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NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:29 pm
by Anonymous User
The schedules are up! How did everyone do?

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:41 pm
by Anonymous User
6 interviews/7 alternates. Pleasantly surprised!

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:42 pm
by Anonymous User
0 and 0. And I haven't had any luck with oci either. My gpa is 3.6 though so hopefully that'll get me something

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:07 pm
by Anonymous User
1 interview

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:46 pm
by Anonymous User
Could someone please post the list of employers at the Fair? Thanks!

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:02 pm
by laurified
9! and 2 alternates

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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:23 pm
by Myself
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Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:28 pm
by dixiecupdrinking
ajax adonis wrote:What is the NYU Public Interest Fair exactly? JW.
Basically OCI for public interest employers. It's the biggest of its kind in the country. Students from all the NYC schools attend but NYU students get the bulk of the interviews.

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:41 pm
by Anonymous User
I only applied to one organization and was named an "alternate." Does anyone know how this works? If someone with an interview cancels, is one of the alternates automatically scheduled by a computer/administrator or do you have to be on your game constantly check the site to sign up if/when a spot becomes available? There's not much info on the Fair website about how this process works.

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:49 pm
by pastapplicant
I got 2/2. Is this enough or should I apply to more places?

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:49 pm
by law2015
I bid on one employer and got an interview so I feel pretty good.

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:52 pm
by Anonymous User
Applied to about 30, and only got 1 and 1 waitlist.

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:06 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:I only applied to one organization and was named an "alternate." Does anyone know how this works? If someone with an interview cancels, is one of the alternates automatically scheduled by a computer/administrator or do you have to be on your game constantly check the site to sign up if/when a spot becomes available? There's not much info on the Fair website about how this process works.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it is automatic. I think the alternates are ranked as well. You just have to keeping your account to see if you became scheduled.

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:07 pm
by Anonymous User
pastapplicant wrote:I got 2/2. Is this enough or should I apply to more places?
Enough for what? You can't apply to more employers through the NYU Fair, but I would not count on those options as your only options for the summer.

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:49 pm
by nutella123
I got 5 interviews and 2 backups. I am still applying to other employers since no way of knowing if any of these will come through. They obviously interview far more people than they can hire - even if it is free help....

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:02 pm
by LSATPREPPER
6 and 2 WLs
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Withdrew from all

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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:41 am
by Myself
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Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:34 am
by dixiecupdrinking
ajax adonis wrote:
dixiecupdrinking wrote:
ajax adonis wrote:What is the NYU Public Interest Fair exactly? JW.
Basically OCI for public interest employers. It's the biggest of its kind in the country. Students from all the NYC schools attend but NYU students get the bulk of the interviews.
Ah, are these permanent positions or just summer stuff?
Primarily summer jobs, I think there are some places interviewing for permanent jobs but it's mostly 1Ls and 2Ls attending.

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:59 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:I only applied to one organization and was named an "alternate." Does anyone know how this works? If someone with an interview cancels, is one of the alternates automatically scheduled by a computer/administrator or do you have to be on your game constantly check the site to sign up if/when a spot becomes available? There's not much info on the Fair website about how this process works.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it is automatic. I think the alternates are ranked as well. You just have to keeping your account to see if you became scheduled.
It is automatic. I've already been moved from alternate -> scheduled for one interview, and there was no notification. just showed up.

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:02 pm
by eerie_erie
Don't be disheartened if you didn't get a lot of interviews. Go network and make a positive impression with everyone there. I got an interview this way for a really competitive internship. Also talk to 2Ls/3Ls who have interned there before to see what they look for. Good luck.

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:33 am
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:Applied to about 30, and only got 1 and 1 waitlist.
same

Re: NYU Public Interest Fair 2013

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 2:24 pm
by frankc
As a current NYU 2L, the best advice I can give is do not rely on the interviews from the PILC fair to get you a job. I ended up with like 2 interviews. Both of my interviewees were half asleep from having done a million interviews in a row and I never heard anything back from them.

That said, the "table talk" thing that they have in the big room with all the organizations having people there is pretty useful, and ended up leading to my summer internship. You can find out about a lot of places that you might have missed in your online search. I fucking hate networking, schmoozing, etc. but the process of finding a 1L summer internship is not really as institutionalized as the 2L stuff is, so you kind of have to put yourself out there