CCBA Job Fair (2014) Forum

[Yardbird]

DID YOU KNOW?
Last year, CCBA released bid results on a Saturday morning (five days after their projected release date).

I hate that you've given me such false hope.

So much sadness =( looks like I'll have to bid and hope I don't double bid...

[lhanvt13]

Dammit I need to book a flight HURRYYYY

[Yardbird]

IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS IN JULY.

Schedules are up.

[Anonymous User]

School: DCNG
Rank: top 25-30%
Ties to Chicago?: Some, not much
IP?: No
URM/Affiliation?: Asian

# of Bids: 25
# of Interviews (w/ bid numbers - closer to 1 is more likely lottery, closer to 25 is more likely pre-select): 5 (2, 3, 6, 21, 25)

All my interviews are spaced out nicely schedule-wise, so thank goodness for that.

[Anonymous User]

School: T20
Rank: top third
Ties to Chicago?: No
IP?: No
URM/Affiliation?: Asian

# of Bids: 25
# of Interviews (w/ bid numbers - closer to 1 is more likely lottery, closer to 25 is more likely pre-select): 7 (4, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18, 21)

Not bad, kinda happy compared to what I saw in previous years.

[ls23]

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[Anonymous User]

School: DCNG
Rank: top 10/15%
Ties to Chicago?: None
IP?: No
URM/Affiliation?: Asian

# of Bids: 25
# of Interviews: 8

I only got one of my top 10 choices and the rest came after #17. Welp.

[Anonymous User]

School: T14
Ties to Chicago?: Strong ties
IP?: Sort of
Minority/Affiliation?: Asian

# of Bids: 25
# of Interviews: 2 (3, 24)

In hindsight, I should have put my GPA on my resume.

[Anonymous User]

School: T50
Rank: top third
Ties to Chicago?: No
IP?: Yes - CS/EE
URM/Affiliation?: Asian

# of Bids: 25
# of Interviews (w/ bid numbers - closer to 1 is more likely lottery, closer to 25 is more likely pre-select): 3 (5, 10, 21)

aw poop still gonna go b/c it's right down the street.
do they allow resume drops and whatnot?

[Anonymous User]

School: T20-30
Rank: top 25-30%
Ties to Chicago?: From the area
IP?: No
URM/Affiliation?: Asian

# of Bids: 25
# of Interviews (w/ bid numbers - closer to 1 is more likely lottery, closer to 25 is more likely pre-select): 7 (2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 18)

Not bad overall, but I'm a little upset that some of the firms I thought I was a good candidate for said no.

[Anonymous User]

For those of you that already bid for your school OCI: Are you going to cancel if you happen to get a interview from a firm at OCI that you interviewed with at CCBA? Risk it and just interview? Withdraw from CCBA spot? Withdraw from OCI spot?

[Anonymous User]

So if you get a few of your top choices ...is it most likely because of the lottery? Dont get it .

[Anonymous User]

For those of you that already bid for your school OCI: Are you going to cancel if you happen to get a interview from a firm at OCI that you interviewed with at CCBA? Risk it and just interview? Withdraw from CCBA spot? Withdraw from OCI spot?

I mean if its the same firm and office, I would put your chances at getting both a diversity fair and oci interview at 1% (they know they're already interviewing you at one of them, it's the same people). In case that does happen, I don't see the advantage of declining a second interview unless it would open up a spot for something else.

[Yardbird]

So if you get a few of your top choices ...is it most likely because of the lottery? Dont get it .

I think the train of thought is pre-selects can be anywhere in the range but lotteries will be toward the top. Therefore, a lottery pick is more likely to be a number closer to 1 than 25. Doesn't mean a high bid can't be a pre-select, just that we can't really identify it as such. A high bid is just more likely to be a lottery than a low bid.

[Anonymous User]

So if you get a few of your top choices ...is it most likely because of the lottery? Dont get it .

I think the train of thought is pre-selects can be anywhere in the range but lotteries will be toward the top. Therefore, a lottery pick is more likely to be a number closer to 1 than 25. Doesn't mean a high bid can't be a pre-select, just that we can't really identify it as such. A high bid is just more likely to be a lottery than a low bid.

Do we know if there's a limit to how many you could get through the lottery? I got 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 18, and 20. Trying to figure out which ones are pre-select and which ones are lottery. Happy either way, just would be nice to have as many as possible be pre-select.

[bananasplit19]

So if you get a few of your top choices ...is it most likely because of the lottery? Dont get it .

I think the train of thought is pre-selects can be anywhere in the range but lotteries will be toward the top. Therefore, a lottery pick is more likely to be a number closer to 1 than 25. Doesn't mean a high bid can't be a pre-select, just that we can't really identify it as such. A high bid is just more likely to be a lottery than a low bid.

Do we know if there's a limit to how many you could get through the lottery? I got 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 14, 18, and 20. Trying to figure out which ones are pre-select and which ones are lottery. Happy either way, just would be nice to have as many as possible be pre-select.

No way of figuring out which ones are which, to the best of my knowledge. Just prep for all eight of 'em at 100% like they're all pre-select Congrats on the great haul!

[RVP10]

School: T14
Rank: Above median
Ties to Chicago?: Strong ties
IP?: No
URM/Affiliation?: Asian

# of Bids: 25
# of Interviews (w/ bid numbers - closer to 1 is more likely lottery, closer to 25 is more likely pre-select): 7 (3, 11, 14, 15, 20, 23, 25)

I guess I can't complain about the number of interviews I'm getting, but am a little disappointed that I only got one of my top ten choice. I guess my career adviser was right to tell me that unless you have a 4.0 or are an extreme URM (e.g. like an Eskimo-no pun intended), the CCBA results wouldn't be anything spectacular.

[Purplebook]

Has anyone been able to find the "cancel interview" button?

[Anonymous User]

Any ideas on how this is going to work:

All interviews that have been awarded to date are currently displayed. If you see the message for "no records found," then you currently do not have any interviews. Opportunities to add additional interviews will commence Thursday July 15, 2010 and are ongoing until Monday, July 19, 2010.

Also, there are no cancel interview buttons.

[bananasplit19]

Any ideas on how this is going to work:

All interviews that have been awarded to date are currently displayed. If you see the message for "no records found," then you currently do not have any interviews. Opportunities to add additional interviews will commence Thursday July 15, 2010 and are ongoing until Monday, July 19, 2010.

Also, there are no cancel interview buttons.

Simple:
1) Invent time machine, go back to 2010
2) ???
3) Profit

[Anonymous User]

Any ideas on how this is going to work:

All interviews that have been awarded to date are currently displayed. If you see the message for "no records found," then you currently do not have any interviews. Opportunities to add additional interviews will commence Thursday July 15, 2010 and are ongoing until Monday, July 19, 2010.

Also, there are no cancel interview buttons.

Simple:
1) Invent time machine, go back to 2010
2) ???
3) Profit

Aside from the time travel, anyone know how this has worked in the past (3Ls?)? Curious since I received only a few interviews and this sounds sort of like supplemental interview requests/additions.

[Anonymous User]

If you go to "scheduled interviews" under the oci tab, there is the cancel interview button.

[Anonymous User]

How in the world did some of these firms NOT get enough interviews to fill their schedules?!?! I know I bid one of them #1 too. Very odd.

[bananasplit19]

How in the world did some of these firms NOT get enough interviews to fill their schedules?!?! I know I bid one of them #1 too. Very odd.

K&E, trolling us all

[Anonymous User]

How in the world did some of these firms NOT get enough interviews to fill their schedules?!?! I know I bid one of them #1 too. Very odd.

K&E, trolling us all

yea, that would be the one I bid at #1. Submitted the interview request within minutes of getting that email so hopefully I'll get something.