I have a CB with SullCrom next week - anyone have information on this? I’ve heard in past years that SC often offers at end of the CB - anyone know if this is still the way it usually works? Or has this changed?
I think they’ve largely stopped doing this, so don’t be freaking out if you walk out w/o an offer in hand. Back when their summer classes were bigger, they could afford to make on-the-spot offers.
S&C, to my knowledge, still gives offers at the end of the CB. Whether not getting one on the spot means an automatic ding or not, I’m not sure, but my guess is that it is.
BTW, while S&C cut its summer class years ago, it’s back to pre-recession levels. More than 100 summers last summer and about the same this year.
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Does anyone know if on-the-spot offers are the norm for S&C satellite offices as well? Or is it just a NY thing?
What’s the callback to offer ratio?
Like 90%+ most years. The highest firm I know of.
Former S&C summer here. Many summers still receive end-of-CB offers, but some don’t (anecdotally).
Anyone know how ppl get dinged there at callback? <this guy did. Seemed to go fine.
Happened to me too. Thought the interviews were fine, then met the hiring partner for five minutes and was shown the door. He didn’t seem impressed and told me had to wait for all the reviews came in.
Anyway, this was last year. I was convinced from TLS that all offers were given on the spot there, so I acted sorta pissy at the callback lunch afterwards. Looking back on it, I may have thrown away the offer there? (though they said explicitly that the lunch plays no part in the evaluation, unlike other firms) But my theory was that I was pretty borderline anyway (lower T14, GPA right at their cutoff, boring background with unprestigious UG, etc…), and the hiring partner just wasn’t impressed. Ding letter a week latter.
Firm definitely wasn’t for me anyway tho, luckily.
Had a CB there the other day and got an offer on the spot, so they are definitely still doing this. As far as what you should expect, it’s your basic call back except they have a swanky lounge with cheese and snacks for you to wait in while they pull together the comments.
…what did you do at the lunch? 
I also had lunch after the hiring partner told me not all feedback was in yet, and it sure was awkward for me - but I tried to hold it together and eventually did get an offer. It was certainly tough to be on that lunch w/o the on the spot offer, but apparently it isn’t always fatal.
What’s the deal with afternoon appointments? I assume there isn’t a dinner, so do we just go home after we’re done interviewing? Also, at my HYS school it seems like SullCrom at most doesn’t give offers to 1 or 2 out of 40+ CBs per year and often gives 100%. Is the offer rate lower at other schools?
Anecdotally, I’m at a T30 with a callback there and I think they gave offers to 3/3 students from my school last year who had CBs with them. To be honest, I think they know more or less who will get offers before the screener
Nothing too egregious, just was sort of negative. Obviously stupid now, but I was in a weird frame of mind around OCI.
While they have a 90% CB to offer rate, my experience last year was that those who interviewed late in the season were much less successful.
Lunch anon above. I was very late in the season.
What qualifies as “late”?
I have an interview early next week. Are there any general tips on ways I should talk about the firm or questions that are worth asking specific to SullCrom?
I really want this.