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Firm CB from Mass Mail, Can I network first?
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:36 pm
by 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?
Re: Firm CB from Mass Mail, Can I network first?
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:37 pm
by bk1
I think it's a bit odd when you already have a callback.
Re: Firm CB from Mass Mail, Can I network first?
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 5:40 pm
by Anonymous User
bk187 wrote: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.
Re: Firm CB from Mass Mail, Can I network first?
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 7:44 pm
by 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.
Re: Firm CB from Mass Mail, Can I network first?
Posted: Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:19 pm
by 2014
Anonymous User wrote: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.