Should I stop holding my breath? Forum

[Anonymous User]

My callback at a big firm was 2.5 weeks ago. This office has been giving out offers and dings. I've emailed a couple of times asking for a timeline due to expiring offers (one of them is mid next week), but I haven't gotten any responses. Should I just assume this is a no and move on?

[Yea All Right]

Looks like you're on some sort of waitlist where the firm is waiting to see how their initial offerees respond before deciding on you. You're not necessarily going to be rejected but you should probably just put this in the back of your mind for now and focus on other prospects.

[QContinuum]

Looks like you're on some sort of waitlist where the firm is waiting to see how their initial offerees respond before deciding on you. You're not necessarily going to be rejected but you should probably just put this in the back of your mind for now and focus on other prospects.

Could be a waitlist, more probably (and sorry to say this) OP has been rejected. Many firms never send formal rejection letters, or are very tardy about sending them (I'm talking weeks or months late).

[Anonymous User]

Looks like you're on some sort of waitlist where the firm is waiting to see how their initial offerees respond before deciding on you. You're not necessarily going to be rejected but you should probably just put this in the back of your mind for now and focus on other prospects.

Could be a waitlist, more probably (and sorry to say this) OP has been rejected. Many firms never send formal rejection letters, or are very tardy about sending them (I'm talking weeks or months late).

OP here. I figured this was the case. It's weird because they seem to be pretty quick with their ding emails for callbacks, so I was trying to be optimistic. But since I asked about the timeline a couple of times without a response, I'm sure I'm not a priority right now regardless.

[notinbiglaw]

Stop reading tea leaves and start mass mailing. I am pretty sure I never got an official ding from some of the firms I interviewed with all those years ago.

[bana79]

I had a pre-OCI callback at my top choice. I thought the entire thing went great, and it retrospect it was probably my first or second strongest callback. I had multiple partners responding to my thank you notes telling me how much they enjoyed meeting me. I thought I was in, and I didn't worry when the hiring partner told me to expect a 1-2 week wait. At the one week mark, the recruiter invited me to a happy hour they were having at my school during my OCI week. At the two week mark, I still hadn't heard anything, but I went to the happy hour and a lot of partners and associates recognized me and came up and started conversations with me. Again, I thought I was in. By week three, I hadn't heard anything, but I knew they had started giving out offers. I still wasn't worried. I sent recruiting an email confirming that they were my first choice and that I was looking forward to hearing back from them. Well, I heard back earlier today and received a rejection. Sure, it stung a bit, but I still don't really care because I received an offer from a firm I liked just as much sometime between week three and week four. To summarize: nothing is promised until you get an actual, real offer, and you should keep applying to as many places as possible until then.