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I honestly wouldn't worry about it, because how many partners you interview with is more based on availability and how the firm structures the CB process rather than whether or not a CB is a "formality" (seriously, no firm is going to pay -- time and $$$ -- for a CB that is just a formality). At the firm I ended up at, I only had one interview with a partner.Anonymous User wrote:Are these callbacks just a formality. I had friends that went through OCI last year and said that they did not get offers to CBs that had one partner or less interviewing them. I just wanted to know everyone's take. I got a couple of CBs, and have yet to receive my interview schedule. I just wanted to know what I have to look forward to---or not.
Just wanted to add this (below) to the conversation. After a screener, the recruiter, at least for Sullivan and Cromwell, gives preferred applicants partner heavy Callbacks. May be just them, but since they are a top firm, I would not doubt other do the same.Loose Seal wrote:I can't speak for all firms, but I have a hard time imagining that any callback is just a "formality." Why would a firm waste resources on someone they know at the outset will not get an offer?
I think the number of partners on your schedule probably has more to do with their availability than with your desirability as a candidate (in general).
Yeah, my "(in general)" referred to this practice. I think some superstars may end up with partner-heavy callbacks, but I don't think it necessarily means anything if you don't have a lot of partners except that you may not be a superstar. Which few people are.Anonymous User wrote:Just wanted to add this (below) to the conversation. After a screener, the recruiter, at least for Sullivan and Cromwell, gives preferred applicants partner heavy Callbacks. May be just them, but since they are a top firm, I would not doubt other do the same.Loose Seal wrote:I can't speak for all firms, but I have a hard time imagining that any callback is just a "formality." Why would a firm waste resources on someone they know at the outset will not get an offer?
I think the number of partners on your schedule probably has more to do with their availability than with your desirability as a candidate (in general).
http://abovethelaw.com/2011/09/an-insid ... g-process/
Did you miss this part of the speculation, which makes it pretty damn clear that instruction means nothing definitive?Anonymous User wrote:Just wanted to add this (below) to the conversation. After a screener, the recruiter, at least for Sullivan and Cromwell, gives preferred applicants partner heavy Callbacks. May be just them, but since they are a top firm, I would not doubt other do the same.Loose Seal wrote:I can't speak for all firms, but I have a hard time imagining that any callback is just a "formality." Why would a firm waste resources on someone they know at the outset will not get an offer?
I think the number of partners on your schedule probably has more to do with their availability than with your desirability as a candidate (in general).
http://abovethelaw.com/2011/09/an-insid ... g-process/
Above The Law wrote:"Question: Which candidates should be given partner-heavy schedules? Maybe your top recruits, whom you want to impress through audiences with the likes of Rodge Cohen, Joseph Shenker, Vince DiBlasi, and Frank Aquila (who’s great to follow on Twitter, by the way). Or maybe your more marginal candidates, so you can have close partner review of, and active participation in, the final hiring decision."