Firm CB from Mass Mail, Can I network first? Forum

[Anonymous User]

Callback at a well-ranked vault firm from mass mail. I usually like to network and have a connection at the office before interviewing (which was the plan, but I got the callback almost immediately after the mail).

Is it appropriate to email an atty in my desired practice area and ask some questions?

I like this because I can go into interviews with some basic knowledge, but I'm hesitant because it seems like I missed the boat of "showing early interest" and I'm guessing I can just wait and ask the questions at the CB..

Advice?

[bk1]

I think it's a bit odd when you already have a callback.

[Anonymous User]

I think it's a bit odd when you already have a callback.

Thanks for the advice. I do too. I just wish there were other resources to learn about the firm before I go.. I've scoured everything online.

[Anonymous User]

Re: going straight to callback from mass mailing, can I reasonably expect, say, a >50% chance at an offer assuming I interview well? This is at a v100 office in a secondary market that takes about 3 summers. Ties to this market couldn't be stronger (born/raised/did UG).

Edit: I'm aware it's impossible to put a percentage on this, but would even a rough estimation be possible? Trying to not be over-optimistic.

[2014]

Re: going straight to callback from mass mailing, can I reasonably expect, say, a >50% chance at an offer assuming I interview well? This is at a v100 office in a secondary market that takes about 3 summers. Ties to this market couldn't be stronger (born/raised/did UG).

Edit: I'm aware it's impossible to put a percentage on this, but would even a rough estimation be possible? Trying to not be over-optimistic.

Really firm dependent. I would say generally the smaller the class size the lower your CB-->Offer odds are. A firm with 3 summers is probably not going to interview 40x less students than say SullCrom with 120+ person classes. It is going to be many many times less, but I gather there is a baseline amount of people that firms tend to interview.

Again it's completely firm dependent though, I'm generalizing pretty hard there. Your odds could be anywhere as low as 10% to upwards of 50% depending on how they run their recruiting.