DOJ Honors 2015-16 Megathread Forum

[Anonymous User]

^^ ditto here.

[Anonymous User]

My status was just updated to "selected for interview". Looks like they're still issuing updates (or maybe just starting to). Good luck everyone!

Ditto -- selected for interview.

Out of curiosity, what divisions did ya'll apply to? I applied to Civil Appellate and Federal Programs.

[Anonymous User]

When you tell us you were selected for an interview, could you please also tell us what division(s) you applied for? (I know you don't know which one(s) selected you for an interview, but it would help narrow the field for us nervous folk.)

[Anonymous User]

I'm the one at the top of the page. Applied only to Antitrust.

[Anonymous User]

Will it change no matter what to "selected for interview" or "declined to interview" or does your status just stay the same as "application received" if you are not selected?

[clsk92]

Will it change no matter what to "selected for interview" or "declined to interview" or does your status just stay the same as "application received" if you are not selected?

I think it stays at "application received."

[Anonymous User]

Will it change no matter what to "selected for interview" or "declined to interview" or does your status just stay the same as "application received" if you are not selected?

Not that I can speak with authority here, but when I applied to SLIP a couple years ago (1L year), my status just never changed: so it remained "Application Received" even after I was rejected for an interview.

[Anonymous User]

My status was just updated to "selected for interview". Looks like they're still issuing updates (or maybe just starting to). Good luck everyone!

Ditto -- selected for interview.

Out of curiosity, what divisions did ya'll apply to? I applied to Civil Appellate and Federal Programs.

EOIR, Civil Rights, and UST.

[Anonymous User]

FYI, the updates are rolling, because they're manually updated. Most recent post by the person updating our status:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am in the process of posting online updates for the Honors Program. I anticipate that all updates will be complete by tomorrow morning.

[Anonymous User]

FYI, the updates are rolling, because they're manually updated. Most recent post by the person updating our status:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am in the process of posting online updates for the Honors Program. I anticipate that all updates will be complete by tomorrow morning.

Is there any truth to the notion that components actually invite four applicants to interview for every one spot?

[Anonymous User]

FYI, the updates are rolling, because they're manually updated. Most recent post by the person updating our status:

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am in the process of posting online updates for the Honors Program. I anticipate that all updates will be complete by tomorrow morning.

Is there any truth to the notion that components actually invite four applicants to interview for every one spot?

I don't doubt it. Other government honors programs invite up to ten applicants for every one spot.

[grand inquisitor]

Is there any truth to the notion that components actually invite four applicants to interview for every one spot?

there's some convoluted government formula that has been posted in the past, but iirc they can bring in 3-4 people per spot depending on the total number of anticipated hires or something. you could find this is an old thread I imagine.

[Anonymous User]

I was selected for an interview. Choices were Crim, NSD and FBI.

[Anonymous User]

Is there any truth to the notion that components actually invite four applicants to interview for every one spot?

there's some convoluted government formula that has been posted in the past, but iirc they can bring in 3-4 people per spot depending on the total number of anticipated hires or something. you could find this is an old thread I imagine.

I interviewed with Civil Rights last year and they brought in 48 people for 12 spots.

[Anonymous User]

Selected. Choices were Civil (fed progs, commercial lit, and appellate), Criminal Trial, and FBI.

[Anonymous User]

got a ding from my last chance at big law too. status still at received. ugh this is the worst day ever.

[Anonymous User]

got a ding from my last chance at big law too. status still at received. ugh this is the worst day ever.

They won't be done updating the statuses until tomorrow COB. Don't worry until after 5:30PM tomorrow.

[Anonymous User]

My status says "closed" but I received email notification that I got an interview (didn't say who had selected me). Am I looking at the wrong place for my status?

[carmensandiego]

Still says "Application Received" on my end. Don't have much hope for anything haha. Congrats to everyone accepted thus far!

[Anonymous User]

any clerks (who only applied to USAOs) had a status change yet?

[Anonymous User]

I had to withdraw/transfer my app to SLIP because I accepted a clerkship right after submitting. Does SLIP follow the same timeline as Honors?

[Anonymous User]

Any status updates for the tax division by chance? :/

[pancakes3]

I had to withdraw/transfer my app to SLIP because I accepted a clerkship right after submitting. Does SLIP follow the same timeline as Honors?

Slip's website says that interview requests go out in early october and honors says late september

[judgefudge]

I was a SLIP this summer, and it all really depends on the division you're involved with. For my job, I got a phone call early December saying they were interested in talking to my references and asking if I still wanted to work there. Then they called my references and offered me the job the very next day. There was no interview at all. As far as I could tell, the other SLIPs in my branch had the same experience, though some had it earlier.

I'm under the impression that some branches actually interview their candidates, but I can't be sure. Good luck!

PS Has anyone gotten an email yet? No status change and no email has me feeling like --->

[lawsch16]

Any movement on ENRD yet? Still "Application Received" as of this morning.