What % of offers get accepted? Forum

[Anonymous User]

I hear it's roughly 50%..... is it fair to say that if a firm has 15 spots there will probably be around 30 offers made?

[Anonymous User]

this is relevant to my interests especially for a lower end Vault firm (80-100)

[Anonymous User]

this is relevant to my interests especially for a lower end Vault firm (80-100)

I dunno, this number probably varies a lot due the different offer rates for different schools. Looking at the statistical data from mine (HYS) it shows a lot of firms (from V25 to V100) with something like 25 offers, 5 acceptances or (for smaller firms) 8 offers 1 acceptance. However this probably isn't true for all schools.

[09042014]

I hear it's roughly 50%..... is it fair to say that if a firm has 15 spots there will probably be around 30 offers made?

In 2010, it was more like 40%, but each firm will be different. A firm like Paul Hastings might be more like 20%, because they are competing for people who get a shit load of other, and better offers.

[rayiner]

3 offers per 1 acceptance is a good rule of thumb for firms that aren't Wachtell, Williams & Connelly, etc. Even at the S&C, Cravath level the yield is around 33%, because they tend to all offer the same pool of people and lose candidates to each other.

[Anonymous User]

V100 recruiter told me 60% yield at her firm.

[imchuckbass58]

3 offers per 1 acceptance is a good rule of thumb for firms that aren't Wachtell, Williams & Connelly, etc. Even at the S&C, Cravath level the yield is around 33%, because they tend to all offer the same pool of people and lose candidates to each other.

At CLS, the ration of offers accepted to offers extended is 1:3.2, so this sounds about right.

V100 recruiter told me 60% yield at her firm.

If true, this is unusually high. At CLS the only firms of any meaningful scale with ratios about 50% were DPW and Ropes (and Wachtell exactly at 50%). Paul Weiss, Cleary, STB, Debevoise, Cravath, S&C, etc. were all considerably below 50%.

[Unitas]

3 offers per 1 acceptance is a good rule of thumb for firms that aren't Wachtell, Williams & Connelly, etc. Even at the S&C, Cravath level the yield is around 33%, because they tend to all offer the same pool of people and lose candidates to each other.

At CLS, the ration of offers accepted to offers extended is 1:3.2, so this sounds about right.

V100 recruiter told me 60% yield at her firm.

If true, this is unusually high. At CLS the only firms of any meaningful scale with ratios about 50% were DPW and Ropes (and Wachtell exactly at 50%). Paul Weiss, Cleary, STB, Debevoise, Cravath, S&C, etc. were all considerably below 50%.

Wait, are you saying people at CLS turn down Wachtell 50% of the time? I find that very hard to believe.

[imchuckbass58]

Wait, are you saying people at CLS turn down Wachtell 50% of the time? I find that very hard to believe.

Last two years running.

Granted it's a relatively small sample, but yes.

[Anonymous User]

3 offers per 1 acceptance is a good rule of thumb for firms that aren't Wachtell, Williams & Connelly, etc. Even at the S&C, Cravath level the yield is around 33%, because they tend to all offer the same pool of people and lose candidates to each other.

At CLS, the ration of offers accepted to offers extended is 1:3.2, so this sounds about right.

V100 recruiter told me 60% yield at her firm.

If true, this is unusually high. At CLS the only firms of any meaningful scale with ratios about 50% were DPW and Ropes (and Wachtell exactly at 50%). Paul Weiss, Cleary, STB, Debevoise, Cravath, S&C, etc. were all considerably below 50%.

Wait, are you saying people at CLS turn down Wachtell 50% of the time? I find that very hard to believe.

yup

happens all the time

I even heard some people turn down callbacks with Wachtell.

I've heard that one year Wachtell gave offers to 6 CLS students and only 1 accepted. But I think this was back in the good ol' days of 2005-2007.