Varies lots by firm and the structure of the VI. Have heard of people flubbing a couple questions and getting through, while others who felt the whole thing was sterling get rejections. I'm currently 2 weeks into limbo on a VI with one catastrophic answer and one where I think i acquitted myself quite nicely, no idea how that will shake out.
thank you this is so helpful!It can be specific to the interviewer if you know something about their practice area e.g. for me, the partner was in a newly established practice area so I asked what it was like building the practice from scratch. But don't ask about their practice for the sake of it, and always be prepared to give your input if they ever turn the question round to you!
It can be about training - a question I often ask is what qualities they value in trainees.
It can be about the firm e.g. where do you see the firm in 5-10 years?
Common ones other people ask are what is your favourite thing about the firm, what motivates you to get up everyday and come to work at the firm?
Just a few ideas, hope it helps
I believe they are not sending reports until they have watched the answers to the video questions
I think mine went to junk when I did mine, just in case you haven’t checked there!
Hahaha that sounds quite a bit like my Davis Polk interview a couple cycles back. I’ve got my SullCrom in a few days so thanks for this account!!
Good luck!! Feel free to pm me if you have any other questions ☺️
Not entirely - someone saying “I want to be a lawyer because I want to help people” will make sense when interviewing at a high street firm but will probably lead to some head scratches at a big corporate firm. They’re related in that working in law requires certain skills and involves processes which will interest you, but “why commercial law” specifically speaks to why you’re interested in pursuing law at the corporate/commercial level.
I think why law is your interest in law holistically so for example why did you initially think about doing law and why it interests you. Why commercial law is why you want to work at a commercial firm rather than go down another legal route such as barrister or why you want to work with companies.
I would answer this 99% the same way, except that in 'why commercial law' you might choose to discuss why you're doing this instead of, say, criminal practice whereas if it's just 'why law' the comparison point would be 'why [commercial] law rather than some other business function'
yes but I think what they were trying to say is that at the end of the day, commercial lawyers are intedning to make money for a business by working with clients. Pro-bono is only a small part of the role of a commercial lawyer n
even though if it's small, it is still a part of the job that you get to join a group you are genuinely interested in. basically there is a way of linking a why commercial law answer easily into a why law answer.
