2012 3L Gov Honors Programs Forum

[bg88]

I think I'm just going to call them tomorrow. It's a long shot that I got it but I'm still a little confused by the call I got on the 12th.

[Anonymous User]

Any updates on here would be very appreciated. I didn't even get a call so I don't have much hope, but it would be nice to have some closure

[christine84]

I still haven't heard anything from the FDA, for one. Has anyone been offered an interview with Interior?

[blablablaw]

Interior gave out interviews early December. I got an email from them back then saying that I had made the first internal cut but was not ultimately selected for an interview. I believe they might interviewed something like 16 people.

[Anonymous User]

I spoke with someone at HUD today and was told that all the initial offers have been made and accepted, and that pending room in the budget they may be making additional offers in Feb.

[Anonymous User]

Thanks for the HUD info.

[Anonymous User]

So did HUD really interview 200 people? Kind of makes me feel like my time was wasted.

[Anonymous User]

usace is contacting people whose applications they're holding for when positions open up to interview for.

[Anonymous User]

Wonder how many apps the usace kept?

[Anonymous User]

Wonder how many apps the usace kept?

Dinged at USACE, good friend was heldover by them.

FDIC ding letters in the mail.

[Anonymous User]

Recent e-mail from Army Corp of Eng. honor program, they have finished first round cuts and will have CBs at some undetermined time in the future on a rolling basis as position become available...

[Anonymous User]

stats for those retained by USACE?

[Anonymous User]

Top 50% at a T14 school, secondary law journal, no experience with USACE but several internships in other federal government agencies, focus on environmental law.

[Anonymous User]

I was t20 Top 33%- 50% ish. Lots of prior regulatory/gov experience, Fed gig in DC during 2L summer.

[Anonymous User]

T100 school, top 3-5%, main law review editor, fed gov internships

[Anonymous User]

Top 50 school, 15%, federal internships, and
technical background and experience.

[Anonymous User]

has anyone gotten a rejection letter from HUD?

[Anonymous User]

I haven't gotten a rejection letter from HUD yet. My guess is that maybe they are waiting to send those out until they make Feb. offers (if they make any?)

[Anonymous User]

Did Labor Dept Office of the Solicitor do any callbacks? (In other words, should I assume I didn't get the job if I haven't heard from them since OCI?)

[Anonymous User]

From what I know, they only did first round interviews.

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know what is going on with the FDA? Has anyone received a "thanks for applying but you were not selected for an interview" letter or are they just not hiring? I applied months ago and have yet to hear anything.

[Anonymous User]

Anything from the EPA?

[Anonymous User]

Any updates from the usace, since last email?

[Anonymous User]

Any updates from the usace, since last email?

I got the "good" USACE email, saying that "We have completed our initial review of applications and consider you a strong candidate for a position through our program." I followed up with a contact at the agency who told me that USACE is probably waiting until they are sure they have the funding to hire people before moving forward in the process. Doing a second round interview and then telling candidates that there are no openings reflects poorly on the agency.

Given the budgetary climate in Washington it could be a long wait. The President's budget comes out next week, so maybe that will offer some sort of insight. Of course, Congressional Republicans will call it dead on arrival, so maybe not too much insight.

Threads about USACE from last year seem to indicate that they didn't move on hiring until well into the spring or summer. Hopefully we will get something before then, but I wouldn't hold out too much hope.

[Anonymous User]

So, it seems like a lot of these agency positions are budget contingent (not surprising)...Any insight onto ways that we can figure out the likelihood of an agency being able to fund positions or not. I just don't know the first thing about the federal budget and am wondering if there's some type of news source I should be following to see how likely funding will be.