I’m a junior associate at a regional firm interviewing for a few big law firm positions this week. How much should I worry about the fact that I didn’t go to a T14 school (I graduated top 5% in a school ranked ~75) and didn’t start out in big law? Am I doomed?

iX3 in 6 months vs i40 in 24 months?
All things equal except delivery time what would you do?
I am a fan of the i40 but 2 years of waiting? FML!

I’m good at conceptualising — but how can I become a better writer?
I saw some copywriting courses on ‘42 courses’. Does anyone have any experience with their courses? Or have any other recommendations?

I have an interview for a role in Quality, specifically ER. I have no ER experience but have med surg, oncology, home care, and OR so I was just planning on talking about how all my previous RN roles have involved process improvements. Any other helpful suggestions?

I have a good friend who is looking for a VP of marketing type position coming from a top health system. Minneapolis area, has prior Big 4 experience and an MBA from a top 5 program. Thoughts?

Hello fishes
Am going to join Vodafone in next month
How is the work cluture and and carrier growth in the organisation?

SQL DBA INTERVIEW TIPS

* Nowadays interviews are more inclined towards

* Cloud knowledge AWS/AZURE (mostly on prem to cloud migration)
* Performance tuning
*Always On

Currently in Chicago, has been tough to look for roles in NYC, contemplating about quitting and just go through recruiting when I'm there... reckless approach?

Can tax lawyers in public accounting feasibly make to a move to IRS counsel? Also, would it be worth that move?

Just began studying for the CFE exam. I have access to past editions of the ACFE Fraud Examiners Manual. Does anyone have recommendations on where to get good practice questions? I’d like to avoid spending a fortune on the ACFE kit.

For anyone who’s taken / passed the CFE, is it worth paying for the full exam prep course or would studying the fraud examiners manual suffice?

Hello fellow fishes,
I'm 5 YOE in analytics, mainly CPG/Retail business understanding and solutioning with a touch of python.

I'm planning to enter in freelancing. What could be a potential stream and how to break through into that first project.

Hi All,
Can anyone who recently appeared for Mindtree interview (Tech Stack: Java, Spring Boot, Microservices) share details on interview and process?

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Need your input please

If i get lowballed package with good learning curve. Is it better idea to stick to it for next eight month and make another switch to recover the loss? Or should I search better job ? I have only 20 days left in notice

In capgemini, documents submitted, 2 rounds of interview over, and now they are sending an email to provide amcat test?what is this now?im well experienced employee. Lol .can someone comment

Hi Fishes,

I am B.tech graduate and currently working in BPO sector in Accenture. I am looking to switch to an IT profile but having zero experience in IT sector. Please suggest how can I switch.

ZS 🐠 - can you receive sponsorship for MBA prior to having tenure of 3 years? If not, what is the downside of applying after 1 or 2 years? I am coming in with 3+ YOE in consulting, so my application would be competitive for next fall (or ‘23)

What’s the most efficient way to get a functional associate cert for SuccessFactors Employee Central? Is their course the best way to learn it?

Need some advice: I currently do corp dev and FP&A for a smaller company and just got an offer for about double my salary at a F200 company. The catch is I would no longer be doing corp dev, just FP&A. My goal is eventually to crack into ib, do you think I should take the job and the pay bump or stay at my current role and try to lateral in to ib.

What is the pay for power bi analyst at infosys and what are the interview questions usually asked ?

Just wanted to say hello to my Texas peeps!!

Joined big tech recently (as a PM) after working at a startup/mid sized tech company. Can someone explain the role of a PgM in context of big tech? I’ve never worked with a PgM before and struggling to understand their responsibilities vs a PM

Looking for some insight / information on Senior Manager (Experienced Senior Manager) salary range, sign on bonus and API % in Deloitte's M&A/R IT practice... I have 15+ years of consulting experience in Big 4 .... i am based out of Atlanta GA... any inputs would be appreciated?

Looking to see how much other Provider Enrollment Specialist make including what their company's invests in their 401K

Job Openings @Nagarro
Work From Anywhere Policy 
Offices in Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Noida, Pune and coming soon in Lucknow and Indore as well...

Open Positions in picture. DM me for referral...

If you accept a job offer from a T2 consulting firm then get MBB and decline after rejecting 1 can T2 legally hold you back from moving to mbb?

Anyone else feeling less respected/ appreciated from Gen Ed teachers, you collaborate with? If so, how do you deal with this?

Is it good to join as project manager in hcl with 12 yoe?. My top priority is for job security and wlb.

Anyone knows a place to repair instant camera? Fuji INSTANX

What's it like working with BCG in Dubai? Which service lines have the best people and which should be avoided?

Does NTT data give a probation of 6 months for lateral hires?
Can one take leaves in this period ?

How are hours in CMAAS?

Does anyone have insights into recruiting at the Dubai office? Have things slowed down?

Anyone that might be able to provide a referral for a job posting? I have resume, and job In hand . Thanks everyone!

Hearing all this industry options and jobs moving to cities like b'lore, HYD, and Pune...what's your reason to stick to Bombay?!

Just a discussion thread, but I feel like this is a good bowl to ask this. Does anyone else look at the vast majority of folks around you and think “damn, we are so over leveraged as a society?” Or am I just crazy?

Does anyone else not relate to the “chill paralegal” memes on litigation god?

Thoughts on taking a position in the same practice group and same class as your spouse?

What is the average adoption assistance benefit at big law firms?

But actually how do you bill your time? (and don’t say contemporaneously)

Say you spend 2 minutes answering an email to a client earlier in the day and then 3 minutes on another email later in the day. Do you bill 0.1 or 0.2? More importantly, how do you keep track of that throughout the day?

How do you deal with a Midlevel who tells the partner you’ll cover for them, but gives you less than 24 hours notice they’ll be gone without asking if you can cover? I helped out back on July on a deal with they were on vacation, and now every vacation since they keep adding me back on without keeping me appraised of the deal in the interim

Ever get so bored that it feels exhausting to do work, even a simple task?

The biggest lie you've told during a job interview? And did you ever get caught?

When did partners decide that outsourced admin services are a good idea? They’re terrible. You lose more time doing stuff yourself and correcting mistakes than the amount you save with outsourcing

I wish I had even a tiny fraction of the energy I had when I first started this job

Anyone have slow months where you burn through a lot of your allotted pro bono/professional development hours to keep hitting minimum daily hours? The past few weeks have been like this for me. Should I be concerned (I.e., will this reflect poorly on me, come review time? Will I have dug myself too much of a hole if I keep burning my non-billable hours?) I’ve been asking partners if I can assist in any projects so I can fill my plate, but I’ve only gotten small (4-6 hour) tasks handed my way.

Interviewing to crossover from plaintiff to defense work, wondering what a competitive salary offer would be from a firm in the V20-30 range, 5th year, antitrust practice. NY/DC scale. Thanks in advance

Stop asking if we can unionize after being asked to work over the weekend.

Thoughts on choosing between Katten, Bryan Cave and Polsinelli? Katten pays best, BC has lower hours requirements and seems more laid back.

Does anyone know what the minimum hours requirement to make bonus is in the US at Baker (in a normal year, not 2020 with COVID)?
I have received conflicting answers from a few people and I just want to make sure I am working enough going in the new year as a new associate.

Tips for bankruptcy associates who eventually want to move in-house? 3rd year associate in bankruptcy/restructuring group doing mainly bk lit but a few deals too. Need to stay in BL for at least another year for the money, but eventually want to move in-house. The path to in-house seems more straightforward for general commercial lit or more standard transactional practices. Any tips for someone who’s practice is a bit of a hybrid (and who will never likely do discovery or handle a depo)

I’m a second year associate and last night I was online until 2:30 AM waiting for one specialists comment to a purchase agreement. I had added all comments during the day from everyone else, and the midlevel and senior were online as well, but it seemed very strange to ask me to stay up just to add three sentences to a purchase agreement. Is this normal?

What is the typical first level of “off grid” salary (ie 2022 base salary for class of 2013)? Asking for NY, M&A, AmLaw100 market.

People who don’t submit their time daily, how do you remember what you did and for how long? I’ve always just submitted each timer as soon as I finish a task—“call with x re y” really doesn’t take that long even if I’m busy, and if I don’t do it immediately I’ll forget all those little I did in the morning by the time I go to bed. No shade at all to those with different systems, just genuinely curious because I see a lot about catching up at month end on here and I have no idea how that works??

Hot practice areas for laterals?