Post-Interview Question About Hours Forum

[Anonymous User]

I recently interviewed with a firm I’m very interested in. I got a request after my interview asking for my total hours breakdown for the past few years.

Is this normal? I’m wondering if this is used to eliminate candidates. I know that the firm can’t verify the number of hours I worked, but I’m obviously not going to lie. That is why I’m concerned about providing my hours. My hours a few years ago were not great. I missed my hours requirement by a couple hundred. Is that enough for a firm to remove me from consideration?

[Whatislaw]

That seems unusual, but maybe it's a new pandemic era consideration? They want to see if you've been productive and profitable? But your billables don't necessarily show your realization rates though.

[Anonymous User]

This happened to me. I was way low on hours and it was not an issue. I dreaded filling it out but obviously it’s a bad idea to lie. Like the bar exam and most other things, better to disclose.

[kaiser]

This happened to me when I lateraled firms. The new firm asked me what my billables looked like the year prior during the interview process.

[Anonymous User]

Thanks for the responses. For those above, were these requests after the final round of interviews? What was the final outcome?

[unsightlysalt]

Wow, is this normal when lateralling? Would someone not get an offer based on low hours at their past job?

[Anonymous User]

I recently interviewed with a firm I’m very interested in. I got a request after my interview asking for my total hours breakdown for the past few years.

Is this normal? I’m wondering if this is used to eliminate candidates. I know that the firm can’t verify the number of hours I worked, but I’m obviously not going to lie. That is why I’m concerned about providing my hours. My hours a few years ago were not great. I missed my hours requirement by a couple hundred. Is that enough for a firm to remove me from consideration?

Think the answer is to weed out someone who is cranking 1000/1200 a year, not someone who hit 1600 despite hitting pavement looking for work. Don't sweat it.

[Anonymous User]

Thank you everyone. I sent the info. Hopefully it was just a formality like some people suggest.