The most common biglaw interview questions (& how to answer them)
Biglaw interviews for entry-level associate positions are thankfully pretty simple. So let's talk about the most commonly asked interview questions in both screener and callback biglaw interviews, as well as how to answer them.
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TOC:
0:39 - First round biglaw interview basics
1:07 - Q: Tell me about yourself.
1:40 - Q: What kind of law do you want to practice?
2:50 - Q: Where do you see yourself in 5, 10 years?
3:52 - Q: Previous work experience
4:28 - Q: How did you overcome adversity?
5:55: Bonus Q: What do you do for fun?
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Don't overthink it!!! If you feel uncomfortable, it will make your interviewer feel uncomfortable and reflect in your interview performance. Take deep breathes throughout the process to keep things under control :)
Julian, I’m a few hours away from interviewing for the first time (I’m a 1L). Thank you so much for this!
@julianinlaw
6 ай бұрын
Np!!
hey man, 1L here and I really admire what you're doing here. Looking forward to your future content
Love this advice!
About to begin a crazy week of articling student interviews. Thanks for this video - it relieves a lot of the stress.
this is so helpful. I have an interview soon and ...fingers crossed.
Great video, Julian! Another video idea - how to decide on the fields to practice and the process of figuring out what interests you. I'd love to hear about your story of figuring this out too!
@julianinlaw
Жыл бұрын
Great idea !!
Another great video!
@julianinlaw
6 ай бұрын
Thank you!! I'm glad it was helpful
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Жыл бұрын
Thank you 😎😎
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@julianinlaw
11 ай бұрын
I interned at the Council of Economic Advisers! It was great - also have another YT video about my experience there: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fJOixqmSla7eY5c.html
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Жыл бұрын
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Жыл бұрын
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This might actually be good advice. . .but the problem is, the overwhelming majority of law students will never, ever, get an interview for so much as summer work at a large law firm in their entire lives. So this advice is completely and totally irrelevant to the great majority of law students and recent graduates. At most law schools, large law firms, aka "Biglaw" will only hire students in the top 10 percent of their class (top 5 percent for Cravath, Skadden, and other very grade-sensitive law firms). This means that big law is completely irrelevant to 9/10 law students in these schools. And yes, you can say that it's more like top 25 percent at highly ranked law schools, but it also more like 0 percent at low ranked law schools. Overall, for the overwhelming majority of law students, they will never, ever, get a single interview with a large law firm in their entire lives. They don't need to worry about preparing for an interview that they will never have.