Harvard's career services website contains a fairly long list of questions to be prepared to answer during a law firm interview. The last section on the page is labeled "Odd Balls." Ignoring the fact that I believe "oddball" is actually one word, not two, I thought I'd post four of them that I found especially unnerving to contemplate:
1. My license plate says “TRIAL”. What would yours say?
WRONG ANSWER: "Unemployed."
2. If you won the lottery tomorrow, would you still be in law school?
WRONG ANSWER: "Yes, but I wouldn't be interviewing for a job at this firm."
3. Your resume says you speak French. Let’s conduct this interview in French.
WRONG ANSWER: "Si, senor."
4. If you found out you had 24 hours to live, how would you spend them?
RIGHT ANSWER: "Checking footnotes on a journal article."
1. My license plate says “TRIAL”. What would yours say?
WRONG ANSWER: "Unemployed."
2. If you won the lottery tomorrow, would you still be in law school?
WRONG ANSWER: "Yes, but I wouldn't be interviewing for a job at this firm."
3. Your resume says you speak French. Let’s conduct this interview in French.
WRONG ANSWER: "Si, senor."
4. If you found out you had 24 hours to live, how would you spend them?
RIGHT ANSWER: "Checking footnotes on a journal article."
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