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Once in the Room

published May 16, 2013

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With the goal of obtaining further interviews in mind and your charisma in hand, you should be prepared for the actual interview.

Begin by being clean and well groomed. If an interviewer sees someone who is badly groomed or too casually or carelessly dressed, he or she assumes that person is not genuinely interested in the interviewer or the firm. It may be a badge of honor to treat various institutions and interviewers as supplicants by wearing grubbies to an interview, but in most instances (unless you are the reincarnation of Whizzer White or Shirley Hufstedler), you will not impress an interviewer.


There are several types of interviewers, many of whom are disarmingly perceptive and persuasive. Obviously, the sincere and experienced interviewer makes life more pleasant, but there are other species who make life more interesting. One who might be described as a fighter-pilot type is apt to conceal the absence of experience and understanding with a presence of intense enthusiasm. Such an interviewer might commonly intersperse a discussion of practice (and life) with liberal doses of quotations from Vince Lombardi and George Patton. There are indeed many highly competitive aspects to the practice of law, and yet the competitive instinct is only one of many necessary ingredients for success. Most interviewers will not be as assertive as the fighter-pilot although all of them will be interested in learning something about your willingness to succeed and the price you are willing to pay to do that. If you find yourself facing a fighter-pilot, you have learned something about the institution you are interviewing. Very few institutions make random selections of people to interview at law schools; most choose people who they believe will represent the firm honestly and fairly. If you sense a fighter-pilot or feel as though you are reentering your college fraternity or sorority rush week, you may have hit upon a character trait of the firm or institution with which you are interviewing. Of course you may find the interviewer charming, and should recognize that you have learned something about the firm and about yourself as well. There is no need to make judgments as to style. It is simply another relevant fact for you to consider.

If you miss the fighter pilot, you may well encounter the old school type. He, and in this instance it is likely to be a he, is probably a direct descendant of Miles Standish who, as we all know, founded the firm that represented Captain John Smith. Remembering the point about how law firms select interviewers, if you find yourself with such an interviewer, you will again have learned something. If you find that the interviewer's name is strikingly similar to one of the names in the firm name, you will have learned something else. Notwithstanding what may seem to be a flippant treatment of the old school reptile type, there are some terribly positive things to be said about long-term stability, long-term client relationships, and a sense of firm history and tradition. No one wants to make a commitment at an institution that he or she feels may be unstable or overly insecure. There are obvious situations in which a prospective employee might decide to take a chance with a new or small, growing firm (or even as a solo practitioner), yet institutions with long and rich traditions offer significant opportunities and advantages.

Another species of interviewer is the KGB type who spends the entire time asking very aggressive and seemingly hostile questions. Almost all institutions have interviewers who use or vary this approach. (Incidentally, KGB types can be distinguished from fighter-pilots by their lack of a "rah-rah" attitude.) In most instances, you can expect to find the fighter-pilot or KGB type of interviewer at the firm or corporation and not at the law school.

Occasionally, you find an interviewer who is rude or discriminatory. You do yourself, serious interviewers, and the interviewing process a favor by reporting such behavior to your placement office or Dean.

One interviewing technique which all interviewers use to some extent is to force the interviewee to do most of the talking. That gives the interviewer an opportunity to learn something about the personality, verbal skills, and sense of grace under pressure of the interviewee. Most interviewees seriously interested in a given position should welcome that opportunity although there is no need to monopolize every conversation. There are several convenient breaks (even practiced or learned) in any monologue which can be used to cause the interviewer to answer questions about his or her institution. In a later discussion of both the questions to be asked of you and the questions which you may want to ask, various interludes will become more apparent.

published May 16, 2013

By Author - LawCrossing
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