Frequent Citations!
More like the Lifetime Achievement Award, apparently.
As I mentioned yesterday, practice interviews began this week. I had my first one today and had mostly forgotten about it until half an hour before it was supposed to start. Urp! Rushed to the computer lab to print out resume and some writing sample options, gave a quick look at the questions I was supposed to be prepared to answer, and off I went.
Sit up straight! Don't fidget! Eye contact and a firm handshake! Yeah, yeah. I didn't even pick my nose. Nevertheless, I bombed. No, really -- I kept finding myself in the middle of an answer thinking "Nonononono that's SO not what I want to say!" But anyway.
The woman doing the mock-interview today knows me fairly well. We've talked a bunch of times, sometimes about law stuff and sometimes about random and interesting bits of life. So when we finished with the 10 minutes or so of mock-interviewing, she asked, "Citations, what happened to you? Where's your enthusiasm? Your power? Your confidence? I've heard you talk about this stuff before so I know you can do well -- you should be blowing this interview out of the water!"
Um, I'm trying so hard not to jiggle that I've slipped into a coma? I'm clueless how to answer some of these questions and it takes me a few minutes to think of a BS answer? I forgot to put on my "I'm a machine-like lawyer" role?
Note to self: remember that I come from a long line of performers. Sharpen up those acting skills! I'm not a world-class successful lawyer, but I can play that role.*
*Extra points if you know the author and novel that's from.
Have I sent you the interviewing tips thing I've had hanging around for ages (but have never polished enough to try and sell it as an article)?
And yes, you should be blowing the interview out of the water. You have SO much to market. Remember, especially with Law Review, you don't have to worry much about finding a job-- you just have to find the one that's right for you, and that means you interviewing THEM.
Posted by: Jill | August 17, 2006 at 08:19 AM
You're a darling, no you haven't, and I'll try to remember that. :)
Posted by: Citations | August 17, 2006 at 08:21 AM