Congratulations, you’ve got an on campus interview! Let’s get you prepared.
Common Summer Associate Interview Questions
Luckily, most summer associate interview questions are softballs, as long as you’re sufficiently prepared. The interviews are short, and the interviewer is tasked primarily with figuring out whether you’re sincerely interested in the firm, and whether you’d be a good fit. Consequently, he’s probably asking everyone the same basic questions, and any detours will arise from interesting elements of your résumé, so you have some control over what will be discussed.
The Easy Questions
Here’s what you’re likely to be asked in an on campus interview:
When you sit down across from a law firm interviewer, she immediately starts trying to answer two questions:
