For folks that went from big law to DOJ or SEC as a junior to mid level attorney, was it difficult to get traction on your applications? How long were you applying before you got bites on your resume?

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Recently got an offer from SEC as a 5th year. Tried once as a 4th year and didn't get referred. My friend just started as USAO and she was a 4th year + doing a clerkship while she was interviewing. Another colleague is going to be a USAO as an 8th year. That was a few years in the making bc it was a very competitive office. Think it varies, but you need to show relevant experience on your resume.

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Someone at my firm went to the SEC last year as a third year. I don’t think it took very long but I’m not completely sure about the timeline

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Relevant experience is important but so is years of experience. Maybe it's just me but many federal agencies are trying to hire people with as little experience as possible to keep budgets under control.

For the 7yr plus attorneys, it becomes a real challenge unless you fit into a niche.

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Gotcha, thanks. I recently got a couple of referrals but no further contact yet. Appreciate the responses

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Need your thoughts.
I am done with my client interview and it went well but they are asking me to come to gugaon location.
I am from Bangalore location.
I directly said to client that I can't since I have my family here.
When I inform this to my manager he is saying how come u say like this to client.according to kpmg policy u need to travel to anywhere to work.
This is not good right. What should be my reply to the client in such a case and how to handle manager on this?

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Does this ever happened with anyone that your interview went very good and then also you got rejection mail from hr and unable to understand what when wrong. The same thing happened with me yesterday for coinswitch data engineer profile. Solved all the questions and actually gave some suggestions also , but today got rejection mail.😂😂

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Hi fishes, I have an interview tomorrow with factset for Client Solution Advisor. Any tips for the questions they'll be asking? And if ajy of the factset employee can tell me the work we will do in this role will be good.

Tips for a US citizen preparing for their SN1 interview with a Big 4 accounting firm in London for a Senior Consultant position? Thank you!

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Hello Guys,

Need to know one thing urgently. Have attended lateral TCS interview and cleared TR and MR..But got to know in the MR round that my preferred base location they cant provide..So went ahead with it. HR discussion yet to happen.. In the meanwhile got another interview scheduled tomorrow frm TCS whose talent acquisition person told its a pan india location and any location can be provided...

Can anyone please let me know If I sit for the interview tomorrow will it cause any issue/not?

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Heyy people,

Couldn't attend this interview at PwC due to last minute technical difficulties. I requested HR to reschedule it. She said it's not possible this week and she'll try her best for the next week. I am really tensed, I don't want to throw away this opportunity. I was really looking forward for the interview. Would they really reschedule my interview?

Interviewing at so many places and often get dinged at final rounds. Hoping and praying for the right one to work out.

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I'm interested in applying for a Senior Program Manager role at Splunk. Does anyone have insights into that specific role there? Culture, balance, career path? Thanks!

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Anyone applying this year?

The work culture from my current position very bad and I decided to search for other opportunities. I have been interviewing for companies but have not landed the role. I am distraught, frustrated, and lost. If you know of any remote Supply Chain Management, Business Analyst or Business in general opportunities, please let me know and I appreciate your help in advance.

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How can you gauge whether a LMM pe shop with limited past employees has a good culture or not? I’m interviews with a few but feel like I have no clue if itll be sweaty, chill, etc. What questions can I ask to get insight into this?

Hello, I am currently having 6 years of experience in US Taxation in Partnership(1065) Federal. Currently I am in the position of Assistant manager, I have cracked the interview of a few Big 4 companies.
Whats the Fixed CTC should I ask for?

I have cleared all the interview rounds and HR discussion on salary. But it's been more than 2 weeks now, they are ghosting around.

CCTC : 21
Ectc : 27-28
YoE: 6

I anyways got an offer from HPE today. What do you guys think? Is HPE better than GlobalLogic?

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I just started with a company as an HR Generalist. Within the 3 weeks of being there, my boss’s boss left, and today I found out my boss gave notice. HR is not valued at the company and it’s disheartening to know I was hired into a mess. I am now actively looking but how do I explain to other employers why I am actively looking and what do I put on my resume? I have never had to deal with this before.

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Anyone who could refer me? I'm looking for a big4/ banking/ IB/PE related organisation to join. Have an experience in the US mortgage and a graduate in Management Studies. Have resigned last June, and now it's been 2-3 months I've been struggling to find a job.

I'm a finance oriented guy, and am currently upskilling through coursera as well. Currently learning about Private Equity and Investments. Let me know if someone could help to land an interview. Thanks in advance to the community.

I have my final round interviews with Amazon next week! I’m going for the Campaign and Creative Manager role - any tips/advice? How did you manage 4, one hour long interviews? What to expect from a TC standpoint? I am based in NYC.

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Is there a hard limit on how frequent you can apply in a year at FAANG? (For instance: Amazon, Google)

Also, how many positions are we allowed to apply?
There are just many positions at different teams right.

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Hi Fishes,
My total experience is 5 in QA, I attended Deloitte interview. First round was technical and it went quite well, they asked lot of theory questions. I answered few and quite I was not sure of answers. She gave feedback like my communication and confidence level is good and project wise I'm having good knowledge and coming to concept wise it's not upto the mark for experience. So my query is will they call me for next round?I really wanna get selected since Deloitte is mydream company

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In your opinion, are the wall street prep courses good for getting a practical exposure to financial modeling and add value to resume? Are they similar to real life cases? Is it worth it?

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Now 4 year in infosys bpm
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MY WORK EXP IS GENUINE

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