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yes or no? most interviewers are interviewing 20+ candidates at the fair for only 20 minutes... would thank you notes still be appropriate or are they more appropriate at the call-back stage?

yes.

It's much more appropriate at the callback stage. The idea of a thank you note at the callback stage is the firm has taken a substantial portion of time away from its attorneys to interview you, and often paid for accommodations, food, and transportation. A 20 minute interview, be it at OCI or a career fair, does not generate a need to send a thank you note.

It would never cost you a job, look unprofessional, or be a detriment (absent a typo or something) - but etiquette does not demand a thank you at the interview stage.

I wouldn't either. You have to ask yourself, what are you thanking them for? Well... you are thanking them for speaking with you for 15-20 minutes. Not just you, but anyone who wants to show up. I understand that the point really isn't to thank them, but rather to keep your name in their mind, but I don't think a letter is necessary/appropriate in this context.

I would either way. But is this a fair specific answer? Do you think OCI interview do not require a thank you either?

I'd go the other direction on this one: After your 20-minute interview is done, sit there awkwardly glaring at the interviewer until (s)he asks you what's going on, at which point you should reply: "I just took 20 minutes of my life to explain my resume to you, and you don't even have a thank-you card prepared for me?"

Note: This is good advice for anyone, but for people who are doing OCI at UC Davis and whose grades are better than mine, it's exceptionally good advice.

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Person wrote:I would either way. But is this a fair specific answer? Do you think OCI interview do not require a thank you either?

My school's CSO specifically says it's generally not a good idea to send a thank you note after the initial OCI screeners because it doesn't do much, and will probably have typos/awk phrasing in it that will tank you faster than a ice Berg did the Titanic.

Anonymous User wrote:

Person wrote:I would either way. But is this a fair specific answer? Do you think OCI interview do not require a thank you either?

My school's CSO specifically says it's generally not a good idea to send a thank you note after the initial OCI screeners because it doesn't do much, and will probably have typos/awk phrasing in it that will tank you faster than a ice berg did the Titanic.

While I agree that a thank-you note is not requisite at this stage, I have to wonder where you go to law school that it's reasonable to assume that a majority of the students cannot write a brief thank-you note properly.

SoftBoiledLife wrote:While I agree that a thank-you note is not requisite at this stage, I have to wonder where you go to law school that it's reasonable to assume that a majority of the students cannot write a brief thank-you note properly.

Few people know how to write good.

Anonymous User wrote:

SoftBoiledLife wrote:While I agree that a thank-you note is not requisite at this stage, I have to wonder where you go to law school that it's reasonable to assume that a majority of the students cannot write a brief thank-you note properly.

Few people know how to write good.

Anonymous quoting a mod just to make a jerky remark? This could get entertaining.

Jarndyce wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:

SoftBoiledLife wrote:While I agree that a thank-you note is not requisite at this stage, I have to wonder where you go to law school that it's reasonable to assume that a majority of the students cannot write a brief thank-you note properly.

Few people know how to write good.

Anonymous quoting a mod just to make a jerky remark? This could get entertaining.

This constant crying about "anon abuse" has to stop. It is boring and worthless.