The most common biglaw interview questions (& how to answer them)

[@julianinlaw]

Don't overthink it!!! If you feel uncomfortable, it will make your interviewer feel uncomfortable and reflect in your interview performance. Take deep breathes throughout the process to keep things under control :)

[@beedoo000]

About to begin a crazy week of articling student interviews. Thanks for this video - it relieves a lot of the stress.

[@justinelemae3613]

Great video, Julian! Another video idea - how to decide on the fields to practice and the process of figuring out what interests you. I'd love to hear about your story of figuring this out too!

[@julianinlaw]

Great idea !!

[@AMH0525]

Julian, I’m a few hours away from interviewing for the first time (I’m a 1L). Thank you so much for this!

[@julianinlaw]

Np!!

[@isabelsamayoa7961]

Two updates if you're watching this in 2024, since I think a lot has changed in the past years' recruiting cycles. Regarding the tell me about yourself question: As someone who interviewed everywhere and landed a big law job, my most successful interviews were the ones where I only loosely mentioned my resume highlights and instead focused my time answering the question on an anecdote that explained my interest in a practice area that the firm specializes in. I find it made me more memorable. Also, most firms now do prefer to see that you're interested in a particular practice area, even if it's not fully true. So my advice there is pick one and defend it.

[@blooperssuperfunnylol7328]

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[@julianinlaw]

Thank you 😎😎

[@Atty-Asta]

Hi Julian, Thats my first time watching your video, I was chilling and suddenly your video pop out, anyways I’m glad I watched your video and I just subscribed to your channel since I found it helpful, interesting and informative… I’m not sure if you already made a video talking about immigration law or not since I want to do immigration law that’s what I’m thinking but I need more information about it if you have got any, also I’m still studying for the LSAT but I’m so nervous since I like to study by myself but I was wondering how many hours should I study everyday? Since I’m taking my summer courses and doing my internship how do you think I should organize my schedule? Sorry I’m typing a lot but I really need your help and advice. Last question how can I find immigration lawyers so I can do an informational interview if you have got any suggestions? I hope you reply thank you for your time.

[@adam.gizlin]

I think I also got an idea for my next haircut too from this video :--]

[@rtotheizzle]

hey man, 1L here and I really admire what you're doing here. Looking forward to your future content

[@f.m.grooves7658]

Hey i wanted to know what job u did at the white house i would really think of considering that as my college job option.

[@julianinlaw]

I interned at the Council of Economic Advisers! It was great - also have another YT video about my experience there: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJDRlXqPmrCraZY

[@ntanemohlala4907]

this is so helpful. I have an interview soon and ...fingers crossed.

[@maharuqs]

Love this advice!

[@Pants3]

Thank you for the advice

[@AdrianJavierIto]

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[@alexzylka4867]

Another great video!

[@julianinlaw]

Thank you!! I'm glad it was helpful

[@sybylviles7114]

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[@criminallaw9573]

This might actually be good advice. . .but the problem is, the overwhelming majority of law students will never, ever, get an interview for so much as summer work at a large law firm in their entire lives. So this advice is completely and totally irrelevant to the great majority of law students and recent graduates. At most law schools, large law firms, aka "Biglaw" will only hire students in the top 10 percent of their class (top 5 percent for Cravath, Skadden, and other very grade-sensitive law firms). This means that big law is completely irrelevant to 9/10 law students in these schools. And yes, you can say that it's more like top 25 percent at highly ranked law schools, but it also more like 0 percent at low ranked law schools. Overall, for the overwhelming majority of law students, they will never, ever, get a single interview with a large law firm in their entire lives. They don't need to worry about preparing for an interview that they will never have.

[@alucardofficial7074]

This is for the students who will though

[@criminallaw9573]

@@alucardofficial7074 Yeah, that's 10 percent of the class at good law schools, and zero percent of the class at garbage law schools. Any way you slice it, overall less than one law student in 10 will ever be given an opportunity at "biglaw". That stuff is great for TV shows and movies, not so much for reality.

[@yeahaight3495]

@@criminallaw9573 There are schools outside of the T100 that send more than 10-15% of graduates to big law-and there are less than 200 accredited law schools. More than half of accredited law schools send at least 10% of graduates to Big Law.