Introduction
The Spring Interview Program (SIP) is an opportunity for private sector employers to interview 1Ls and 2Ls for summer 2024 employment opportunities, as well as 3Ls for permanent post-graduation employment.
Interview Dates
Virtual interviews will take place January 29 – February 7, 2024, between 9 am and 7 pm EST.
General Information
Important Dates
November 13 | Employer registration opens. |
January 2 | Employer registration period closes. |
January 5 (on or before) | SIP interview dates released to employers with complete registrations. |
January 9 – 16 | Students bid for SIP interviews. |
January 16 – 18 | Employers review number of bids submitted by students and confirm participation in the program. |
January 24 (in the afternoon) | Interview schedules & resumes released to employers. |
January 29 – February 7 | Virtual Interviews |
February 5 – February 9 | Students bid for SIP resume collections. |
February 9 | Resumes released to employers participating in the SIP Resume Collection. |
March 11 – 15 | Spring break |
Registration
Resume Collections
If your organization is unable to participate in virtual SIP interviews, we encourage you to register for a resume collection instead. Students submit resumes & transcripts to employers of their choosing and the application results are released to employers on February 9, 2024. Register in Symplicity.
Policies
HLS maintains a strict no-prescreening policy, which means employers are not permitted to ask for resumes or transcripts in order to select students for interviews. Interviews are assigned by a lottery designed to maximize opportunities for both employers and students. Students can be asked to bring additional application documents (transcript & writing sample) to the interview. Cover letters requests are not accepted.
Harvard Law School requires that all professionals interviewing at our events review our Recruiting Policies and Guidelines. In addition, we require that you re-affirm your commitment to the non-discrimination policy by clicking the “We accept the terms of the Harvard Law School Non-Discrimination Policy” under your personal account settings in Symplicity.
View Schedule
Interview schedules will be made available through Symplicity on Wednesday, January 24. You will receive an email notifying you when schedules are available. At that time you will be able to download the resumes of students assigned to your interview schedule(s), as well as the resumes of those students who expressed interest in your organization but were not assigned an interview (i.e. the waitlist).
To view your final schedule, please take the following steps:
- Log in to Symplicity
- Select [OCI] from the left side navigation
- Select [Resume/Schedule Packets] from the drop down
- Click [View PDF] to access your interview schedule
- Waitlisted candidates who were not assigned an interview can be seen from the [Applicants / Waitlist] sub-tab.
Interview Logistics
Interviews will take place in Flo Recruit.
Transcripts will be available in Flo Recruit at the time of the interview. To access transcripts, please see the Flo Recruit resource center for instructions.
Additional Flo Recruit Resources:
- 3-minute interviewer training video
- Interviewer Training PDF
- Video Chat Troubleshooting
- Technical specifications for IT departments
- Test your video and audio
- Book a test call
During the interview, the fastest way to get technical assistance is for interviewers to press the blue button in the bottom right corner of their screen to speak directly with a Flo Recruit representative.
Organizations are welcome to use their own video conference platform if they prefer. Please email recruiting@law.harvard.edu with your video link.
Student Documents
Resumes
Resume packets will be provided along with your interview schedule on Wednesday, January 24. At that time packets can also be accessed in CSM/Symplicity.
Transcripts
Transcripts will be visible in Flo Recruit at the time of the interview. You may download full packets of transcripts at the end of your interview day directly from Flo Recruit. See instructions here.
Additional Documents
If you requested additional documents such as a writing sample when you registered for SIP, students will be prompted to upload the document in Flo Recruit. You will be able to access these documents at the time of the interview.