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Presenting Effectively as a Lawyer Even with Self-Doubt

  • On April 18, 2021
  • In Interview, Presentation, Women & Minorities
Clients tell me their chief complaint about lawyers is they are so bad at communicating. Why are they constantly hedging? Can’t they just break things down and explain the likelihood of events? Um, no. We lawyers are taught to examine all risk so we have a hard time prioritizing them and don’t want to be wrong. On […]
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Do I Have to Exaggerate Enthusiasm in Interviews? No, Show *Real* Enthusiasm!

  • On January 31, 2021
  • In Interview
This article from The Cut asks a very good question: do you have to exaggerate enthusiasm in an interview? The answer is you have to show real enthusiasm. If you don’t, you will get dinged. The reasons are sound: if you are interested, you will work hard and stick around. Also, other applicants are undoubtedly sounding interested, so if […]
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Top 5 Reasons Lawyers are Rejected (& What to Do About it!)

  • On January 24, 2021
  • In Career Tips, Inhouse, Interview, Job Search, Networking
My job is to find lawyers for my clients, and these companies are picky! What are the top reasons they reject people? Not having on-point experience. If a SaaS company is looking to fill a commercial counsel role, then it wants someone who already has been negotiating and drafting software agreements, ideally in-house (the reason […]
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Why You Didn’t Get Hired: 3 Common Reasons

  • On November 22, 2020
  • In Interview
Sometimes you see a job that looks perfect for you. You interview, it seems to go well, and then you get dinged! What happened? Below are three common scenarios I see: Too much (boring) information. Lawyers often talk too much when they have done a lot of research and want to get all their points […]
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3 Interview Tips from Amazon & Microsoft (that Work for All Interviews)!

  • On October 10, 2020
  • In Interview
Bay Area economic recovery has been described as “feeble,” but tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft are still hiring through the pandemic. I’m not recruiting for them, but wanted to share what their recruiters are looking for. See tips from an Amazon interviewer and tips from a Microsoft legal recruiter, also summarized below for your […]
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4 Essentials for Today’s Interviews

  • On August 7, 2020
  • In Interview
The New York Times recently covered the key techniques to succeed at video interviews. The most important points are distilled below: Research. The more you read about the company and the interviewer, the more prepared, calm, and on-point you will be. The New York Times suggests reading the website, news coverage, annual reports (especially Risk […]
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Great vs. Terrible Questions to Ask your Interviewer

  • On July 31, 2020
  • In Interview
You can impress your interviewer if you ask good questions. End the interview on a positive note by showing your research and interest! Plus, you can get dinged by failing to ask any questions or putting the interviewer on edge with critical ones. Forbes recently came up with a huge list of questions interviewees should […]
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Handling Hidden Social Advantage in the Job Process

  • On June 26, 2020
  • In Interview, Presentation
The Stanford Graduate School of Business reports that we respond to the (over) confidence of upper-class workers, even when they’re wrong. The result is “we may be reinforcing an already unfair social hierarchy” since rich confident people have an immediate advantage when walking into the room. “We can’t help but fall for their bravado, endowing them […]
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3 Trends in the Time of COVID

  • On May 3, 2020
  • In Interview, Job Search
Here are three things I’m seeing while recruiting during COVID: Video conference interviews are taking the place of in-person interviews. I am guessing that even after COVID, interviewers will replace initial phone screens with video conference calls. Prior to COVID, only a handful of interviews were conducted by video conference, and I recall having to […]
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Interviewing During Pandemic: 5 Tips for Video Conference

  • On April 6, 2020
  • In Interview
Interviews are hard, phone interviews are harder, and videoconferencing is hardest of all because of potential technology and performance problems. Give it your best shot by doing these 5 things: Before the call, troubleshoot the technology, and practice on that platform or videoconferencing in general. Find a quiet, well-lit spot. Figure out where to set […]
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