Good Questions for Second Looks
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:13 am
So I haven't been able to get a great sense of what's appropriate to ask at a second look beyond what we've already asked at CBs, and more importantly what kind of questions are going to yield useful answers. Especially for differentiating a firm from a really similar one presenting a tough/close final decision.
Any veterans of the process have tips? I'm thinking of the some of the following, though I'm not sure how helpful they'd be. Choosing a non-NY market, if it makes any difference:
What percentage of summers got offers the past few years? (Where the info is not nalp-available)
Are you friends with anyone here outside work?
Do people ever get cold offered?
How many times have you traveled for work?
Have you taken a vacation since you started here?
How many people from your starting class are still here?
What is one thing you dislike about work at your firm? If you could change anything about the firm, what would it be?
What are face time requirements like? Do you feel free to work from home in the evenings, such as if you want to have dinner with your family?
How do you feel your experience here differs from that of your friends at other firms?
How difficult is it to meet billables? [if there is lock step and no billable requirement here], do you find there is an unofficial billable requirement?
How many hours of pro bono work do you bill per year? Is it encouraged or frowned upon by partners?
What's the best part about working in your practice area? The worst?
Any veterans of the process have tips? I'm thinking of the some of the following, though I'm not sure how helpful they'd be. Choosing a non-NY market, if it makes any difference:
What percentage of summers got offers the past few years? (Where the info is not nalp-available)
Are you friends with anyone here outside work?
Do people ever get cold offered?
How many times have you traveled for work?
Have you taken a vacation since you started here?
How many people from your starting class are still here?
What is one thing you dislike about work at your firm? If you could change anything about the firm, what would it be?
What are face time requirements like? Do you feel free to work from home in the evenings, such as if you want to have dinner with your family?
How do you feel your experience here differs from that of your friends at other firms?
How difficult is it to meet billables? [if there is lock step and no billable requirement here], do you find there is an unofficial billable requirement?
How many hours of pro bono work do you bill per year? Is it encouraged or frowned upon by partners?
What's the best part about working in your practice area? The worst?