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Career Services Planning


Planning Timeline
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Evening Student
Resumes
General Info
Checklist
Basic Format
Action Words
Cover Letters
General Info
Checklist
Basic Format
Interviewing
For Information
The Screening Interview
The Callback Interview
Preparing
Basic Questions
Appearance
Out of Town Interview
First Impressions
Questions to Ask
After the Offer Questions
Inappropriate Questions
How to Handle Them
Equal Opportunity
Reasons for Rejections
Responding to Offers
Salary & Benefits
Career Testing
Seeking Reciprocity

Career Services
Judicial Clerkships



Basic Questions

These are some general questions potential employers might ask you during the interview process:

  1. What are your strengths?
  2. What was your favorite class so far in law school? Why?
  3. Tell me something about yourself.
  4. What made you decide to attend law school? This law school?
  5. Where would you like to see yourself in five years?
  6. What attracted you to us as an employer?
  7. What is your greatest weakness?
  8. How would your friends/classmates describe you?
  9. Tell me about your writing skills; Describe your best paper.
  10. Tell me about your college activities.
  11. What has been your most valuable work experience? Why?
  12. Tell me about your resume.
  13. What is your G.P.A.? Rank? If you did well, why? If not, why not?
  14. What do you consider to be your major accomplishments?
  15. What do you like to do in your spare time?
  16. What things are most important to you in a job?
  17. Why should we hire you?

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