Interviews at large firms may be different from those at a nonprofit because the interviewer is looking for specific qualities pertinent to that field or office.
Not exact matches
Researchers from the Kellogg School of Management and the University of Michigan
interviewed 42 executives
at large U.S. companies and identified several flattery techniques the executives used successfully on their peers to secure board seats
at other
firms.
But, as The New York Times reports, the anonymous blogger is, in fact, Jeremy Blachman, a 25 - year - old third - year Harvard law student «whose firsthand experience of Big Law comes down to a round of recruiting
interviews last fall... and three months as a summer associate
at a
large Manhattan
firm.»
During my
interview with Rakow, I also spoke to two lawyers who had recently left
large firms to join Atrium, Hans Kim, formerly
at Wilson Sonsini, and Jonathan O'Connell, formerly
at Morrison & Foerster.
In his
interview with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia, MacEwen observes that the combination of legal outsourcing and too many attorneys
at bigger
firms will likely lead to more layoffs because the business is just not keeping up with the operating expenses of
large law
firms.
The EPO has said that the average cost reduction would be around 70 % via the unitary patent scheme, but in an
interview with The Guardian, Andrew Bowler, a partner
at London based law
firm Bristows and an expert on IP matters, states that this would only apply to
larger multinationals, whilst smaller businesses would only benefit in terms of the business they are looking to protect throughout Europe.
Branch offices of
larger firms can't persuade the top students
at the local law schools to sign up for on - campus
interviews.
The recruiting challenge for smaller
firms (or branch offices of
larger firms) is how to quickly and cost - effectively build that critical name recognition
at your preferred law schools, to attract better resumes and fill your on - campus
interview slots.
BTI's analysis measures top - of - mind recognition of 334 law
firms based on unbiased, direct feedback from more than 686 in - depth
interviews with corporate counsel
at the world's
largest organizations.
In 2009, LegalBizDev founder Jim Hassett
interviewed chairmen, senior partners and C - level executives
at 37 of the
largest firms in the world about what works for alternative fees, and what does not.
As with the Skype
interviews discussed earlier in this article, speed
interviews may convey a lack of investment in your potential as a candidate — but on the other hand, some
large and successful
firms vet candidates almost entirely through this approach; especially
at lower levels of their organizations.
Sometimes an assessment consists of an
interview and presentation but, usually for roles
at larger firms, assessments can also take the form of group work and psychometric tests.