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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Boden" data-source="post: 47104" data-attributes="member: 487"><p>Haha so I mentioned this in another thread and it ended up working out reasonably well but at the time I thought it was a bit of a car crash, least of all for this point below...</p><p></p><p>Having just been grilled on a commercial awareness question as a follow-up to an obscure feature of my CV (which I found out afterwards I got completely wrong), I was asked what skills do you think are important for a lawyer to have, particularly at our firm. </p><p></p><p>I started to explain why being very personable is an incredibly important skill for a lawyer both in attracting clients but also in getting along with your colleagues with whom you could be working for long hours. I said that 'because if you are, for want of a better expression, a bit of a dick, people won't want to work with you or for you and you'll struggle to progress in your career'. Needless to say, as soon as those words left my lips, I was mortified and frantically tried to say 'excuse my French, but if you're someone who doesn't work well with others/get along with people...' but at that point, it was obviously too late <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /></p><p></p><p>Thankfully the partner and the associate laughed and agreed with me, much to my relief and the associate then proceeded to tell me an anecdote that one of the first conversations he'd had with a leading partner at the firm was that 'this job is 90% about your ability not to shit yourself under what can be significant pressure' which definitely made me feel better. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Needless to say, however, the head of HR who was also in the interview was not amused and later told me that she had never heard a student in her recruitment career who was going for a graduate role/training contract ever say something like that/that unprofessional in a corporate environment. On reflection, I didn't think it was that bad what I'd said but at the time I was pretty annoyed at myself for potentially throwing this opportunity away when I'd worked so hard to get to the interview stage. That said, all's well that ends well as I still got the vacation scheme <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Boden, post: 47104, member: 487"] Haha so I mentioned this in another thread and it ended up working out reasonably well but at the time I thought it was a bit of a car crash, least of all for this point below... Having just been grilled on a commercial awareness question as a follow-up to an obscure feature of my CV (which I found out afterwards I got completely wrong), I was asked what skills do you think are important for a lawyer to have, particularly at our firm. I started to explain why being very personable is an incredibly important skill for a lawyer both in attracting clients but also in getting along with your colleagues with whom you could be working for long hours. I said that 'because if you are, for want of a better expression, a bit of a dick, people won't want to work with you or for you and you'll struggle to progress in your career'. Needless to say, as soon as those words left my lips, I was mortified and frantically tried to say 'excuse my French, but if you're someone who doesn't work well with others/get along with people...' but at that point, it was obviously too late o_O Thankfully the partner and the associate laughed and agreed with me, much to my relief and the associate then proceeded to tell me an anecdote that one of the first conversations he'd had with a leading partner at the firm was that 'this job is 90% about your ability not to shit yourself under what can be significant pressure' which definitely made me feel better. ;) Needless to say, however, the head of HR who was also in the interview was not amused and later told me that she had never heard a student in her recruitment career who was going for a graduate role/training contract ever say something like that/that unprofessional in a corporate environment. On reflection, I didn't think it was that bad what I'd said but at the time I was pretty annoyed at myself for potentially throwing this opportunity away when I'd worked so hard to get to the interview stage. That said, all's well that ends well as I still got the vacation scheme :D [/QUOTE]
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