Bidding on the Same Firm in Separate Cities Forum

[Anonymous User]

I realize this varies on a firm-by-firm basis to some extent, but some of the general strategy has to be similar.

Sidley Austin, for example, is coming to my school's OCI for both their NY and DC offices. They don't prohibit multiple interviews. That said, it may well come up in the screener itself whether I applied to their other offices. Does that diminish the quality of my application (at least in terms of my enthusiasm to work at their firm)?

What answers can I give to articulate a willingness to work in both offices, if selected? I really would. I'd worry less but I'd have to bid both of their offices pretty high.

[RPK34]

This issue arose during one of my CBs, and they seemed to actually have a problem with applying to more than one office. I bid on a DC firm for OCI, and then sent a mass mail to the NYC office of the same firm. The DC office gave me a callback, and when I met with the hiring partner, he brought it up and asked if I really wanted to be on DC. He actually seemed to really question the whole thing, even though I had DC ties

Seemed silly, but it happened

[Anonymous User]

This issue arose during one of my CBs, and they seemed to actually have a problem with applying to more than one office. I bid on a DC firm for OCI, and then sent a mass mail to the NYC office of the same firm. The DC office gave me a callback, and when I met with the hiring partner, he brought it up and asked if I really wanted to be on DC. He actually seemed to really question the whole thing, even though I had DC ties

Seemed silly, but it happened

Gotcha. How did you spin it off/did it pan out?

Do you think it's better to avoid it bidding on both, and if I'm lucky enough to later get an offer from one, raise splitting between the two offices at that stage?

[FSK]

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