Friday, February 02, 2007

It's Groundhog Day

and Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow so Spring is just around the corner!

The mock interview was today and it went splendidly! The attorney that interviewed me was very easy going. He lost the resume I'd sent him so I'm glad I carried some extra ones. I interviewed for about 30 minutes and then he gave me some feedback.
Positives: I was dressed very professionally, arrived 5 minutes early (my mistake because I forgot my watch was 5 min fast), spoke well, answered questions as soon as they were posed, knew some info about him, etc.
Negatives: Didn't ask enough questions about the company, to always remember who my audience was (he asked me if I would like to work in a large or medium sized firm & I didn't emphatically say a large firm which is what this firm was).
Funny situation: He asked me what I liked to do outside of studying and I told him I like to read fiction books. Then he asks, "Oh good, so which author do you like?" So I say Daniel Silva knowing perfectly well no one has ever heard of this author (saying I like Danielle Steel's books doesn't quite have a ring of professionalism). Then he says, "I like him too!" So we went on to have a conversation about all his books. All the while I was thinking, thank goodness I'd really read Silva's books because there would've been no way to get out of that one without coming off as a total fraud.

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