Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Andrei Radu" data-source="post: 186470" data-attributes="member: 36777">I would not worry about this. To the extent that these interactions will matter at all at the interview stage (which is quite unlikely), I think it will actually be very helpful to have shown that you can establish more informal relations with people at the firm. At many networking events and especially in my vacation schemes, I think students were generally erring by being too focused on having an exaggerated &quot;professional&quot; attitude. In many of these moments lawyers at the firm were looking to just unwind and relax a bit after long periods of work, so there was a mismatch of attitudes and expectations. Almost invariably, the students who were willing to discuss a mix of work and non-work related subjects, and more importantly, who did so in a relaxed manner, were the ones who left a better impression. As such, the always serious students would generally not fit in and most of them did not convert to a TC. This makes sense, because firms want to build cohesive teams, and for that you need people who can connect with each other beyond a merely formal relationship. All that is to say, you should definitely not be upset at yourself for not coming across as more 'intellectual'. If anything, attempting to do so could have made people at the firm think you are taking yourself too seriously, which is not a very appreciated trait.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrei Radu, post: 186470, member: 36777"] I would not worry about this. To the extent that these interactions will matter at all at the interview stage (which is quite unlikely), I think it will actually be very helpful to have shown that you can establish more informal relations with people at the firm. At many networking events and especially in my vacation schemes, I think students were generally erring by being too focused on having an exaggerated "professional" attitude. In many of these moments lawyers at the firm were looking to just unwind and relax a bit after long periods of work, so there was a mismatch of attitudes and expectations. Almost invariably, the students who were willing to discuss a mix of work and non-work related subjects, and more importantly, who did so in a relaxed manner, were the ones who left a better impression. As such, the always serious students would generally not fit in and most of them did not convert to a TC. This makes sense, because firms want to build cohesive teams, and for that you need people who can connect with each other beyond a merely formal relationship. All that is to say, you should definitely not be upset at yourself for not coming across as more 'intellectual'. If anything, attempting to do so could have made people at the firm think you are taking yourself too seriously, which is not a very appreciated trait. [/QUOTE]

Verification

Our company is called, "The Corporate ___ Academy". What is the missing word here?

Search

Search

Reply to thread