What To Do With Alternates Post-OCI Forum

[Anonymous User]

I was selected by five firms as an alternate for OCI, but slots never opened up and these firms didn't take walk-ins or resume drops during interview days. I'm now past OCI and wondering whether I should forget about these firms (treat the alternate-with-no-interview as the same as a rejection) or send e-mails to recruiters to see if I can get screeners at some other point (treat alternate as a sign that the firm is willing to talk to me). I know it's getting late already and I'm not sure whether I should expend more energy chasing these firms. Thanks for any and all advice...

[Sup Kid]

I was selected by five firms as an alternate for OCI, but slots never opened up and these firms didn't take walk-ins or resume drops during interview days. I'm now past OCI and wondering whether I should forget about these firms (treat the alternate-with-no-interview as the same as a rejection) or send e-mails to recruiters to see if I can get screeners at some other point (treat alternate as a sign that the firm is willing to talk to me). I know it's getting late already and I'm not sure whether I should expend more energy chasing these firms. Thanks for any and all advice...

In the 10 minutes that you'll spend writing on TLS and waiting for advice, you can send 5 generic emails to the firms saying "I was an alternate, can I come to your office for a screening interview, please find attached my resume, thank you." Just do it -- it can't hurt you.

[beach_terror]

I was selected by five firms as an alternate for OCI, but slots never opened up and these firms didn't take walk-ins or resume drops during interview days. I'm now past OCI and wondering whether I should forget about these firms (treat the alternate-with-no-interview as the same as a rejection) or send e-mails to recruiters to see if I can get screeners at some other point (treat alternate as a sign that the firm is willing to talk to me). I know it's getting late already and I'm not sure whether I should expend more energy chasing these firms. Thanks for any and all advice...

In the 10 minutes that you'll spend writing on TLS and waiting for advice, you can send 5 generic emails to the firms saying "I was an alternate, can I come to your office for a screening interview, please find attached my resume, thank you." Just do it -- it can't hurt you.

Good advice, was on the fence, but doing this now.

[Anonymous User]

OP here, I sent my five e-mails this morning, for the benefit of future classes I'll update this post at some point to reflect whether there was any benefit to contacting these firms . . . though I agree there's absolutely no reason not to take the time and send the messages (it can't hurt!).