Penn OCI 2021 Forum

[jacky9]

Did regional (L.A.) and regular OCI (only targeting L.A. firms). Got CBs from Kirkland, Venable, STB, and Irell (all regional)
Radio silence from every L.A.-based firm during regular. Anyone else here target L.A. during regular OCI?

Same boat for LA firms during regular OCI.

Glad to hear I'm not alone!

[Anonymous User]

Is anyone feeling they underperformed their stats?

[Anonymous User]

Has there been any movement over the weekend?

[Anonymous User]

Is anyone feeling they underperformed their stats?

I've been hearing through the grapevine that this has been a particularly slow/challenging year for OCI, but that might be hearsay.

[Anonymous User]

Has there been any movement over the weekend?

Whole lot of radio silence on 4 out of my 5 Friday NYC firms. Hoping things pick up tomorrow given MLK day today.

[Anonymous User]

Is anyone feeling they underperformed their stats?

I've been hearing through the grapevine that this has been a particularly slow/challenging year for OCI, but that might be hearsay.

Does this have anything to do with the large number of pre-OCI offers? Feels like there were a lot...

[Anonymous User]

Is anyone feeling they underperformed their stats?

I've been hearing through the grapevine that this has been a particularly slow/challenging year for OCI, but that might be hearsay.

Does this have anything to do with the large number of pre-OCI offers? Feels like there were a lot...

We can only speculate but probably a combination of increased pre-OCI movement and firms being more conservative with hiring following covid

[Anonymous User]

Had some movement from Friday interviews. 2/4 callbacks.

[Anonymous User]

Had some movement from Friday interviews. 2/4 callbacks.

Some movement for me as well.

[Anonymous User]

With CBs presumably under way, please post any offers!

[Anonymous User]

finally found this thread. adding movement here in case it's helpful:
CBs
-Skadden (day after as phone call)
-Quinn (day after as email)
-Cooley (call over weekend)
-Gibson (call on a saturday night?)
-Kirkland (just now as email)

Deafening silence from:
-Paul Weiss
-Covington
-SuCo
-Cravath

Rejections:
-Milbank

[Anonymous User]

finally found this thread. adding movement here in case it's helpful:
CBs
-Skadden (day after as phone call)
-Quinn (day after as email)
-Cooley (call over weekend)
-Gibson (call on a saturday night?)
-Kirkland (just now as email)

Deafening silence from:
-Paul Weiss
-Covington
-SuCo
-Cravath

Rejections:
-Milbank

I know (from a friend) that Cravath and Paul Weiss sent CBs out--Cravath even sent out offers. Silence isn't a good sign. Congrats on your CBs, though! Really great lineup.

[Anonymous User]

Update is that dings from Cravath and Pau Weiss came in today, both by email.

[Anonymous User]

NY firms are moving in terms of offers.

[Anonymous User]

Did regional (L.A.) and regular OCI (only targeting L.A. firms). Got CBs from Kirkland, Venable, STB, and Irell (all regional)
Radio silence from every L.A.-based firm during regular. Anyone else here target L.A. during regular OCI?

Same boat for LA firms during regular OCI.

Glad to hear I'm not alone!

Just FYI, I've heard of some callback invitations this week

[jacky9]

Did regional (L.A.) and regular OCI (only targeting L.A. firms). Got CBs from Kirkland, Venable, STB, and Irell (all regional)
Radio silence from every L.A.-based firm during regular. Anyone else here target L.A. during regular OCI?

Same boat for LA firms during regular OCI.

Glad to hear I'm not alone!

Just FYI, I've heard of some callback invitations this week

Yeah I got callbacks at WSGR L.A. and GDC L.A. both of whom interviewed us on Friday.

[JFKjr]

Is anyone feeling they underperformed their stats?

I've been hearing through the grapevine that this has been a particularly slow/challenging year for OCI, but that might be hearsay.

Does this have anything to do with the large number of pre-OCI offers? Feels like there were a lot...

We can only speculate but probably a combination of increased pre-OCI movement and firms being more conservative with hiring following covid

Again, we can only speculate, but I think one other factor is that people may have been less willing to look for new jobs in 2020. That would mean fewer people lateralled, went in house, or said fuck it and started writing movies. That would (theoretically) mean that firms had fewer spots to fill overall, making the whole process more competitive than it normally would be.

[Anonymous User]

Is anyone feeling they underperformed their stats?

I've been hearing through the grapevine that this has been a particularly slow/challenging year for OCI, but that might be hearsay.

Does this have anything to do with the large number of pre-OCI offers? Feels like there were a lot...

We can only speculate but probably a combination of increased pre-OCI movement and firms being more conservative with hiring following covid

Again, we can only speculate, but I think one other factor is that people may have been less willing to look for new jobs in 2020. That would mean fewer people lateralled, went in house, or said fuck it and started writing movies. That would (theoretically) mean that firms had fewer spots to fill overall, making the whole process more competitive than it normally would be.

Respectfully, I don't think this is the correct way to think about hiring. If midlevels or seniors aren't lateraling out, that would only impact lateral hires. OCI/junior associate recruiting would be treated separately in terms of building out the bottom of the firm for the next couple years. If firms are expecting a slow down in the market, the easiest way to cut costs is to limit hire from the start.

I really believe it's a combination of cautious hiring and increased pre-OCI movement and a number of unknown/behind-closed-doors factors.

[Anonymous User]

Is anyone feeling they underperformed their stats?

I've been hearing through the grapevine that this has been a particularly slow/challenging year for OCI, but that might be hearsay.

Does this have anything to do with the large number of pre-OCI offers? Feels like there were a lot...

We can only speculate but probably a combination of increased pre-OCI movement and firms being more conservative with hiring following covid

Again, we can only speculate, but I think one other factor is that people may have been less willing to look for new jobs in 2020. That would mean fewer people lateralled, went in house, or said fuck it and started writing movies. That would (theoretically) mean that firms had fewer spots to fill overall, making the whole process more competitive than it normally would be.

how'd you survive the crash and what have you been up to the last 21 years

[Anonymous User]

Dinged at Perkins Coie LA and Covington LA over the weekend.

[Anonymous User]

Skadden offers went out today.

[Anonymous User]

Skadden offers went out today.

Which Skadden office?

[Anonymous User]

Skadden offers went out today.

Which Skadden office?

NY

[Anonymous User]

Any CA offers?

[Anonymous User]

Any CA offers?

Offer from Irell. Got dinged post-callback at Simpson LA and Kirkland LA.