bulinus wrote:Any tips on the timeline for CBs following PLIP? Thinking about heading out of the country from Aug 2nd-10th.
I've heard people who got callback offers at PLIP itself. Keep in mind though that these were shining stars (think multiple relevant years of work experience, top schools, and perhaps even a Ph.D. to boot). One woman who hit all three of these bonus points, plus had a minority status to boot was given an offer at the end of the screener interview. However, that is pretty much the unicorn of PLIP.
It also depends on the firms and the area. Many of the New York firms all seem to do callbacks very quickly after PLIP and before fall classes start so that they can arrange their interviewees to do a bunch of callbacks to multiple firms in NYC on the same trip (and split the costs between them for travel). I've heard the west coast does something similar, but I didn't keep tabs on that market last year. I know other areas are pretty much 'whenever they get around to it.' Some firms were on the ball and did callbacks quickly so as to not interfere too much with classes. Others had no idea about the world outside of their firm and maybe called you back (or sent a rejection letter) 2, 3, even 4 months later.
I agree with HbA, keep your phone handy at all times. My first callback was 2 weeks after PLIP, my last one came in early November. Usually, the bigger the market, the faster the turnaround for callbacks since they are competing and trying to snap up people before other firms do.
