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Do Your Homework!
Prospective employers expect that you have done your homework before you set foot in their offices for your first interview... [read]

Asked and Answered: Dangerous Interview Questions
The hidden dangers lurking in virtually any interview are those tough questions for which there seem to be no right answers but many wrong ones... [read]

Questionable Questions
Although legal employers should know better, sometimes an interviewer may ask a questionable question... [read]

Facing-and Acing-Panel Interviews
Rather than being intimidated by facing multiple interviewers at the same time, you can ace a panel interview with some preparation... [read]

Getting Ready for Your Close-Up: Videoconference Interviews
Videoconference interviews are becoming more common as law firms and corporations expand nationally and internationally... [read]

Telephone Interview Techniques
Telephone interviews often are a make-or-break situation and must be taken as seriously as an in-person interview... [read]

Let's Do Lunch!
Lunch often is an important part of the interviewing process, and must be handled properly... [read]

Interviewing Is A Two-Way Street
If done right, an interview will provide an opportunity for both the employer and the candidate to learn more about each other... [read]

Don't Do This
With more collective years of legal recruiting experience than we wish to count, we thought we had heard everything by now, but apparently not... [read]

Your Closing Argument
Making a good last impression in an interview is almost as important to making a good first impression... [read]

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