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Callbacks are being made by a firm I interviewed with yesterday...am I screwed if I haven't heard? Is it typical that they are all made in one round?

Haha, I am nearly pissing my pants in fear thinking this.

TLS, tell me how screwed I am?

I'm in the same boat and I have just assumed I'm not getting called back at that firm once I hear some have gone out. Much easier to manage emotions that way.

Without knowing your school, the firm or firm type, or your time zone this is difficult to pin down. First, I've found at least call time varies by interviewer, not by firm; second, obviously not all calls can be made by the same interviewer at the same time. You could be later in the day. Third, IME there are auto-call backs that are largely grade or connection driven that occur in the first round, and then a secondary (albeit smaller) round for most interviewers a little later. But this really varies (some might be all on the same day). If a day ends and your interviewer made calls and you haven't gotten one, then you weren't the first pick but you aren't screwed either .. unless you get a ding email or something.

Overall it's just best not to worry about this when there's nothing you can do about it.

Anonymous User wrote:I'm in the same boat and I have just assumed I'm not getting called back at that firm once I hear some have gone out. Much easier to manage emotions that way.

But far more indicative of the fact that I'm going to strike out at OCI.

Anonymous User wrote:

Anonymous User wrote:I'm in the same boat and I have just assumed I'm not getting called back at that firm once I hear some have gone out. Much easier to manage emotions that way.

But far more indicative of the fact that I'm going to strike out at OCI.

My fear summed up.

My worst fear is snail mail dings. I can check email, but knowing something might come in snail mail means I spent days worrying (if only a bit) for nothing.

jbagelboy wrote:Without knowing your school, the firm or firm type, or your time zone this is difficult to pin down. First, I've found at least call time varies by interviewer, not by firm; second, obviously not all calls can be made by the same interviewer at the same time. You could be later in the day. Third, IME there are auto-call backs that are largely grade or connection driven that occur in the first round, and then a secondary (albeit smaller) round for most interviewers a little later. But this really varies (some might be all on the same day). If a day ends and your interviewer made calls and you haven't gotten one, then you weren't the first pick but you aren't screwed either .. unless you get a ding email or something.

Overall it's just best not to worry about this when there's nothing you can do about it.

So you think individual interviewers have the authority to make the call rather than meeting with the rest of the interviewers and make group decisions?

txig wrote:

jbagelboy wrote:Without knowing your school, the firm or firm type, or your time zone this is difficult to pin down. First, I've found at least call time varies by interviewer, not by firm; second, obviously not all calls can be made by the same interviewer at the same time. You could be later in the day. Third, IME there are auto-call backs that are largely grade or connection driven that occur in the first round, and then a secondary (albeit smaller) round for most interviewers a little later. But this really varies (some might be all on the same day). If a day ends and your interviewer made calls and you haven't gotten one, then you weren't the first pick but you aren't screwed either .. unless you get a ding email or something.

Overall it's just best not to worry about this when there's nothing you can do about it.

So you think individual interviewers have the authority to make the call rather than meeting with the rest of the interviewers and make group decisions?

I don't know if it's an "authority" issue, and again - this is only how I've seen it play out at my school - but each interviewer operates on their own calling timetable.