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one hour interview

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 5:26 pm
by Anonymous User
I have been invited to a one hour interview. This is a skype interview. I have never had a virtual (not in person) interview that has lasted this long. Even the ones I had with multiple interviewers on the same call were 30 minutes max. I'm confused about what to expect and why it is going to be this long. Has anyone else had a video or phone interview that was this long? What were the questions like?

Re: one hour interview

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:04 pm
by JOThompson
I've had some one-on-one interviews that lasted that long. Usually it involved hypothetical questions.

Is it possible that you're going to have a series of interviews with different people during the course of the hour?

Re: one hour interview

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:23 pm
by Anonymous User
JOThompson wrote:I've had some one-on-one interviews that lasted that long. Usually it involved hypothetical questions.

Is it possible that you're going to have a series of interviews with different people during the course of the hour?
I'm pretty sure it's going to be a conference with two people at the same time. Wow hypotheticals? Like substantive legal issue spotting? That's kind of scary

Re: one hour interview

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:39 pm
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:
JOThompson wrote:I've had some one-on-one interviews that lasted that long. Usually it involved hypothetical questions.

Is it possible that you're going to have a series of interviews with different people during the course of the hour?
I'm pretty sure it's going to be a conference with two people at the same time. Wow hypotheticals? Like substantive legal issue spotting? That's kind of scary
I did an hour long interview w/ Drinker Biddle during an in-person CB. It was pretty normal questions, just basically ALL of the normal questions you'd get asked in a shorter interview in one interview. Some light behavioral but nothing crazy. Then 15ish mins for questions.

Re: one hour interview

Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:42 pm
by Anonymous User
OP, just curious what happened for you here. I too was asked to do a one-hour video interview, and now they've come back and asked for another one-hour video interview with other attorneys. Curious if they would really still do a standard callback-style interview after all of this, or if there's any chance they could even extend an offer without meeting in person.

Re: one hour interview

Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 12:22 am
by Anonymous User
Anonymous User wrote:OP, just curious what happened for you here. I too was asked to do a one-hour video interview, and now they've come back and asked for another one-hour video interview with other attorneys. Curious if they would really still do a standard callback-style interview after all of this, or if there's any chance they could even extend an offer without meeting in person.
I got my current (biglaw) job after two video interviews from their office, geographically remote from where I work now. The first was a ~1 hour screener and the second was with 3-4 people and probably took about two hours. Got the offer a few days later.

Re: one hour interview

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:14 pm
by Anonymous User
Bump in because I just got an hour skype interview invitation. OP, how did it end up? What questions were you asked?

Re: one hour interview

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:46 pm
by notinbiglaw
Test your camera. I was interviewed by someone via Skype a few years ago. The camera was at such an angle I was basically staring at his hairy nostrils the whole time.

Re: one hour interview

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 2:43 am
by Anonymous User
I've done this before. Basically just a 2-on-1 screener. Make sure there's nothing inappropriate in your background.

Re: one hour interview

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 5:19 pm
by Anonymous User
Bump