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<blockquote data-quote="James Carrabino" data-source="post: 94240" data-attributes="member: 16764"><p>Your reflections are excellent [USER=16519]@shannontongg[/USER]. This process is not about being a well-oiled law applicant from the outset, but taking the time to reflect and build upon your prior experiences. We have to all thank [USER=17165]@George Maxwell[/USER] here for creating not just a fun and humorously honest thread but one that enables us all to look back on our own experiences and work out how we can do better going forward!</p><p></p><p>I have a friend who attended a vacation scheme interview at a top city firm and a junior recruiter sat him down and read out a list of questions, writing down his answers on a sheet of paper word for word as he spoke and not even pretending to engage in conversation. She then told him at the end that she would submit this to the rest of the team and he'd hear back shortly. It was so impersonal that it made him wonder why he even came in for an interview and didn't just get sent a bunch of questions to respond to in writing. </p><p></p><p>The point of this is that there are some strange interview methods out there. You might be the most charming person in the world and that will make it all the more confusing when your interviewer seems bored or uninterested. Just stick to what you have prepared and maintain the same sense of genuine enthusiasm that you would demonstrate if you were getting on really well with the interviewer!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Carrabino, post: 94240, member: 16764"] Your reflections are excellent [USER=16519]@shannontongg[/USER]. This process is not about being a well-oiled law applicant from the outset, but taking the time to reflect and build upon your prior experiences. We have to all thank [USER=17165]@George Maxwell[/USER] here for creating not just a fun and humorously honest thread but one that enables us all to look back on our own experiences and work out how we can do better going forward! I have a friend who attended a vacation scheme interview at a top city firm and a junior recruiter sat him down and read out a list of questions, writing down his answers on a sheet of paper word for word as he spoke and not even pretending to engage in conversation. She then told him at the end that she would submit this to the rest of the team and he'd hear back shortly. It was so impersonal that it made him wonder why he even came in for an interview and didn't just get sent a bunch of questions to respond to in writing. The point of this is that there are some strange interview methods out there. You might be the most charming person in the world and that will make it all the more confusing when your interviewer seems bored or uninterested. Just stick to what you have prepared and maintain the same sense of genuine enthusiasm that you would demonstrate if you were getting on really well with the interviewer! [/QUOTE]
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