the % of female partners was super low, and the way they want to fix it is by over-stacking the lower ranks with females. no joke, this is openly discussed on qbr's and town halls. i got hired when the firm was expanding. i don't think i would have gotten through if i'd applied today, as the firm is shrinking intentionally. the guys who are getting picked up now are pretty impressive - olympians who have perfect gpa's kind of thing.
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