over coffee: rejection?
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 3:05 am
i read on TLS that someone got an informational interview after the partner has turned down his application. so meeting up over coffee = rejection?
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No. You sent him some information and he wants to see if you can walk and chew gum at the same time. This is why firms also have OCI screeners.Anonymous User wrote:yes, but partners also meet up with people even though they have turned them down, am I right? I believe I have read stories here before....
I think if he considers me a good candidate, he should arrange a formal interview.
I'm laughing really hard at this. Thanks.ajax adonis wrote:I don't get it. What are the alternatives here? What would you have rather had him do? He really had three options: tell you he's busy/booked and can't meet up with you; not respond to you; or ask you to meet up with him. He asked you to meet up with him. Go forth and make conversation. Would you have rather had him ask you to get lunch with him? "Ohhh, guys, I don't know if he's going to reject me. He only asked for LUNCH. I'm sure he's just trying to let me down easy or else he would've responded quicker asking me to get dinner instead. What should I do? He's probably doing this because I took PR instead of Antitrust."
tbf, it's because this forum is an endless cycle of new law students, so naturally they'll have a lot of the same questions that their predecessors had. you'd think the answers would be there for them to search, but sometimes they aren't, and sometimes the dudes are just lazy.Miller32 wrote:I used to find this site helpful and interesting. Then I realized the same threads/conversations pop up over and over again.
Yeah, every year people repeat the same concerns and don't search. You still pick up new information, though.Miller32 wrote:I used to find this site helpful and interesting. Then I realized the same threads/conversations pop up over and over again.
Or TLS's search function is just the worst.lolwat wrote:tbf, it's because this forum is an endless cycle of new law students, so naturally they'll have a lot of the same questions that their predecessors had. you'd think the answers would be there for them to search, but sometimes they aren't, and sometimes the dudes are just lazy.Miller32 wrote:I used to find this site helpful and interesting. Then I realized the same threads/conversations pop up over and over again.
Agree. But it seems like every thread now is either (1) "oh shit, I'm in mildly (at best) awkward situation and am totally over-thinking it. What should I do?," or (2) here's my GPA and school, what are my chances!?!?lolwat wrote:that too, point being that the same questions come up because they're the same questions every new rising 1l/2l/3l will have. unavoidable given the nature of this forum.