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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dheepa" data-source="post: 61965" data-attributes="member: 1572">Hiya!So for your first question, if the interviewer asks you something quite open ended i.e. "Tell me more about X on your CV", there wouldn't really be a specific structure to follow. They are asking possibly because they find it to be an interesting experience and just want to learn more about it. You could probably explain what motivated you to take up that work experience/extra-curricular, what you enjoyed the most about it and what you learned from it (the highlights basically). I used to get very caught up thinking about what the interviewers were really trying to ask me for every question, but sometimes it's better to take things at face value, they aren't trying to trip you up on purpose! If they feel like they want more information they will ask you follow-up questions or alternatively you could end by saying "Is there anything else you'd like to know about that particular experience".With regards to building rapport, this is truly one of the hardest things to do in an interview I think. In part because rapport is a two-way street and if your interviewer just happens to be incredibly stoic and no-nonsense then it makes creating that conversational flow a lot harder. Some tangible things you can do and have always worked for me:1. When they inevitably ask you at the beginning of the interview how you're doing - be honest! Tell them something like "I was pretty nervous but spent last night doing X,Y,Z which helped me calm down" Seems silly but it's showing them other sides to your personality.2. Smile! Always smile. Even if you're struggling to answer a question, show them that there is no other place you'd rather be (even if you're actually feeling the opposite way)3. Asking questions - when you ask questions at the end of the interview, don't just ask a question that you think will impress (things like COVID or Brexit, just think about how often they have to answer questions like this to clients anyway, why force them to do it again) ask a question that you genuinely want to know the answer to. Personally, I'd always recommend asking them about themselves, their journey to the firm, what made them stay at the firm that kind of thing. People love talking about themselves and I genuinely think it gets people to warm up to you a bit more.I also think that part of building rapport and making an interview conversational is in not sounding too rehearsed. You need to sound like you're just having a casual (albeit professional) conversation with someone. And for that I'd really recommend talking through your answers (to yourself or to a friend) before the interview. Gonna include an earlier post where I discuss this below.I hope this helps, and honestly please don't feel like being more introverted is a disadvantage. Law firms aren't trying to hire 80 extremely chatty extroverted people (even as a somewhat extroverted person myself this would be my personal hell 😅 ), they just want people they know they would enjoy working with and that just involves coming across as friendly and pleasant, nothing more!Good luck with your interview! I'm sure you'll smash it!</blockquote>

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