Day 2 of OCI - no call backs yet. Should I be worried? Forum

[Anonymous User]

I have absolutely no callbacks at all.
Everyone I knows has at least ONE but I have ZERO.
I'm median at a top 7 school, targeting all NYC.

I'm worried because people who interviewed at the same firms as me got callbacks at these firms (meaning I missed the boat?).

How concerned should I be right now?
What should I be doing besides mass mailing? I've spoken with career services and they told me not to worry but obviously I can't when literally everyone I know is getting callbacks from SAME FIRMS I've been interviewing with

[Anonymous User]

I have absolutely no callbacks at all.
Everyone I knows has at least ONE but I have ZERO.
I'm median at a top 7 school, targeting all NYC.

I'm worried because people who interviewed at the same firms as me got callbacks at these firms (meaning I missed the boat?).

How concerned should I be right now?
What should I be doing besides mass mailing? I've spoken with career services and they told me not to worry but obviously I can't when literally everyone I know is getting callbacks from SAME FIRMS I've been interviewing with

im in the same boat, just grit your teeth and keep mass mailing/"networking" while trying your best during your interviews. Not much else we can do at this point

[ymmv]

Step up the mailing. I just picked up another CB today through mailing this week, as did others on TLS. Expand your job search to every market for which you could possibly make up ties, then expand your search to all the rest.

Network like fucking crazy. Get your resume in the hands of interviewers at OCI with whom you failed to get a screener slot. Ask if they have any open times. If you see an interviewer behind an open door looking bored, walk on in and ask if they wouldn't mind speaking with you for a moment. Voila, ad hoc interview. Got 2 CBs through this guerilla tactic.

[BearLaw]

I have absolutely no callbacks at all.
Everyone I knows has at least ONE but I have ZERO.
I'm median at a top 7 school, targeting all NYC.

I'm worried because people who interviewed at the same firms as me got callbacks at these firms (meaning I missed the boat?).

How concerned should I be right now?
What should I be doing besides mass mailing? I've spoken with career services and they told me not to worry but obviously I can't when literally everyone I know is getting callbacks from SAME FIRMS I've been interviewing with

How many screeners have you done?

How many interviews do you have to go?

Are you/have you been mass mailing?

Oh, and chill, its still early if it is the second day of OCI... Focus on your upcoming interviews, obsessing about what has already happened and is now totally out of your hand cannot and will not help you.

[Anonymous User]

I have absolutely no callbacks at all.
Everyone I knows has at least ONE but I have ZERO.
I'm median at a top 7 school, targeting all NYC.

I'm worried because people who interviewed at the same firms as me got callbacks at these firms (meaning I missed the boat?).

How concerned should I be right now?
What should I be doing besides mass mailing? I've spoken with career services and they told me not to worry but obviously I can't when literally everyone I know is getting callbacks from SAME FIRMS I've been interviewing with

How many screeners have you done?

How many interviews do you have to go?

Are you/have you been mass mailing?

Oh, and chill, its still early if it is the second day of OCI... Focus on your upcoming interviews, obsessing about what has already happened and is now totally out of your hand cannot and will not help you.

OP here
25 screeners, 18 interviews.
80 mass mail with no responses.

[ymmv]

80 mailers is not mass mail. That is what you should have had mailed by the end of July. Get working, mail every spare moment until you literally can't find any more firms. Then start mailing non-firm employers.

[Danger Zone]

This thread is a joke right? You're worried because it's the second day? Fucking lol

[Anonymous User]

This thread is a joke right? You're worried because it's the second day? Fucking lol

Well I guess I'm not sure how callbacks work.

out of my 18 interviews so far, I have 1 rejection, and I know for a fact that 9 firms have issues callbacks already (and this is what I know of).

How do firms callback? Are there multiple rounds? From what I hear, they callback in 24 hours or you get dinged... And since over half of my firms issued callbacks already, it seems like I missed the boat (if this is true)

I know I'm overreacting a little but most people I know have at least 4 callbacks so I'm worried

[Danger Zone]

Just relax. There will be time to freak out in a couple weeks.

[wiz]

I think 24-48 hours is generally a reasonable timeline to expect for NY. It's also interviewer-specific, so if your interviewer has already called your classmates, then maybe you have a problem. But if callbacks and dings have both gone out, you could be on some sort of waitlist.

I agree with DZ here and say you should wait a little bit longer before freaking out. That doesn't mean you shouldn't be mass mailing like crazy and preparing to nail the rest of your interviews, though. I get that it's easier said than done, but try to relax and focus your energy on things you can control. Like bringing your A-game for your remaining screeners.

[Anonymous User]

Can someone give me advice?

Career services has told me to "sell myself" in every way I can. I've been doing so. I have an agenda of 3-4 points I try to get across each time. The cost of doing this means the conversation is less organic and may sound more rehearsed.

So my interviews have been 1 of these 3:
Interviews where I get along GREAT with the interviewer but they know nothing about me because I'm trying to keep it a conversation
Interviews where I completely sell myself and it seems somewhat awkward (question and answer type). It's not entirely awkward but it can be more loose
Some in-betweens (it doesn't tell much about me. It gives them maybe one piece of information about me but it's not as awkward)

I feel like I don't have top grades to just carry a convo and expect a cb. I also feel like since I'm K-JD, I can't just go the "conversation route" or even the "in-between" route because there are no qualities about me that the interviewer will know. If I go the "in-between" route, I'll get along with the interviewer fine and have maybe one quality about me that sticks out. Otherwise, I don't distinguish myself too much and I get lost in the sea of applicants.
IMO, the full "selling myself" route is best because it gives a good picture of myself and there are 4 things that make me stick out, even if it might come off as somewhat awkward.

I know the answer is "sell yourself on all 4 points and don't be awkward". It's difficult because the interview is so short, and trying to work in my agenda makes the whole process seem artificial.

Any tips?

[rickgrimes69]

Can someone give me advice?

Career services has told me to "sell myself" in every way I can. I've been doing so. I have an agenda of 3-4 points I try to get across each time. The cost of doing this means the conversation is less organic and may sound more rehearsed.

So my interviews have been 1 of these 3:
Interviews where I get along GREAT with the interviewer but they know nothing about me because I'm trying to keep it a conversation
Interviews where I completely sell myself and it seems somewhat awkward (question and answer type). It's not entirely awkward but it can be more loose
Some in-betweens (it doesn't tell much about me. It gives them maybe one piece of information about me but it's not as awkward)

I feel like I don't have top grades to just carry a convo and expect a cb. I also feel like since I'm K-JD, I can't just go the "conversation route" or even the "in-between" route because there are no qualities about me that the interviewer will know. If I go the "in-between" route, I'll get along with the interviewer fine and have maybe one quality about me that sticks out. Otherwise, I don't distinguish myself too much and I get lost in the sea of applicants.
IMO, the full "selling myself" route is best because it gives a good picture of myself and there are 4 things that make me stick out, even if it might come off as somewhat awkward.

I know the answer is "sell yourself on all 4 points and don't be awkward". It's difficult because the interview is so short, and trying to work in my agenda makes the whole process seem artificial.

Any tips?

My advice is to stop selling yourself because honestly, as a K-JD who probably lacks any useful real-world experience, you don't have much to sell. Your job should be to come across as normal and as likable as possible.

[enibs]

My advice is to stop selling yourself because honestly, as a K-JD who probably lacks any useful real-world experience, you don't have much to sell. Your job should be to come across as normal and as likable as possible.

I second this advice. I hate it when students try to do a sales job on me. And if it's feeling awkward and rehearsed to you, it's probably feeling awkward and rehearsed to your interviewer. As an interviewer, it's my job to find out what I need to know about you in the 20 minutes allotted. It's your job to be yourself. The best version of yourself that you can be for 20 minutes, but still yourself.

[Chrstgtr]

I love how Penn students say T7 school instead of just the actual name. But for real OP you should step up your mailing by both going deeper into your targeted market (because NYC is absolutely huge) and expanding it to all markets to which you have any conceivable ties.

[Chrstgtr]

I love how Penn students say T7 school instead of just the actual name. But for real OP you should step up your mailing by both going deeper into your targeted market (because NYC is absolutely huge) and expanding it to all markets to which you have any conceivable ties.

[Anonymous User]

I love how Penn students say T7 school instead of just the actual name. But for real OP you should step up your mailing by both going deeper into your targeted market (because NYC is absolutely huge) and expanding it to all markets to which you have any conceivable ties.

It's not Penn. We finished our OCI on Wednesday.

[Anonymous User]

I have absolutely no callbacks at all.
Everyone I knows has at least ONE but I have ZERO.
I'm median at a top 7 school, targeting all NYC.

I'm worried because people who interviewed at the same firms as me got callbacks at these firms (meaning I missed the boat?).

How concerned should I be right now?
What should I be doing besides mass mailing? I've spoken with career services and they told me not to worry but obviously I can't when literally everyone I know is getting callbacks from SAME FIRMS I've been interviewing with

DON'T STRESS....yet. I was in the same exact boat as you and ended Day 2 with 5 callbacks from Day 1, with most of the calls coming around mid-afternoon. You'll be fine. Deep breath.