DOJ SLIP 2010 Forum

[Anonymous User]

so has civil (any branch) started interviewing this year or what?

I had an interview with a civil branch and had references checked.

one of appellate or fed. programs? (you can just say 'yes' if you don't want to get any more specific.)

[Anonymous User]

so has civil (any branch) started interviewing this year or what?

I had an interview with a civil branch and had references checked.

Phone interview?

And is there any chance at all of you saying which civil branch? I know the #s of people are small, but just wondering...

[Anonymous User]

Someone needs to contact me from the DOJ soon or else I'm going to go against my better judgment and stalk them until I figure out what "finalist" means...no. self. control.

[Anonymous User]

the DOJ isnt going to care if you ask them. Or you can ask your career center.

[Anonymous User]

I want this thread to pick up some steam..cmmmmmmmon offers

I wonder why antitrust is the only branch moving

My only theory is that because many of the antitrust field offices take only two or three people they also interview a very small number. Makes it easier to get moving on offers quickly. The only other offers we've heard of in this thread are from Civil Appellate (taking only three people total) and the USAO for Wyoming, which took a single person.

[Anonymous User]

I want this thread to pick up some steam..cmmmmmmmon offers

I wonder why antitrust is the only branch moving

My only theory is that because many of the antitrust field offices take only two or three people they also interview a very small number. Makes it easier to get moving on offers quickly. The only other offers we've heard of in this thread are from Civil Appellate (taking only three people total) and the USAO for Wyoming, which took a single person.

Hrm..good theory, but my division doesn't do interviews. They do, however, take 16 people and have to distribute those people based on geographic prefs.

[Anonymous User]

Anyone have any info on what divisions did or did not issue funnel offers to SLIP interns last yer?

[Anonymous User]

so has civil (any branch) started interviewing this year or what?

I had an interview with a civil branch and had references checked.

it seems like the civil division is proceeding with interviews on an applicant-by-applicant basis, which, to me, suggests they've ranked or preferenced certain applicants at this point, instead of treating us as class as they did at earlier stages.

[Anonymous User]

so has civil (any branch) started interviewing this year or what?

I had an interview with a civil branch and had references checked.

it seems like the civil division is proceeding with interviews on an applicant-by-applicant basis, which, to me, suggests they've ranked or preferenced certain applicants at this point, instead of treating us as class as they did at earlier stages.

Possibly. I mean, it's almost certain that they've started to separate probable offers and alternates. But I think another equally reasonable explanation for the staggered contact from Civil is that the sub-branches are moving at different rates. Since none of us can know what sub-division we're in, it'd be hard to compare.

[Anonymous User]

so has civil (any branch) started interviewing this year or what?

I had an interview with a civil branch and had references checked.

it seems like the civil division is proceeding with interviews on an applicant-by-applicant basis, which, to me, suggests they've ranked or preferenced certain applicants at this point, instead of treating us as class as they did at earlier stages.

Possibly. I mean, it's almost certain that they've started to separate probable offers and alternates. But I think another equally reasonable explanation for the staggered contact from Civil is that the sub-branches are moving at different rates. Since none of us can know what sub-division we're in, it'd be hard to compare.

there's no doubt that interbranch differences make this incredibly hard to predict. but i do know that fed. programs and appellate have started to interview, and i think we can safely assume that a number of finalists on here who have yet to hear anything ranked those two branches (and not others).

[Anonymous User]

Are fed. programs and appellate the only worthwhile Civil Division branches?

[Anonymous User]

Are fed. programs and appellate the only worthwhile Civil Division branches?

Um... well I would be thrilled to get a job with any of them. I've never cared about prestige much at all, and I don't have any inside info about which ones are "worthwhile," but that's just how I feel.

[Anonymous User]

anyone heard of non-appellate civil offers yet?

[Anonymous User]

Are we expecting that Honors offers in our components will go out before SLIP offers?

[Anonymous User]

anyone else in my spot? secondary city DOJ antitrust finalist with no interview?

[Anonymous User]

anyone else in my spot? secondary city DOJ antitrust finalist with no interview?

Didn't someone earlier in the thread say that one of the non-dc antitrust places wasn't doing interviews this year? Or did I just make that up?

[Anonymous User]

No new interviews anywhere? The silence here is eerie.

[Anonymous User]

the calm before the storm......

[Anonymous User]

my heart drops every time i see theres a new post in this thread.

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know how big of a role the interview plays in the decision process? Is it more of a formality, or do the division's choices really hinge on how the interviews go?

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know how big of a role the interview plays in the decision process? Is it more of a formality, or do the division's choices really hinge on how the interviews go?

i hope it's the former because mine didn't go particularly well. did you have one?

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know how big of a role the interview plays in the decision process? Is it more of a formality, or do the division's choices really hinge on how the interviews go?

i hope it's the former because mine didn't go particularly well. did you have one?

Yes, and mine didn't go particularly well, either.

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know how big of a role the interview plays in the decision process? Is it more of a formality, or do the division's choices really hinge on how the interviews go?

i hope it's the former because mine didn't go particularly well. did you have one?

Yes, and mine didn't go particularly well, either.

were you interviewing with a civil branch (like me)?

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone know how big of a role the interview plays in the decision process? Is it more of a formality, or do the division's choices really hinge on how the interviews go?

i hope it's the former because mine didn't go particularly well. did you have one?

Yes, and mine didn't go particularly well, either.

were you interviewing with a civil branch (like me)?

Yeah.

[Anonymous User]

were you interviewing with a civil branch (like me)?

Yeah.

well, it doesn't seem like the branches are interviewing all of the finalists, so at least we're competing against a smaller pool. (knock on wood.) were your references contacted?