That is brutal. I think the rough part is that the advice provided about interviewing by t14 students it's definitely universally valid. The problem is that big law firms know that they take a summer class of 4 people total for example, it's disingenuous to interview ten candidates at a T30 with half of the majority of them being under the top 30%.

I suspect the problem is two-fold. One, schools feel pressure to ensure that everyone that wants to participate in OCI gets some interviews (this explains the lottery system but not really firms preselecting candidates they would not hire). Two, I think firms want to retain relationships with schools for recruitment / marketing purpose and continuing the charade of screener consideration by having 12 interviews per school fulfills most of what it takes to demonstrate consideration.

I think all CSO know this. You never know what can happen and interviews are a fantastic opportunity up sell yourself to an employer, for sure. But if you have a 3.35 at a T40 and you were "preselected" by a V20, do not resort to thinking that not receiving a cb demonstrates a failure in an effectively interviewing.