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CB: Send thank you e-mail or actual note?
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:50 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube And, yes, I am doing one or the other because it is POLITE, despite the fact that some attorneys hate them. It's normal etiquette, in the rest of the world.
Should I sent an e-mail or an actual note? |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:50 PM Author: Walnut Maniacal Preventive Strike E-mail is totally fine, perhaps even preferred. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856179) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:50 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856181) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:27 PM Author: Curious honey-headed spot famous landscape painting if you want the person who interviewed you to put it in their eval, email
to be double-safe, follow-up with a real note |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:30 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube I'm not going to send two, no. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856621) |
Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:50 PM Author: wonderful boiling water philosopher-king Depends. If old send actual note. If young, send e-mail. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856173) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:53 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube What about 50s? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856218) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:59 PM Author: wonderful boiling water philosopher-king If err on the side of note. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856281) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:51 PM Author: federal affirmative action stage telegram
Thank you for the interview STOP Please don't pwn me STOP If you no offer me I'm fucked STOP I will work slavishly under your employ for many moons STOP |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:52 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube That's too many words, bro. I need to shorten it to save on the number of clicks the telegrapher does. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856194) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:43 PM Author: Duck-like coiffed university knife STOP
Hammertime |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:51 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit I remember hearing that you should do email in nyc, maybe dc but I don't remember, but maybe a note in a more traditional market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856191) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:53 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube We had some NYC attorney talk to us at my school and say she really disliked them and if you sent them to her, you had to be doubly sure it was all grammatically correct. She really put me off. I couldn't believe the rudeness of her recommendation. Like it was some sort of annoyance. It's only politeness, so sorry if NYC BIGLAW isn't up on its etiquette. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856215) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:54 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit It is a bit annoying, and a lot of times people fuck them up and they are obviously a cut and paste job (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856226) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:55 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube I would be MORE annoyed if someone didn't send one at all. But, that is me. I am taking time out of my busy day to talk to you about your career. That deserves a gracious thanks, in my book. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856238) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:56 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit but they are almost never gracious, they are forms with names inserted obviously you should do it but surely you can see how it can go wrong and why some people, fully aware of how little effort you are putting into it and how interchangeable all of your interviews were, would not be a big fan of them |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:58 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube I guess. But, people should do them differently, then. I do genuinely switch up mine, and I put in the specific things I spoke about with the attorney.
I would still prefer a 'fake' one than none at all, quite frankly. It is the same sort of concept of giving a sympathy card when someone dies or something. |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:00 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit you also have to remember that interviewing you was an annoyance that caused them to stay late that day and reading your email is just another distraction in a flood of emails during a stressful day, so even if your note is personal they probably won't actually read the entire thing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856293) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:01 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube They get to bill the interview. They volunteer to do the CB at most firms. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856304) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:02 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit lulz, no, they can write it down but I don't think many firms are giving billable hour credit for interviewing and lunches and shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856321) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:03 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube It changes for a CB? They def give it for OCI. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856346) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:05 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit perhaps, but having to do an entire day is a bit much if you don't get some credit, but a lot of times a partner does that stuff, so it doesn't matter if it's "billable" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856363) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:55 PM Author: Wild telephone I sent one with a grammatical error.
LOL there goes my career |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:56 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube I did it, too, during a screening interview. I got dinged (and, I sent an apology e-mail for the grammatical mistake, too!). Ah, well.
Kind of like when I sent the wrong firm's name in a cover letter during 1L. |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:57 PM Author: Wild telephone how did you send a ty note during the screening interview (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856252) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:59 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube After. E-mail. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856276) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:00 PM Author: Wild telephone oh. why did you send a note apologizing? that shows weakness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856294) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:01 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube Cause it was a stupid mistake, and I didn't want him to think it reflected my desire to work for the firm or anything like that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856314) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:02 PM Author: Wild telephone You shouldn't have called attention to it. It's likely they barely looked at your e-mail anyway (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856328) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:04 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube It didn't matter in the end. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856353) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:05 PM Author: federal affirmative action stage cr
the only times to send a correction are if you misspell the interviewer or the firm's names |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:56 PM Author: Purple menage ape I am taking a 2L out on a callback lunch. If she sends me a thank you note with a typo, I will shit all over her to everyone I can at the firm. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856251) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:57 PM Author: Wild telephone mine was a grammatical error that is not entirely obvious, but i was definitely wrong. i looked it up (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856256) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:57 PM Author: Purple menage ape as will I (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856260) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:59 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube Why would you do that? It's the thought that counts! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856282) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:00 PM Author: Wild telephone oh well. getting dingfagged will save me the trouble of having to work with you pricks
thank god i have other options |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:00 PM Author: Purple menage ape be sure to bring that up in the interview (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856300) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:02 PM Author: Wild telephone honestly if law were my only option i would probably kill self out of hopelessness and regret (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856316) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 10:57 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit lulz, this is why interviewing sucks so much, lawyers really are this mean but I might do that too |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:00 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube What, why? It is a nervous, high-stress situation for the student. YOU have all the power. Just let a typo slide. It does not reflect, at all, the person's diligence, intelligence, or value, in my book. It's just a thank you note with a slight typo. It should not outweigh, at all, the overall assessment of the individual for his/her capacity as an attorney. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856296) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:03 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit but if you're picking between somebody who did this and somebody who didn't, it's worse to have done it, so it reflects, in some small way perhaps, but still (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856335) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:04 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube I would not make a judgment call based on a typo in a thank you note, if they had the same credentials. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856358) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:06 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit yes you would, you would have to x > x who fucked up an important email |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:07 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube A thank you note is not important. It's a nicety, but it is not CRUCIAL to the interview process. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856375) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:08 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit any reasonable applicant considers it to be important and will generally be careful not to fuck it up point is, it's a negative, no matter how small, and given how small the differences in the dood who gets the offer and teh dood who doesn't it's a potentially very important email |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:03 PM Author: Wild telephone lawyers don't think like this. they are such miserable cunts and love to spread their misery to everyone else (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856344) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:05 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube I'm a future lawyer, and this is how I think. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856367) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:08 PM Author: Wild telephone You're entering the right profession son (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856390) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:11 PM Author: Poppy church building headpube I am saying I think the opposite way of lawyers regarding thank you notes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856426) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:04 PM Author: Purple menage ape basically, if her tits are nice, I'll let it slide
typical law school shrew has no margin for error |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:07 PM Author: cobalt razzle jewess locale I'd go with no note--no one cares whether you enjoyed your visit, and, as has been amply demonstrated in this thread, biglaw firms are filled with faggots who will ding you for any typo, grammatical error, or questionable stylistic choice.
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:13 PM Author: Sinister Persian Pit they might also ding you for no note (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856439) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:14 PM Author: cobalt razzle jewess locale Not in NYC. Maybe at a random firm in Richmond VA, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856457) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2010 11:14 PM Author: Wild telephone people in this thread are also xoxo posters...it's a certain self-selected group not necessarily representative of biglaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1402711&forum_id=2#15856452) |