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My girlfriend is going in to her second year of an MBA and is recruiting in the Fall. Full time offers for MBAs usually start coming in during late Fall (November-December). She doesn't know yet if she'll be able to get a position with her current summer internship, or where that position would be (big company with lots of offices).

I have an SA position in market X where there are relatively few opportunities for my girlfriend. I also had an offer for an SA in market Y where there are a lot more opportunities. The firm from market Y is also doing 3L OCI at my school so I know they are trying to pick up extra people.

Can someone who has done recruiting as a 3L comment on timing for big firms? Are they unlikely to be willing to entertain giving me an offer in the winter of 3L year if I wind up wanting to go to a different market?

3L OCI timeline is about the same as 2L OCI

The OCI part will be pretty much done by November because that's usually the deadline to accept 2L summer -> permanent offers

But I saw lots of stray jerb poastings from large firms throughout the year

There isn't really a "timeline" or a "season" for 3L hiring

Keep in mind 3L OCI for the last year yielded a total of 82 offers TOTAL at NALP firms

Well 3L OCI will clearly be too early to tell for me. The stray postings last year seem like a positive sign but the whole Weil thing doesn't give me a lot of confidence.

Any anecdotes from people who tried to change course mid-year would be helpful.

Anonymous User wrote:Well 3L OCI will clearly be too early to tell for me. The stray postings last year seem like a positive sign but the whole Weil thing doesn't give me a lot of confidence.

Any anecdotes from people who tried to change course mid-year would be helpful.

If you get an offer from your summer firm, I'd strongly consider taking that

3L hiring is a wasteland