Common Interview Questions (and How to Answer Them)

This week, we're covering some of the most common interview questions and tips on how to answer them, based on our own experience answering these questions in law firm interviews.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:46 Tell us about yourself
2:21 Where do you see yourself in five years?
5:27 What is the most challenging matter you've worked on?
6:56 What is your greatest strength/weakness?
10:06 Tell us something about yourself that’s not on your CV
11:22 Sell me this pen

[@nerd26373]

Thank you for this video, Em & Lloyd. We all hope you're doing well in your lives.

[@EmandLloyd]

Thanks, Sophia! Same to you 🥰

[@Aidan_Au]

Thank you Em and Lloyd for being a mentor figure for many students/young professionals! The "Sell me this pan" is a classic Jordan Belfort question haha

[@roxannehon7477]

Thank you for this video! Very helpful content :)

[@ReelsRhythm101]

I recetly had an interview with a global music and legal company for a poistion as Copyright Manager. The questions were tough in the sense that they were throwing out scenrios at me and asked how would I go about solving or dealing with them,I tried to answer with honesty and with logical thinking ,but it felt like the answers I gave just didnt impress them and so, I walked away from that not feeling confident that it went well. Their questions really caught me off guard.

[@EmandLloyd]

Those types of questions are always tough - hope it all ends up working out!

[@anbinhnguyen2380]

Having an interview at international law firm tomorrow and accidentally see ur video, hopefully I can use some of your great advices and finish it well. Thank you for those tips!

[@Worldtimes1]

I love your videos guys keep them coming

[@valadriel4085]

Hi Em and Lloyd! My name’s Valerie and I’m a third year LLB student at CUHK. It was quite a while ago, but I was also an early subscriber who came across your channel because we happened to have the same tattoo artist, Rika 😸 Great news!! Fast forward over a year from my first comment, I landed a vacation scheme with Mayer Brown that starts in July - the interview was on the 14th! Thank you for keeping me motivated throughout the entire gruelling application process😭 I’ve been watching all this time and I’m so happy to see you guys flourishing and doing what you love! Wishing you the absolute best 🫶🏻

[@EmandLloyd]

Hey Valerie!! Of course we remember you - thanks so much for supporting our channel from its very early days until now :) super happy to hear that you've secured a vacation scheme over the summer, and wishing you all the best with it! Shoot us an email or DM and keep in touch 😄😄

[@valadriel4085]

@@EmandLloyd Thank you so much!! And will do, I'd love to tell you guys more! 🥺Always looking forward to more content 💜

[@harryhuang369]

Wow this is actually really helpful, have an interview schedule for a summer position next week, hopefully I will get a callback! Thanks

[@EmandLloyd]

Best of luck!

[@jackchen8367]

thumbs up

[@Dreamer10888]

That's really nice of you to mentor grads because I feel like so many of them just avoid saying thank you after getting success from your mentorship