面试常见的英语问题

2015面试常见的英语问题

　　英语面试常见问题：

　　1.Personal

　　Tell me about yourself.

　　How would your friends describe you?

　　How would you describe yourself as a person?

　　Why this particular geographic area?

　　What is the latest non-legal book you’ve read?

　　What are your outside interests and hobbies?

　　Who is your hero/heroine?

　　Why did you choose law?

　　What is your biggest accomplishment?

　　What are your strengths/weaknesses?

　　What would make you a good trial advocate?

　　What’s the biggest mistake you’ve ever made?

　　How would you go about building a trusting relationship with a client?

　　What is something interesting that’s not on your resume?

　　What one thing have you done that you’re proudest of?

　　What is the most difficult/rewarding thing you’ve ever accomplished?

　　How do you work under pressure?

　　How strong are your writing skills?

　　What type of people do you work with best or would have trouble working with?

　　Are you a team player or do you prefer to work on your own?

　　What do you feel are things that help a person become successful?

　　What constitutes success in your mind?

　　What is important to you in life?

　　What kinds of things give you the most satisfaction in your work?

　　How do you feel about representing alleged child abusers?

　　Is there any crime you would have trouble defending?

　　How do you feel when defense of the First Amendment conflicts with other rights?

　　How do you feel about accountability versus reconciliation?

　　2.Resume/Transcript

　　What type of responsibilities have you had in prior work experiences?

　　Why did you choose to work at these specific organizations?

　　What did you particularly like/dislike about that work?

　　Why did you leave your prior jobs?

　　Why did you choose your undergraduate major?

　　What did you do between college and law school?

　　Why did you decide to switch from your previous field to law?

　　Why did you go to law school? Have your goals changed since then?

　　What extracurricular activities have you participated in during law school?

　　What was the issue you argued in Moot Court? What was the argument on the other side?

　　What clinical work have you done in law school?

　　Tell me about your participation on the journal, in your externship, your clinical program, or your research project.

　　Tell me about your thesis/journal article.

　　Do you think your grades are a good indication of your academic achievement? Are they an indication of your ability to do a good job at this organization?

　　Why did you only get an “LP” in…?

　　Tell me about your interest in rock climbing, course on Islamic law, etc.

　　3.Knowledge of Organization

　　What do you know about our organization?

　　Why do you want to work at our office?

　　Why do you want to work in our office, as opposed to other offices that do similar work?

　　Which of our legal practice areas and/or areas of interest are you most interested in?

　　Why our practice setting? Why our issues?

　　Why are you looking at this area of specialization?

　　What qualifications do you have that will make you successful at this job?

　　What would the greatest drawback of this job be for you?

　　Why should we select you over all the other candidates?

　　How are you prepared to work with clients/colleagues who are different from you?

　　What two or three things are most important to you in a job?

　　What kind of training or supervision are you looking for in a job?

　　How would you describe your ideal job?

　　What criteria are you using to evaluate the employer for which you hope to work?