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Hastings/Davis OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:42 pm

18 bids - 5 interviews - 4 of which are from bids 1, 3, 4, and 6.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 20, 2010 3:44 pm

top 25%, 35 bids 15 interviews...got 4 out of top 5 bids

only 2 biglaw interviews, rest are mid-, small-, and a few gov

edit...Check that - 3 big firms
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:15 pm

Anonymous User wrote:18 bids - 5 interviews - 4 of which are from bids 1, 3, 4, and 6.
just curious, why only 18 bids?
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:32 pm

Top 5%, 40 bids, 26 interviews. Got 4 out of my top 5, 9 out of my top 10.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:57 pm

Top 25%. 27 bids, 5 interviews - gov and mid, no biglaw. About what I expected - I don't have substantive WE/softs.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by joobacca » Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:11 pm

doh...
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:13 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:18 bids - 5 interviews - 4 of which are from bids 1, 3, 4, and 6.
just curious, why only 18 bids?
well, this isn't really all that anonymous anymore, but the reason for the low number of bids is because i avoided writing cover letters. yes, i am lazy.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:44 pm

top 40%, 13 interviews, all large firms except 1
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 20, 2010 6:56 pm

Anonymous User wrote:top 40%, 13 interviews, all large firms except 1
URM?
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:00 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:top 40%, 13 interviews, all large firms except 1
URM?
No, I only bid on IP firms and I have an IP-oriented background. Sorry, I should have specified that in my post.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:29 pm

Is it possible to determine if your bid was pre-selected or a lottery pick?
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:41 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Is it possible to determine if your bid was pre-selected or a lottery pick?
Also curious.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:06 pm

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Anonymous User wrote:Is it possible to determine if your bid was pre-selected or a lottery pick?
Also curious.
pretty sure that the careers lady said no
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Sat Aug 21, 2010 7:34 pm

No, there is no way to know.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:21 pm

Anybody else being requested by firms as backups? I've had two already, now up to 17 total.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by 20160810 » Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:30 pm

I feel like we should merge the UCD and UCH threads since there isn't nearly enough UCD discussion.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by General Tso » Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:55 pm

SBL wrote:I feel like we should merge the UCD and UCH threads since there isn't nearly enough UCD discussion.
Good idea! :twisted:
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:56 pm

Davis, top third.

for round 2, 8 bids, 3 preselects, 2 firms (both SF) and 1 govt employer.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:04 pm

Anonymous User wrote:Davis, top third.

for round 2, 8 bids, 3 preselects, 2 firms (both SF) and 1 govt employer.
good luck!

is SF your target market or just where you ended up getting interviews?
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:06 pm

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Anonymous User wrote:Davis, top third.

for round 2, 8 bids, 3 preselects, 2 firms (both SF) and 1 govt employer.
good luck!

is SF your target market or just where you ended up getting interviews?
I targeted SF and Sacramento more or less equally. Oddly, many of my classmates and I seem to have had much more luck with SF firms. My guess is that the Sac firms are hiring more McGeorge people this year, but it could just be luck of the draw.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 27, 2010 12:55 am

just a few anecdotes regarding the odds we face

Alameda DA - 200 interviews at 8 law schools (40 at Hastings) for 8-10 summer law clerk positions.
Morgan Lewis - 30 interviews at Boalt, 10 at Hastings for 6 SA positions.

Even if everything else were equal, on pure statistics alone we are looking at 5-10% chances at best at any given employer.
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 27, 2010 2:07 pm

any callbacks?
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:29 pm

Anonymous User wrote:any callbacks?
Interviews just started. Callbacks come that fast?
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:44 pm

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Anonymous User wrote:any callbacks?
Interviews just started. Callbacks come that fast?
Heard some guy this morning who got one. Didn't catch the firm's name
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Re: Hastings OCI

Post by Anonymous User » Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:46 pm

Anonymous User wrote:
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Anonymous User wrote:any callbacks?
Interviews just started. Callbacks come that fast?
Heard some guy this morning who got one. Didn't catch the firm's name
Interview on Thursday or Wed?
I want one too.
Some guy = very strong student?
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