and why. Either way it probably could have been worded better.

I don't read that as confusing. It says write one email. Send it to your top choice office and mention that you are also interested in your second choice office (I would make a separate paragraph). And cc recruiting of the second office on the email.

Nowhere do they say they want two different emails to two different offices, though I'm not sure if it matters or will hurt you. They don't want to have to decide which office you want.

[Micdiddy]

From a received email:

"If you are interested in multiple offices, please email the office in which you are most interested and mention your second-choice office in your cover letter (cc-ing your second-choice office’s recruiting contact on the email)."

That's what I did for two of the CA offices. Haven't heard back yet.

In your case, couldn't hurt to send a second email to your second-choice office, as they're definitely not dead-set against it. Can mention you already applied to NY if you want.

Edit: If you get a callback, what are your odds of getting an offer? Do they make offers to less than half the people they call back?

That quoted line has been the source of some confusion. It seems to suggest they want a cover letter, and somewhere in the cover letter one should "mention" their second-choice office. Others have said it means if you have a second choice to write a cover letter explaining that you have second choice and why. Either way it probably could have been worded better.

I don't read that as confusing. It says write one email. Send it to your top choice office and mention that you are also interested in your second choice office (I would make a separate paragraph). And cc recruiting of the second office on the email.

Nowhere do they say they want two different emails to two different offices, though I'm not sure if it matters or will hurt you. They don't want to have to decide which office you want.

I don't see how your response addressed anything I said, but I agree it's unambiguous they want one email.

[Anonymous User]

I suppose it couldn't hurt to get in touch with the LA office, tell them I already have a NY CB, and ask if I can apply?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone know how amenable QE is to scheduling CBs after summer (like around first week of August)? Got a CB today, but will be overseas starting next week.

ETA: Does it hurt your chances of getting an offer to schedule the CB later rather than sooner?

[Anonymous User]

Current summer. Did my callback/got my offer late August. I think you'll be fine.

[KD35]

Did anyone get a CB or offer from multiple offices in the past?

[Anonymous User]

If you get a callback, what are your odds of getting an offer? Do they make offers to less than half the people they call back?

Interested in this as well

[Anonymous User]

This may be the ding email phrasing: "we will be in touch again in the coming weeks regarding your application." Since the process appears to be rolling, at best I'm WL. However, I'm sub-median CCN, so probably a ding.

I actually like QE too...

[Anonymous User]

This may be the ding email phrasing: "we will be in touch again in the coming weeks regarding your application." Since the process appears to be rolling, at best I'm WL. However, I'm sub-median CCN, so probably a ding.

I actually like QE too...

Got that exact same language from the SV office. Top 1/3, lower T14, so yeah, probable ding language.