tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36839305.post5295927077794589581..comments2024-03-28T09:27:00.957+00:00Comments on Legal Recruitment Blog: 10 Top Interview Questions for Lawyers in 2013Jonathan Faganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11711472001853618516noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36839305.post-20583216088251947912013-03-23T21:08:13.334+00:002013-03-23T21:08:13.334+00:00I'm a solicitor and employed, have been for fi...I'm a solicitor and employed, have been for five straight years in the same place and clearly haven't been to an interview for a substantial time! <br /> <br />I was interested to see the interview questions but cannot see how people have a problem with them - I will demonstrate:<br /> <br />Q: Outline ‘quantitive easing’ in 20 seconds. <br />A: Here is some monopoly money that you really can buy things with. <br /><br />Q: I see you have moved about a bit. Does nobody like you? <br />A: They all do until they realise how good I am; then jealousy sets in - how do you handle that in your firm? <br /><br />Q: Why were you made redundant in 2007? <br />A: Why is anyone made redundant during a recession? Fortunately I have been working consistently since then. My more recent employers have a better business strategy, although I still have ambitions to go beyond... <br /><br />Q: Have you used the recession as an excuse for your own poor performance? <br />A: I have performed well in good years and bad years - but I accept that one can only be as good as the material one has to work with. <br /><br />Q: Why hasn’t your billing increased in the last 2-3 years? A: Because I don't bill, I work in house. My value has increased to my employer as I have taken more responsibilities on. <br /><br />Q: How do we know you will not just take a better job in 6 months? <br />A: What could be better than this job? You don't know whether I will stay - so if you want to hang on to me this had better be a rewarding experience. <br /><br />Q: What is your ideal job and how do we differ from it? <br />A: I'm not sure it exists, but here are some clues to the ways you differ - you are situated in Barnsley not Bermuda; there is no music involved; I will probably have to work until or past retirement age. <br /><br />Q: What steps have you taken to reduce your own exposure to credit? <br />A: I cut up my wife's cards. <br /><br />Q: Have you paid your mortgage off yet? Why not? <br />A: Because I transferred the house to my former wife together with the mortgage and my new wife is so close to paying off her mortgage that I can't be bothered to involve myself. <br /><br />Q: What would be a good hourly rate/annual salary for you at this stage in your career? What about in 3 years time? <br />A: How much do you earn? That'd be a good start. As for three years - that's an ambitious aspiration - do you think you can hold on to me for that long?<br /><br />Hope this gave you a giggle or at least a smirk!<br /> <br />All the best<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com