Is it a safe to say that an OCI law firm is hiring for practice area X if the 2 interviewers specialize in Practice X?
Ex.) Screening Interviewers specialize in IP Litigation, which I am interested in. When asked which area of law I am interested in/want to practice, should I say IP as opposed to a more generic answer like "Well, I am interested in business law, but not sure yet between trans. and lit."
Ascertaining Hiring Practice Areas based on Intervewer's Bio Forum
Forum rules
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are revealing sensitive employment related information about a firm, job, etc. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned.
Anonymous Posting
Anonymous posting is only appropriate when you are revealing sensitive employment related information about a firm, job, etc. You may anonymously respond on topic to these threads. Unacceptable uses include: harassing another user, joking around, testing the feature, or other things that are more appropriate in the lounge.
Failure to follow these rules will get you outed, warned, or banned.
-
- Posts: 222
- Joined: Mon Jun 28, 2010 11:18 am
- wiseowl
- Posts: 1070
- Joined: Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:38 pm
Re: Ascertaining Hiring Practice Areas based on Intervewer's Bio
Not sure it means anything. Only say IP if you have a good reason to do so.dougroberts wrote:Is it a safe to say that an OCI law firm is hiring for practice area X if the 2 interviewers specialize in Practice X?
Ex.) Interviewers specialize in IP Litigation, which I am interested in. When asked which area of law I am interested in/want to practice, should I say IP as opposed to a more generic answer like "Well, I am interested in business law, but not sure yet between trans. and lit."
-
- Posts: 223
- Joined: Sun Jun 08, 2008 9:34 pm
Re: Ascertaining Hiring Practice Areas based on Intervewer's Bio
My understanding is that at most firms they just send whoever is up for it to do the screener interviews. However, once you get to the c/b stage, you are more likely to get an interviewer whose practice area they are hiring in.
-
- Posts: 2431
- Joined: Thu May 21, 2009 9:51 pm
Re: Ascertaining Hiring Practice Areas based on Intervewer's Bio
No.dougroberts wrote:Is it a safe to say that an OCI law firm is hiring for practice area X if the 2 interviewers specialize in Practice X?
-
- Posts: 428536
- Joined: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:32 am
Re: Ascertaining Hiring Practice Areas based on Intervewer's Bio
I had an interview today with a interviewer who was a partner in the exact practice group I wanted to join at their firm. They and I spent the entire interview talking about my interest in the field, various cases they was working on, and the advantages of working in that field. At the very end of the interview, they told me that while the interview was wonderful and she would give me a callback under other circumstances, they weren't hiring at all in her practice group. So, in a word, no.
Want to continue reading?
Register now to search topics and post comments!
Absolutely FREE!
Already a member? Login