I'm an idiot Forum

[Anonymous User]

The recruiter was at least nice about it. I sent an apology email yesterday and got this in reply today:

Hello [REDACTED]

Not to worry, it is a common error. Your information will be reviewed for consideration. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Have a good day.

Unfortunately, I'd still bet big money that I won't be getting the job, but I guess it could be worse. That was a pretty nice reply.

[270910]

The recruiter was at least nice about it. I sent an apology email yesterday and got this in reply today:

Hello [REDACTED]

Not to worry, it is a common error. Your information will be reviewed for consideration. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Have a good day.

Unfortunately, I'd still bet big money that I won't be getting the job, but I guess it could be worse. That was a pretty nice reply.

I claim victory in this debate.

[bk1]

I claim victory in this debate.

Point - disco_barred.

[NYAssociate]

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[bk1]

I think his point that the OP has greater chances if he/she tries to fix it than if he/she does nothing is right, not that it is a much greater chance.

[NYAssociate]

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[dresden doll]

I'm not sure what you'd expect a recruiter to say, even if his or her reaction was bad. That response wasn't particularly revealing, and I'd bet a lot of money that you're out of consideration.

I also don't enjoy ripping into disco-barred. At this point, he's too pathetic for me to look good while I'm telling him he's wrong (which he frequently is). You all can decide for yourselves, and it looks like there is already sone complaining on xo.

Would not mind some elaboration.

[Anonymous User]

I think his point that the OP has greater chances if he/she tries to fix it than if he/she does nothing is right, not that it is a much greater chance.

The point is speculative at best. No way to read the minds of recruiters. His arguments are grandiose, but really ineffective in the end, since we have no way of verifying them by what happens in reality.

For my part, I will help in the verification process by posting if I get an interview. Working for me is the fact that this firm is located in a secondary market typically fed by T2 students, whereas I come from a T30 school and have pretty solid grades (not that that's overwhelmingly impressive in and of itself, but hopefully it will look good relative to their other SA applicants).

I suspect Disco was correct in that sending them a mea culpa was the best course of action to take, but I suspect you're right in that I'm still going to wind up boned.

[DoubleChecks]

I think his point that the OP has greater chances if he/she tries to fix it than if he/she does nothing is right, not that it is a much greater chance.

The point is speculative at best. No way to read the minds of recruiters. His arguments are grandiose, but really ineffective in the end, since we have no way of verifying them by what happens in reality.

lol really? i felt your comments were much more 'grandiose'

the overall gist that i got from disco was...send in the correction, hope for the best. regardless of who gets it (but i guess esp. a non-lawyer in this case might be more forgiving toward incorrect names/typos?), it increases your chances of not getting auto-dinged

increases it a lot? no way to know, but i mean, it hardly takes any work on the OP's part and can only help him...so why not? even if it is just speculative, i just dont see how it'd hurt. lol, i swear, we're all too busy wanting to rip someone a new one that we kind of miss the point of a lot of things

[270910]

I think his point that the OP has greater chances if he/she tries to fix it than if he/she does nothing is right, not that it is a much greater chance.

The point is speculative at best. No way to read the minds of recruiters. His arguments are grandiose, but really ineffective in the end, since we have no way of verifying them by what happens in reality.

lol really? i felt your comments were much more 'grandiose'

the overall gist that i got from disco was...send in the correction, hope for the best. regardless of who gets it (but i guess esp. a non-lawyer in this case might be more forgiving toward incorrect names/typos?), it increases your chances of not getting auto-dinged

increases it a lot? no way to know, but i mean, it hardly takes any work on the OP's part and can only help him...so why not? even if it is just speculative, i just dont see how it'd hurt. lol, i swear, we're all too busy wanting to rip someone a new one that we kind of miss the point of a lot of things

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[volfan6415]

I think his point that the OP has greater chances if he/she tries to fix it than if he/she does nothing is right, not that it is a much greater chance.

The point is speculative at best. No way to read the minds of recruiters. His arguments are grandiose, but really ineffective in the end, since we have no way of verifying them by what happens in reality.

For my part, I will help in the verification process by posting if I get an interview. Working for me is the fact that this firm is located in a secondary market typically fed by T2 students, whereas I come from a T30 school and have pretty solid grades (not that that's overwhelmingly impressive in and of itself, but hopefully it will look good relative to their other SA applicants).

I suspect Disco was correct in that sending them a mea culpa was the best course of action to take, but I suspect you're right in that I'm still going to wind up boned.

This actually will probably work against you unless you have some strong stated connection to that particular secondary market. Family, its where you grew up etc.... Secondary markets do not operate like NYC, LA, D.C. etc. they want connections to the region thus the student who goes to the t2 in the area is going to be a much more attractive canidate than the student who goes to highly ranked school outside area with no connection to city. With secondary markets rankings don't matter near as much as regional conncetions to the area.

[Anonymous User]

lol

[underdawg]

Since when did people think only attorneys matter?

Sigh. I never said or implied that. Thanks for the lecture though.

The point is that there is a non-zero chance that prompt correction will mean the people who make the hiring decision never see the typo. That is true. That's all I was trying to say. Now, there's also a chance the non-attorney will think your mistake is hilarious and forward your error to every attorney in the office and publish it on the cover of the next edition of Am Law.

But again, there are two courses of action: Not correcting the mistake, where the odds of it being fatal are nearly 100%, and correcting the mistake, where the odds of it being fatal drop. To what? I don't know. I was merely describing the circumstances under which it could pan out.

Yeah, I usually like when NYAssociate rips Disco a new one, but in this case it is not warranted. The point being made was that a prompt apology and correction may mean that your mistake is never noticed by the people who will be responsible for making the hiring decision. I hope that we all know to treat support staff with respect both during and after the hiring process. It can go a long way to making your life easier/better.

no, he said some dipshit thing about, oh hai welcome to the real world guys, where stupid mistakes don't matter. then he retreated and said oh it's better to try to correct than do nothing. of course the latter is true. everyone knows that and everyone would've known that if they thought about it for one second. doesn't take a brain surgeon. success rate probably depends on what the recruiter had for lunch that day

[Anonymous User]

I think his point that the OP has greater chances if he/she tries to fix it than if he/she does nothing is right, not that it is a much greater chance.

The point is speculative at best. No way to read the minds of recruiters. His arguments are grandiose, but really ineffective in the end, since we have no way of verifying them by what happens in reality.

For my part, I will help in the verification process by posting if I get an interview. Working for me is the fact that this firm is located in a secondary market typically fed by T2 students, whereas I come from a T30 school and have pretty solid grades (not that that's overwhelmingly impressive in and of itself, but hopefully it will look good relative to their other SA applicants).

I suspect Disco was correct in that sending them a mea culpa was the best course of action to take, but I suspect you're right in that I'm still going to wind up boned.

This actually will probably work against you unless you have some strong stated connection to that particular secondary market. Family, its where you grew up etc.... Secondary markets do not operate like NYC, LA, D.C. etc. they want connections to the region thus the student who goes to the t2 in the area is going to be a much more attractive canidate than the student who goes to highly ranked school outside area with no connection to city. With secondary markets rankings don't matter near as much as regional conncetions to the area.

I have moderate but probably sufficient connections to the area: Lived and worked there for 3 years prior to starting law school.

[Warhawk]

Also gotta remember to change city names...."I have family in Chicago, so I am really interested in working in the Philadelphia office" usually doesn't work too well....

Unless you really, really hate your family, of course.

[MrKappus]

Also gotta remember to change city names...."I have family in Chicago, so I am really interested in working in the Philadelphia office" usually doesn't work too well....

Unless you really, really hate your family, of course.

Haha I laughed in real life. Well done.

[IzziesGal]

Also gotta remember to change city names...."I have family in Chicago, so I am really interested in working in the Philadelphia office" usually doesn't work too well....

Unless you really, really hate your family, of course.

Haha I laughed in real life. Well done.

Ha - that was brilliant.

And it seems all this talking about screwing up on apps led me to do it as well. Techically, my email did it, but whatever. I copied and pasted the text from a different firm's email into a new email, and for some reason, when I checked my sent mail, BOTH sets of text were showing, but overlapping (???). So someone at a firm just received a very strange email addressed to both her firm and another one nearby. Sigh. Stupid email glitches.

[Anonymous User]

If it makes you feel any better, I addressed a letter as Mrs. when it should have been Mr.

Somehow I doubt I'll get an interview.