location, location, location

Does anyone know how banks divy up SA applications between their various locations? Do all locations get the same resume book? Or does your application only go to the locations you indicate in your preferences?

I ask because I imagine most applicants (like me) would be willing to take interviews from any location they can get, and am wondering if it is best that I just leave location preference empty.

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Most places have you list where you are applying to.

If it's OCR, then it will list the location on the site.

Most places let you apply to 1 or 2 geographic areas and no more.

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