I think that's pretty common for firms that don't participate in your school's OCI. I've had several firms offer me interviews like that. Only two firms have asked me to visit them for screening interviews rather than going ahead with scheduling "callback" interviews.
I had the same thing happen to me this week and I am a 3L. I thought it was interesting too. Question - If the firm isn't doing OCI but calls me in for a 1 hour interview, it's still a screening interview right?
Quote from: huhwhat on September 02, 2008, 12:30:31 PMI think that's pretty common for firms that don't participate in your school's OCI. I've had several firms offer me interviews like that. Only two firms have asked me to visit them for screening interviews rather than going ahead with scheduling "callback" interviews.Yes.This isn't all that uncommon, I don't think - it happened to me with the firm I'll be working for when I graduate, and has happened to friends as well. It probably just means that your resume and transcript were strong enough on the surface that they're confident they're interested in doing the callback and so they're not going to waste time with the screening interview.
Quote from: Grace. on September 02, 2008, 12:32:25 PMQuote from: huhwhat on September 02, 2008, 12:30:31 PMI think that's pretty common for firms that don't participate in your school's OCI. I've had several firms offer me interviews like that. Only two firms have asked me to visit them for screening interviews rather than going ahead with scheduling "callback" interviews.Yes.This isn't all that uncommon, I don't think - it happened to me with the firm I'll be working for when I graduate, and has happened to friends as well. It probably just means that your resume and transcript were strong enough on the surface that they're confident they're interested in doing the callback and so they're not going to waste time with the screening interview.Do firms ever do phone interviews to screen before inviting you for a callback?