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The first thing you have to do is manage your own emotions. I have always found that emailing people and cc'ing others, presumably in senior positions, is incredibly passive-aggressive and wastes their time. I would say that you have to develop the skill of talking yourself down in your head from doing impulsive things. This career is full of frustrating moments; how you manage frustrating moments now will dictate how well you do in the future. I had this very experience at Stephenson Harwood this year where, after my VS, I waited almost 3 months after being rescheduled several times (sometimes 30 minutes after the appointment was to occur) to get feedback. I was VERY annoyed; anyone who has dealt with SH knows GR is beyond disorganised. It crossed my mind to email the partner who interviewed me, but I thankfully did not. Turns out they were incredibly short-staffed- of the four people who work in grad rec, two were on maternity leave, and one had an accident and was hospitalised, so only one person was doing the work of 4. Ultimately, I was glad that I had talked myself down and waited. Also, the way Grad Rec staff move around, you are bound to run into these people at multiple firms and don't want to create negative interactions with them.
