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  • Feb 17, 2018
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    Completely optional to post here, but I thought it would be interesting to get a sense of how everyone is doing? Hopefully, it'll show that even the very successful candidates have still had to deal with a number of rejections.

    I think @macbeth's formatting is great, so feel free to follow the same. You may also want to post whether this is your first/second/third cycle etc. Up to you whether you want to mention firm names or not.

    Update:
    • Rejections: 18
    • In process of interviewing: 1 (Willkie)
    • Waiting for reply: 6 (Cooley, Gibson Dunn, Kirkland, Shearman, Debevoise, Latham)
    • Vac Scheme in the bag: 1 (cannot disclose)
     
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