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Phone Call Recs
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:59 am
by Anonymous User
After your interview is there any specifics regarding asking for phone calls from recommenders (i.e. do they just call the standard chambers number? Is there anything wrong with outright asking for them to call? For non-professors should there be any direction on what to say?)
Re: Phone Call Recs
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:44 pm
by Anonymous User
After the interview? I'm not convinced that after-interview calls actually do any good. Phone calls are generally to get your foot in the door; if you've had an interview, they're now looking at fit, which is difficult for a phone call to satisfy.
Re: Phone Call Recs
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:59 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:After the interview? I'm not convinced that after-interview calls actually do any good. Phone calls are generally to get your foot in the door; if you've had an interview, they're now looking at fit, which is difficult for a phone call to satisfy.
Is this credited? Keep hearing the opposite.
Re: Phone Call Recs
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 3:39 pm
by Anonymous User
Went ahead with the calls anyway (heard from a median candidate who got CoA largely on post interview calls and went ahead with it). As far as before an interview - I don't really know what the timeline of this would be. If I have a few judges in my #1 and pretty competitive District, is it then credited to ask your recommenders just call at a random time hoping to get your application pulled in order to hopefully get an interview?
Re: Phone Call Recs
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 3:46 pm
by A. Nony Mouse
Pre-interview is what I have generally seen recommended, too; you need to get pulled out of the pile of applications. If the judge doesn't like you after the interview I'm not sure what good a call from someone is going to do.
Re: Phone Call Recs
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:05 am
by Emma.
A. Nony Mouse wrote:Pre-interview is what I have generally seen recommended, too; you need to get pulled out of the pile of applications. If the judge doesn't like you after the interview I'm not sure what good a call from someone is going to do.
Agreed.
Re: Phone Call Recs
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:16 am
by Anonymous User
Emma. wrote:A. Nony Mouse wrote:Pre-interview is what I have generally seen recommended, too; you need to get pulled out of the pile of applications. If the judge doesn't like you after the interview I'm not sure what good a call from someone is going to do.
Agreed.
Good to know. If this is the standard procedure, when? Several of the judges that would fit that description are accepting applications but don't plan to interview for several months. The advice is appreciated
Re: Phone Call Recs
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:03 pm
by Emma.
Anonymous User wrote:Emma. wrote:A. Nony Mouse wrote:Pre-interview is what I have generally seen recommended, too; you need to get pulled out of the pile of applications. If the judge doesn't like you after the interview I'm not sure what good a call from someone is going to do.
Agreed.
when?
It's impossible to say. If you had access to each particular judge's hiring practices you'd probably want the calls to go out right about the time the judge starts looking at apps. But every judge is on a different schedule.