Columbia EIP 2014 Forum

[Anonymous User]

serious question. if i know i want to do investment management/hedge funds, would you recommend i choose schulte over cravath/weil?

Jesus christ. "hedge fund work" is miserable. Schulte is not the firm representing hedge funds when they actually get involved in transactions other than garden variety trades. That's when they hire one of the usual suspects. Working at schulte is a ticket to back office work at a fund long term, which would make me blow my brains out. To each their own.

This is not to say no one should ever work at schulte, or that schulte isn't a fine choice over, say, Chadbourne or Proskauer. But really, hedge fund work? Picking schulte over cravath? Seriously? is that what it comes to?

NB: I'm an associate who works with plenty of funds, and it aint at Schulte or Cravath.

schulte feeds into goldman sachs. wouldn't consider that too shabby, for the record

Haha at this point I'm just convinced that this person snagged a lone offer from Schulte and wants to start promoting it.

[Anonymous User]

Davis Polk offer today, CB last Thursday. So that's not over yet, apparently.

Hogan Lovells DC rejection too, at last.

[Anonymous User]

wilson sonsini (NY) cb today. so that's still happening too

[Anonymous User]

wilson sonsini (NY) cb today. so that's still happening too

they called you for a cb today? or you had it today?

i applied to PA and radio silence from them...

[Anonymous User]

wilson sonsini (NY) cb today. so that's still happening too

they called you for a cb today? or you had it today?

i applied to PA and radio silence from them...

they called for the cb today

[Anonymous User]

Simpson thacher offer. Cb Monday.

[Anonymous User]

serious question. if i know i want to do investment management/hedge funds, would you recommend i choose schulte over cravath/weil?

Jesus christ. "hedge fund work" is miserable. Schulte is not the firm representing hedge funds when they actually get involved in transactions other than garden variety trades. That's when they hire one of the usual suspects. Working at schulte is a ticket to back office work at a fund long term, which would make me blow my brains out. To each their own.

This is not to say no one should ever work at schulte, or that schulte isn't a fine choice over, say, Chadbourne or Proskauer. But really, hedge fund work? Picking schulte over cravath? Seriously? is that what it comes to?

NB: I'm an associate who works with plenty of funds, and it aint at Schulte or Cravath.

schulte feeds into goldman sachs. wouldn't consider that too shabby, for the record

SullCrom also feeds into Goldman Sachs, but if you can't figure out the difference between feeding into the building across the street and feeding into the one across the river, then you probably don't know what you're getting into.

edit: different anon

[Anonymous User]

Gibson LA movement?

Someone earlier said they had a CB this week and knew of others next week. Don't know about offers tho

Bump. Any cbs this week? Offer?

[Anonymous User]

Any Kirkland CBs last week get a rejection yet?

[Anonymous User]

Any Kirkland CBs last week get a rejection yet?

i still havent heard back from kirkland after my eip screener! lol

[Anonymous User]

Gibson LA movement?

Someone earlier said they had a CB this week and knew of others next week. Don't know about offers tho

Bump. Any cbs this week? Offer?

Hey man, same anon as above. The people I know who have CBs had a dinner with GDC LA during EIP. I don't think any CBs went to people without that invite. Haven't heard anything on offers though.

[Anonymous User]

to the people asking about Gibson LA: I don't know about standing offers, I have my full CB tomorrow & I met with a hiring partner in the offices today since he won't be around tomorrow to evaluate. Apparently they typically try to do same day offers at dinner the night of your interviews. There are more interviews than a typical CB so it's a rather extensive process.

[Anonymous User]

any who interviewed at paul hastings today hear back?

[Anonymous User]

Sure would be nice if Kirkland NY would have the decency to send out their screener dings so I can call it a wrap on interview season...

[Anonymous User]

Haven't got screener dings from Dechert, Ropes & Grey, and Latham either.

[Anonymous User]

All this Schulte stuff is coming from the same guy who wants to "do hedge funds." If you'd rather do the paperwork to set up funds then exit to compliance in an HF or PE firm than work for or against a hedge fund in a contested transaction then exit to the business side in an HF or PE firm, you should choose Schulte over Cravath.

To chime in as a second year associate, getting staffed to the deal team of a hedge fund formation was by far the worst part of my first year. just so much bs paperpushing

[Anonymous User]

Anyone heard back from a cb with Skadden DC? What was the timeline?

[Anonymous User]

Are we supposed to call the partner back after receiving an offer via voicemail? They left their number if I had any questions, which I don't, but it feels weird to not acknowledge the offer.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone who did a callback with Ropes get an offer? If so, do you know the number they called you from?

[Anonymous User]

Are we supposed to call the partner back after receiving an offer via voicemail? They left their number if I had any questions, which I don't, but it feels weird to not acknowledge the offer.

I would call them back, thank them for the offer and express your excitement, and let them know you'll be in touch or whatever

[Anonymous User]

anyone with dechert ny offers up in here? maybe people are too scared to reply in the actual dechert thread but some offers went out yesterday, unspecified from what school/region.

[Slambonie3]

All this Schulte stuff is coming from the same guy who wants to "do hedge funds." If you'd rather do the paperwork to set up funds then exit to compliance in an HF or PE firm than work for or against a hedge fund in a contested transaction then exit to the business side in an HF or PE firm, you should choose Schulte over Cravath.

To chime in as a second year associate, getting staffed to the deal team of a hedge fund formation was by far the worst part of my first year. just so much bs paperpushing

Could you pm me or post here on how you like the firm? And what the potential exit options look like etc. Schulte is one of my considerations

[Anonymous User]

Advice on what to do, please. Interviewed at Cleary last week, haven't heard back. They are my top choice, although I have other great offers. Do I email them to ask or just wait it out? At this point is there a chance I'm still getting an offer?

[Anonymous User]

Can any 3Ls or associates chime in on S&C vs. Cleary for corp? Is this just a fit choice? I've posted a good number of cb/offer updates in the thread, so please don't yell at me for asking. Need the advice.

[Anonymous User]

Things haven't been going as well for me as I was hoping, so I'm going to start mass-mailing now (yes, yes, I know, I should have started weeks ago, but better late than never). Problem is, I'm not really sure how to proceed and OCS keeps telling me not worry about it until after their info session after classes start. Does anybody who has done it have any advice? Emailing a resume and a cover letter to every CLS/undergrad alum that I can find in non-EIP firms doesn't seem like it would be particularly effective nor an efficient use of my time. Should I send a feeler email first (something along the lines of "I'm considering applying to your firm, I was wondering if you could answer some questions that I have") or just go straight for the resume? I assume that I should also submit applications to the recruiting coordinator/hiring partner/whoever is listed on the website.