Columbia EIP 2014 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Simpson offers out from friday CB: for anyone wondering, seems like 1 day turnaround does mean 1 business day

Anyone heard from the lit hiring partner at Cravath who interviewed with only lit on Saturday? I know corporate calls have gone out

[Anonymous User]

Ugh. Just had a rough CB interview. Interviewer decided to explain to me about how to answer questions and how I wasn't doing it right. It was a fairly insulting experience. There's still a chance I could get an offer, but I'm not sure I'd be willing to accept knowing what I know now. On the one hand I'm frustrated, but I'm also happy that I didn't waste a summer to find out the firm culture.

This happened to me at Bingham NY (not OP).

[Anonymous User]

Skadden NY offer from super saturday

[Anonymous User]

GT snail mail ding

[Anonymous User]

are people doing thank you emails? Would like to hear some thoughts on this

[Anonymous User]

are people doing thank you emails? Would like to hear some thoughts on this

I sent callback thank you emails next day, but I don't think they had any effect since I often got the call just a couple hours after I sent them.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone else just get a really weird Paul Hastings email?

Yes. I assume it's their way of saying "ding."

so we are assuming thats a ding? got it too. worth calling to figure out?

Yeah, I think calling is worth it. Can't hurt you if they've already dinged you.

It is sort of strange that there was no explanation email afterward. Maybe they don't know that there was a glitch.

[Anonymous User]

What did the Paul Hasting's email say?

[Anonymous User]

What did the Paul Hasting's email say?

It was a bunch of numbers and letters. Literally didn't say anything. Very strange (I'm assuming it was meant to be a ding, because the message subject was 'Paul Hastings Application')

[Anonymous User]

Skadden NY offer from super saturday

did you get an email or just a phone call?

[Anonymous User]

any proskauer offers?

Yup.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear from Cleary? If so, when was your CB?

Cleary NY offer today, cb was on Thursday.

[Anonymous User]

any proskauer offers?

Yup.

when did you hear? when was your CB

[Anonymous User]

any proskauer offers?

Yup.

when did you hear? when was your CB

CB mid last wk and heard today

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear from Cleary? If so, when was your CB?

Cleary NY offer today, cb was on Thursday.

If I also had a cb on Thursday but did not get an offer today, what does that mean for me?

[Anonymous User]

Anyone hear from Cleary? If so, when was your CB?

Cleary NY offer today, cb was on Thursday.

If I also had a cb on Thursday but did not get an offer today, what does that mean for me?

Same boat, I don't think we're out yet. I'd give it another day; if we don't hear tomorrow, it's probably bad news.

[Anonymous User]

Same boat, I don't think we're out yet. I'd give it another day; if we don't hear tomorrow, it's probably bad news.

I like you a lot for saying this - do you have anything to back it up though - I assumed not hearing means no offer? I had a great cb fwiw but I guess that doesn't mean much.

[Anonymous User]

Diff anon but someone did the same thing with a PW CB - had cb on the same day and other person got an offer before them, they still got an offer like two days later. Don't freak out yet.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone else just get a really weird Paul Hastings email?

Yes. I assume it's their way of saying "ding."

so we are assuming thats a ding? got it too. worth calling to figure out?

Yeah, I think calling is worth it. Can't hurt you if they've already dinged you.

It is sort of strange that there was no explanation email afterward. Maybe they don't know that there was a glitch.

Anyone follow up on this? I'm curious.

[Anonymous User]

re: Cleary

Any idea if the reception tomorrow makes a difference helping/hurting offer chance from a Thursday (last week) cb? Also, what does "business casual attire" really mean? What are ya'll wearing?

[Anonymous User]

Diff anon but someone did the same thing with a PW CB - had cb on the same day and other person got an offer before them, they still got an offer like two days later. Don't freak out yet.

Same boat, I don't think we're out yet. I'd give it another day; if we don't hear tomorrow, it's probably bad news.

I like you a lot for saying this - do you have anything to back it up though - I assumed not hearing means no offer? I had a great cb fwiw but I guess that doesn't mean much.

Basically what the person above said. I have heard Cleary takes 2-4 days to get back to interviewees - they are a little slower than Simpson/S&C/Cravath. So depending on who you interviewed with and who your hiring partner is, it's possible the decisions could roll out over two days. Possible - not guaranteed.

[Anonymous User]

Did anyone else notice that if you go to Cleary's scheduling website they allow you to schedule a CB for any office (not just the one you initially interviewed with). Do you think it is ok/allowed to schedule with NY if you interviewed with another office?

[enibs]

Ugh. Just had a rough CB interview. Interviewer decided to explain to me about how to answer questions and how I wasn't doing it right. It was a fairly insulting experience. There's still a chance I could get an offer, but I'm not sure I'd be willing to accept knowing what I know now. On the one hand I'm frustrated, but I'm also happy that I didn't waste a summer to find out the firm culture.

This happened to me at Bingham NY (not OP).

I would suggest that you consider whether there's anything you can learn from the experience. It could be the interviewer was just a jerk, but it's also possible he/she was trying to help you. I had one screener at Columbia this year who seemed like a decent enough guy but who was just a horrible interviewer. It was pretty clear within 10 minutes (maybe sooner) that I wasn't going to give him a callback, and I briefly considered just stopping the interview and spending the next 10 minutes giving him advice on interviewing skills. I honestly felt bad for the guy. But then I decided I didn't want to take the risk that it would get taken the wrong way and leave him feeling insulted (like OP), so I just finished out the interview.

[jbagelboy]

Ugh. Just had a rough CB interview. Interviewer decided to explain to me about how to answer questions and how I wasn't doing it right. It was a fairly insulting experience. There's still a chance I could get an offer, but I'm not sure I'd be willing to accept knowing what I know now. On the one hand I'm frustrated, but I'm also happy that I didn't waste a summer to find out the firm culture.

This happened to me at Bingham NY (not OP).

I would suggest that you consider whether there's anything you can learn from the experience. It could be the interviewer was just a jerk, but it's also possible he/she was trying to help you. I had one screener at Columbia this year who seemed like a decent enough guy but who was just a horrible interviewer. It was pretty clear within 10 minutes (maybe sooner) that I wasn't going to give him a callback, and I briefly considered just stopping the interview and spending the next 10 minutes giving him advice on interviewing skills. I honestly felt bad for the guy. But then I decided I didn't want to take the risk that it would get taken the wrong way and leave him feeling insulted (like OP), so I just finished out the interview.

here's to hoping this wasn't me

[Anonymous User]

Ugh. Just had a rough CB interview. Interviewer decided to explain to me about how to answer questions and how I wasn't doing it right. It was a fairly insulting experience. There's still a chance I could get an offer, but I'm not sure I'd be willing to accept knowing what I know now. On the one hand I'm frustrated, but I'm also happy that I didn't waste a summer to find out the firm culture.

This happened to me at Bingham NY (not OP).

I would suggest that you consider whether there's anything you can learn from the experience. It could be the interviewer was just a jerk, but it's also possible he/she was trying to help you. I had one screener at Columbia this year who seemed like a decent enough guy but who was just a horrible interviewer. It was pretty clear within 10 minutes (maybe sooner) that I wasn't going to give him a callback, and I briefly considered just stopping the interview and spending the next 10 minutes giving him advice on interviewing skills. I honestly felt bad for the guy. But then I decided I didn't want to take the risk that it would get taken the wrong way and leave him feeling insulted (like OP), so I just finished out the interview.

Same thing happened to me yesterday with a poor guy I was interviewing. If someone was moved to give you interview advice, he wasn't trying to insult you, he was trying to help you. Shit, it would make me LIKE that firm more. You should be so lucky to work with partners who will give you that kind of guidance when you fuck up your work.