At a target school, you already have access that many candidates spend months trying to create. That means networking can be more selective.

Official events may be enough to learn the basics, but individual conversations can still help you understand office differences and build a stronger connection. The coffee-chat guide can help you make those conversations more useful.

Do not let networking consume time you need for resume quality and interview preparation. Once you have enough information and a few real relationships, more calls have diminishing returns.

At my target school people definitely over-networked because everyone else was doing it.

A couple real chats + events was enough for me.