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Simpson thacher houston call back to offer
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 5:03 pm
by Anonymous User
Anyone have a timeline on callback to offer/ding from Simpson thacher Houston
Re: Simpson thacher houston call back to offer
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 3:10 am
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:Anyone have a timeline on callback to offer/ding from Simpson thacher Houston
Based on NALP, they have only taken 3-4 summers for the past 3 years so if that remains the same they will likely only be handing out offers as outstanding offers are rejected. If you haven’t been dinged yet, you might be on a waitlist of some sort, moreso if it’s been longer than 1-2 days as they likely extend offers to strong candidates like the NY office and it’s pretty late in the cycle for them at this point. I know of at least one person with an offer there.
Anon because I’m an incoming at an STB office this fall with friends in Houston (my username would out me).
Re: Simpson thacher houston call back to offer
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 10:50 am
by Anonymous User
I was one of two people that had a callback yesterday so I think they are either expanding their class size or still have spots available. How long did it take you to receive an offer after your callback?
Re: Simpson thacher houston call back to offer
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 4:45 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:I was one of two people that had a callback yesterday so I think they are either expanding their class size or still have spots available. How long did it take you to receive an offer after your callback?
Doubtful they are expanding the class size. Unlike the other NY firms in Houston, STB seems to have purposely grown slowly in Houston. The 3-4 associates per summer class makes sense since they only have 4 partners right now - taking on more would mean a large partner to associate leverage ratio in that office which goes against their current mindset of lean staffing.
That either means they have outstanding offers that haven’t been accepted or were actually declined, or, possibly, they have a full class and are just finishing up already scheduled callbacks on the off chance they meet someone that warrants increasing the class to 5 (or they just don’t want to cancel scheduled callbacks since a firm like STB doesn’t normally do that).
If they have had a recent partner lateral though (either from the NY office or another firm) that isn’t disclosed on the website though, that might be a reason to expand the class.