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Embarrassing interview moment

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:24 pm
by Anonymous User
I was chewing gum during my screener with Skadden partner. I eventually asked for a trash can to spit out my gum. Very weird lol. Not gna get a CB

Re: Embarrassing interview moment

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:25 pm
by ymmv
On the off chance this isn't a flame:
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=193518

Re: Embarrassing interview moment

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:27 pm
by Anonymous User
ymmv wrote:On the off chance this isn't a flame:
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=193518
Too lazy to find that thread. Had to share with someone, anonymously of course

Re: Embarrassing interview moment

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:28 pm
by ymmv
I'd want to remain anonymous too if I were the sort of person who chewed gum during job interviews.

Re: Embarrassing interview moment

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:57 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:I was chewing gum during my screener with Skadden partner. I eventually asked for a trash can to spit out my gum. Very weird lol. Not gna get a CB
It's ok. I had a more embarrassing thing happen with a partner during my Skadden cb to the point that it has become the joke of my LS class. I was mortified, but I was good humored enough to laugh at myself after the fact.

Oh, and I still got an offer. 8) There's still hope!

[note: I would say what happened, but I am still self conscious enough to not want to out myself yet. Too many people reading TLS know what happened].

Re: Embarrassing interview moment

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:40 pm
by toothbrush
Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:I was chewing gum during my screener with Skadden partner. I eventually asked for a trash can to spit out my gum. Very weird lol. Not gna get a CB
It's ok. I had a more embarrassing thing happen with a partner during my Skadden cb to the point that it has become the joke of my LS class. I was mortified, but I was good humored enough to laugh at myself after the fact.

Oh, and I still got an offer. 8) There's still hope!

[note: I would say what happened, but I am still self conscious enough to not want to out myself yet. Too many people reading TLS know what happened].
i wonder if this is the story I am thinking about. if so, it was hilarious. did it involve roof top?

Re: Embarrassing interview moment

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:44 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:I was chewing gum during my screener with Skadden partner. I eventually asked for a trash can to spit out my gum. Very weird lol. Not gna get a CB
Same thing happened to me at some other firm, still got an offer. I think it actually made me look confident. I politely asked the partner if I could throw out the gum.

Re: Embarrassing interview moment

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:12 pm
by Anonymous User
toothbrush wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:
Anonymous User wrote:I was chewing gum during my screener with Skadden partner. I eventually asked for a trash can to spit out my gum. Very weird lol. Not gna get a CB
It's ok. I had a more embarrassing thing happen with a partner during my Skadden cb to the point that it has become the joke of my LS class. I was mortified, but I was good humored enough to laugh at myself after the fact.

Oh, and I still got an offer. 8) There's still hope!

[note: I would say what happened, but I am still self conscious enough to not want to out myself yet. Too many people reading TLS know what happened].
i wonder if this is the story I am thinking about. if so, it was hilarious. did it involve roof top?
No it didn't, but a rooftop does sound like a great set up for a hilarious story!