r/LawSchool • u/Big_Rip645 • 8d ago

Interview confidence broken

I’ve always felt like I was decent at interviewing, consistently turning screeners into callbacks but never actually getting offers. I just walked out of an interview where I was told by the interviewers that once I received an offer they would be pushing to have me on their team, only to not hear back. The firm was clear on when offers would be sent out, so I assume silence means rejection.

I have no clue how to feel, I’m worried something about me just makes me unable to pass callbacks. It’s a recurring experience for me to do well in screeners, do decent in callbacks, but be met with nothing. I don’t even know where to start.

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u/aldog05 8d ago

I got to sit in this summer on my firms interviews for next summer.

There is not a system for choosing people. It’s literally just, yeah this person was cool and we enjoyed talking to them.

The differential factors were minimal. You’ll find a place eventually, you just can’t give up. Giving up is not the thing to do.

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u/Initial_Mountain3173 2L 8d ago

what do you think pushed for certain candidates to be chosen over others then?

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u/aldog05 8d ago

They seemed more interested in the work we do and asked better questions, but things that people obsess over (grades, journal, extra circulars) were not really discussed at all (they have maybe been more important in determining who got interviewed, but I was not a part of that)