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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Boden" data-source="post: 35322" data-attributes="member: 487">Bit late to this thread, but my personal favourite is when I was asked what skills do you think are important for a lawyer to have, particularly at our firm. Whilst explaining why being very personable is an incredibly important skill for a lawyer both in attracting clients but also getting along with your colleagues, 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 the genie was already out of the bottle at that point <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?&nbsp; &nbsp; o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" />Both the partner and the associate laughed and agreed with me, much to my relief and the associate then proceeded to swear in telling a funny anecdote about a similar interaction he had with a partner. Needless to say, however, the head of HR was not amused and later told me that she had never heard a candidate in her recruitment career ever say something like that. That said, 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&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Boden, post: 35322, member: 487"] Bit late to this thread, but my personal favourite is when I was asked what skills do you think are important for a lawyer to have, particularly at our firm. Whilst explaining why being very personable is an incredibly important skill for a lawyer both in attracting clients but also getting along with your colleagues, 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 the genie was already out of the bottle at that point o_O Both the partner and the associate laughed and agreed with me, much to my relief and the associate then proceeded to swear in telling a funny anecdote about a similar interaction he had with a partner. Needless to say, however, the head of HR was not amused and later told me that she had never heard a candidate in her recruitment career ever say something like that. That said, I still got the vacation scheme :D [/QUOTE]

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