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Interviews, Offers, and On the Job Resources

Updates from Hire Ground

  • When to Follow Up with an Employer After an Interview

    If you are waiting to hear back from a firm of interest, emailing the firm to reiterate your interest can be helpful. You can touch base with the firm’s recruiting contact to check on the status of your application now for firms with whom you interviewed last week. By Monday, it will be fine to

    June 18, 2025

  • Notifying Firms of Offers

    If you have received an offer, but are hoping to hear back from other firms, you can and should let those other firms know about your offer. You can use the receipt of an offer as a reason to check in with an employer you have not yet heard from or to follow-up after an

    June 18, 2025

  • Declining Offers

    The moment you decide a firm is no longer under consideration, promptly decline that offer. If you already have an offer and receive a callback invitation you no longer wish to attend, decline or cancel that callback. By declining offers or interviews you no longer want in a timely manner, you are helping your classmates,

    June 18, 2025

  • EIP Day Four: Keep Your Eyes on the Road Ahead of You

    With two days left of EIP, now is not the time to focus on the rearview mirror by dwelling on perceived mistakes or lack of success. Each interview is a fresh chance to impress. Remember, the interviewers ahead are excited to see you and not judging you on your earlier interviews. Focus on what you

    June 17, 2025

  • I have not yet received any callbacks. What should I do right now?

    If you haven’t received any callbacks from EIP, don’t panic. It is too early to draw conclusions about the number of callbacks you will receive. However, if you do not yet have callbacks or offers, please visit the OCS Zoom Room today to check in with an adviser. Advisers can help make sure your narrative

    June 16, 2025