How do you deal with these types of situations? Majority of my interview was about high vs low tuition and scholarships being harmful to the larger student body. What destination birthday party would you pick if you could pick anywhere? I dont want to read in to it much, but I hope that was a good thing. How did you motivate them? Yours was an exceptional group. She also asked if I had even been to St.Louis which I responded that yes I have and that Ive actually self-toured the school to which she was surprised/happy about. How did you end up accomplishing the work? He said it was to get to know us just a tiny bit better than he did an hour ago, and that he manages to achieve that goal, and with so many applicants, thats really the best he can do. What do you want your legal career to look like 5 years from now? What is something I have changed my opinion on? What is something that youre not looking forward to in law school? The interview was conversational and lasted about 30 minutes. Tell me about a project youve managed and how it went. Left time for two questions and spent about five minutes answering them. by sarita25 Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:33 am. Describe when you were most productivewhat was that environment like? Whats one thing that you might be scared or hesitant about in law school? What would Jewel contribute to a law school community? Then he went on to give us application scenarios where we had to act an admissions committee. What prompted that interest? And in this Covid world, I am particularly happy to get the chance to connect with so many of you all over the world. Talk about a time where you worked with people that had disagreements. He did not let people raise their hand and share their opinions freely. What is your favorite book or movie and why. What is something other than the law that youre passionate about? Student F (30 seconds to prepare each question and 60 second to answer), Student I (Interviewed by alum in person). He also cared about order and structure he noticed people who did not follow his instructions precisely or spoke out of turn. Something disappointing and how you handled it? What do you expect to be the biggest challenge? Are there any areas of law that youre interested in other than copyright law? What do you think will be your biggest challenge in law school? Youll be asked to respond verbally to six different questions. Admissions person spoke a lot. Interviewer told me a lot about the school and herself. What can you bring to the Wash U Law Community? What have you liked most about your experience at your current job? How would family and friends describe me? What skills will contribute to your success as a law student? A student who had already been admitted writes to admissions informing them that he is dropping out of his Oxford masters program early (without obtaining the degree) without providing additional info. If you could go back to any time in your life and tell yourself something, what would it be? [Questions about professional experience.]. Scenario 2: A top applicant has already been admitted to Georgetown and paid to secure his seat. A few questions are both suck-uppy and genuine: Whats your favorite part of the law school? What do you remember about your days as a student here? (The last one only works, obviously, if your interviewer went there.). Doing your research before the interview to interject school specific answers in super important. How many hours per week do you spend on social media? They may be divided into multiple tiers, but even those broad selections are continuously reassessed. Howd you deal with it? It was different from other interviews I've had so it certainly threw me off at the start! We answered between 6-8. My interviewer was Ann Perry (Associate Dean). Where do you see your career going after law school? ), (The interview lasted 16 minutes total, and had time to ask 2 questions. Why? Why did someone from XX end up in XX and seek to go to law school? Explain a time when you were rejected from a job offering. What was the most innovative new idea you implemented? Discuss a challenge and how you overcame it. He said something like, Sometimes its best to say Im sorry and then zip it.. Each response can be no more than one minute long. *. Dean Blazer mentioned my DS, and asked me if I had ever been to Cuba. Also, having a solid answer on why you want to go to law school is definitely a must. Why are you switching careers? I used the word Unique however, others used words such as honest, hard-working, etc. (During this scenario, the Dean asked us to rate the seriousness of the issue as a whole group on a scale of 1-10. He also pointed out that when you care, you will reread your application fifty times before your friend tells you, Oh my god, just press the damn button already. So the fact that this had so many mistakes was actually pretty telling. But what are the chances of my being selected. Columbia basically asked me about things specific to my application. What's the best compliment you've ever received? What programs/extracurriculars am I interested in at UChicago law? Below are the questions he asked. How did you like your undergraduate experience? What is your communication/teamwork style like? Student G (Interviewer: Dean Kristi Jobson), (Friendly, but not conversational in tone until the very end. Tell us about a time when you failed. You have unlimited prep time, but three takes at recording your response. Tell me about a time where you worked with someone that had a different work style than you, and how did you keep a good relationship? Basic All-Purpose Interview Advice You must be prepared to talk about the following: your rsum and experience your interest in law in general your interest in their law school in particular You should probably be prepared to talk about these: an academic or professional accomplishment a mistake, failure, or weakness a time you worked on a team Otherwise, do what you can to clear bandwidth: dont download anything big beforehand; consider moving closer to your router. What was a decision that you made in the past you will change today. 10 years from now? What was your initial reasoning to join the military? Dont try to memorize linesyoull only sound stilted. What is the biggest challenge that youve faced so far? What do you look for in law school when choosing law school? Characteristic you hope to develop over the next 5 years? Should the creators of Pokemon Go be liable? You can choose from Skype, Google Hangouts, or in-person. Most of us went with minor, two of us went with major, and Dean Cornblatt went with major, too. Describe a time when you had a difficult conversation and what did you do about it. He is currently getting his graduate degree at Oxford. Telling about current job/why I left to do research, Plans 5+ years out of law school or in general after law school. What would you do to be a part of the Charlottesville community? The Dean then weighed in, and he believed that this should be rated as a 7. If you were an admission officer, what would you see as your weakness? Most people in my group, including myself, erred on the side of caution and stuck with numbers like 5-6 for all scenarios. What did you do to resolve those? Other than the standard Why Northwestern and Why Law questions, there was much less interviewing and much more conversing. He essentially dropped out to avoid disciplinary in fracture. Towards the end, Interviewer asked me if I would be 100% committed to coming to Columbia if accepted. Good idea? Name something that you want the Northwestern admissions committee to know about you? If you had a chance to collaborate with anyone alive or dead, who would it be with? So, they just asked general questions (see below) and gave career advice. Tell me about a time you had to ask for help. Hypothetical: if at your time at [legal internship], you were to show up one day and find that your coworkers were your clones, what strengthens and challenges would you run into? If you were a fly on the wall, what do you think the admissions committee might think the strengths and weaknesses of your application might be? It was very informal. What do you want to do career wise with a law degree/5-year plan? Student As online interview (2018/2019 cycle), (very casual conversation with alumni, was an hour long), Vanderbilt Alumni Interview- over an hour long, very conversational, Overall very laid back and conversational - left a lot of time for me to ask questions, entire interview lasted ~20 min, Student A (Interviewed by an alumna in person, about 45 min long), Note: Student reported that the Vanderbilt interview was pretty relaxed compared to other interviews; interviewer only asked 2 questions and then the rest was a discussion about interviewers personal experience, Student A interview with an alum in Tokyo, Interviewer said he is required to ask these two questions* When working in a team do you prefer to speak up or listen to others? Note: Interviewer said Northwestern gave them a list of questions on the online platform, but currently they were unable to access. Talk about a time when you pursued a goal but then had to pivot to something else. What do you want to do after law school? How will you deal with not being in top ten percent of class? Be able to go through all your resume blurbs and talk about each experience. You can pace your interview because you have breaks between questions. Tell me about the most stressful time in your professional career. The content of your answer probably matters less than how you say it. In all three, he named the first student to go and wanted everyone to talk. The interview lasted about 10-12 minutes. Name a time you analyzed a large data set or did extensive research on something. Are you someone who solves complicated problems using easy solutions or do you solve easy problems using complicated solutions? Where do I see my role in the social justice movement? Once he hears from all our groups, he states his own opinion before we move onto the next scenario. If you could tell the president one thing, what would you say? What is one of your greatest accomplishments at [undergraduate university]? Whats a job you would like to have long-term / how do you think about your career post-JD? What is more important: the result or the process? Defend your answer. After everyone else had gone, Dean Andy told us he thought one of the scenarios (PS with mistakes) was a 10 and total rejection of applicant. To prepare, you might think about what qualities would be important to you if you were admitting students (passion? [Specific questions about resume/experiences]. Dean said there was fog everywhere with this case, so he ultimately rescinded the guys application. I think its also good to demonstrate that you are seriously considering the prospect of moving to their school and spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on your tuition. A time you stopped short of reaching a goal? The students recommender also mentioned that he was a great writer. Note: Interviewer was very strict about keeping time. What you want admissions to know about you? Tell me about a time youve received feedback you didnt agree with. Have you ever been/ Lets say you are in an argument or conflict with someone representing a view completely opposite yours. Tell me something you would like the admissions committee to know about you that doesn't appear in your application. Tell me about why you were motivated to pursue your job. Explain to us a little more about your multiple attempts on the LSAT. He shared screen with us and asked us to give a thumbs up when were all set reading it. What are your short-term and long-term professional goals? After we gave our answers, the dean explained that A) this showed a lack of integrity because he was fleeing the issue rather than confronting it, and was likely guilty; and B) he should have been extremely transparent about what had happened and volunteered ALL the information he had right from the get-go without making the admissions committee chase him down only to be stonewalled (it disrespected Georgetown, he said). And we were usually wrong! Scenario 1: a top applicant was previously suspended for one year because she plagiarized in French 101. What do you like about your current job? I definitely would have struggled with that question by it catching me off guard and not having some sort of formulation of the answer beforehand. what would you bring to Cornell? Questions about challenges based on current job, Interest in the Doctoroff program and how the certificate would help me with my goals. Your general experience at your UG school/why you chose it, A time your opinion/viewpoint did a 180 on a topic, What you're looking for in a law school experience (implied why Washu, but also a chance for my interviewer to sell the school's relevant resources), Your thoughts and approaches to leadership and teamwork. How do you approach conversations with people with whom you disagree? How did you end up [across the country] for college? What qualities do I want in a law school? If you were a fly on the wall, what are some things that you imagine the committee would say about your application? If your professor asks for help on a subject you dont know, what would you do? It wasn't about getting the answers "right." ), [Questions about professional and academic experience. What do you hope to do or accomplish with your JD? A lot of people in the group interview thought this wasnt unforgivable, especially given that the previous two were pretty big ethical violations, but as it turns out it was a rejection as well. What was a challenge you faced when working on a team. Do I like my undergraduate university and culture? Overall the interview wasn't very conversational; my interviewer prefaced by saying that she wouldn't respond to my answers to give me more time to speak. Toward the end, she explained a bit about the process. What do you want to get out of law school? In the second and third scenarios, he called on people one by one to go. Aside from being a guardian ad litem, what else am I currently doing? He asked us to rank how bad this was on a scale of 1-10. (And defend those answers.). What was the most disappointing setback in your life? I said Yes to this one. Considering your consulting background, why law? It's especially devastating since Georgetown has done this to me before. The other questions were specific about my leadership roles and which I found most fulfilling. These are small classes and the campus is beautiful. What do you want admissions to know about you? The school wanted to have a hearing, but he withdraws from the program so that he can keep his record clean of misconduct. If you could eradicate one social problem what would it be? I think the "preferred" preferred list mentions that your name has been placed within a special group on the preferred waiting list. See alsoWhat Questions Should You Ask a Law School Admissions Officer? He appreciates collaboration, so be sure to speak about the conclusions your group came to, not necessarily the ones that you individually came to. If you had a million dollars but could not spend it yourself, how would you spend it? I see that you listed (city) as somewhere you would want to practice after law school. Make sure you show up early for in-person interviews. (This required a 300-word written essay). What were your first steps? For the questions that were asked by Washington University that weren't resume-specific during my interview: 20mins, including time built in for your questions. Have you experienced any personal setbacks, and how did you respond? Which headline would you like to see in the news? Whats one thing the admissions committee should know about you? The people they've been accepting probably aren't going to attend because they're probably going to T6 schools, and everyone they're waitlisting (me included) will probably be either A) salty by the time they make a decision or B) committed to a school that . Don't be shy!! Theres no excuse for being late. Also any specific tips or anything lol, all info is . When were you wrongly blamed for a mistake and how did you handle it, When did you do something complex with little guidance, When did you speak to someone with a radically difference point of view, One more thing you want admissions to know about you. What questions do you have for me?The resume-specific ones were just asking vaguely about what my tech positions were like. What skills from your professional life would serve you best in law school? It was a group of 7 applicants, with Dean Cornblatt himself conducting the "interview." This might be because it was with the director of admissions or maybe because my friends did their interviews a few years ago Duke uses a service called InitialView to interview prospective international students. Resume-specific questions about my work experience, Something I would like the admissions committee to know, Questions for the interviewer (had time for two questions), The Dean began by having us all-state where we are from, what we are doing, where we are now, and a fun fact about ourselves.. What is the one thing you most want the admissions committee to know about you? Do you consider yourself an optimist, pessimist, or realist? Tell me about an experience you had in an extracurricular, internship, or job that makes you proud, particularly one where you have to dig in. First scenario was about a student who had been suspended for a year on account of plagiarism. Should this admission be overturned? [She asked about philosophy on the interests section of my rsum.]. What have you learned in your current job? What's possible from those invited to interview are applicants the Admissions Committee wishes to know more about before making a decision. We did 3 scenarios. Dean didnt like that because a whole years suspension from the undergrad institution is a pretty big penalty, and she seemed to not be portraying things very honestly. What if the essay is plagiarized? What is one thing you want the admissions committee to know about you? The interview lasted 25 minutes and 40 seconds. General questions about my international travels (it was clear he had read my essays in advance). How did you go about doing it? You can attend those as well. ), so he's definitely talking to a whole lot more applicants than will ultimately be admitted (he said he is probably going to meet this way with about 3000 students, and the entering class is 560). (I was a bit unprepared for this one but I think it went okay!). I'm KJD and I'm betting that's why there are a bunch of UG-related questions. In her addendum, she said she was sorry for the mistake but also claimed it had merely been an issues with properly attributing citations; and while she took responsibility it didn't seem like she fully acknowledged the severity of the 'mistake'. Tell me about a time you overcame an obstacle. What is something you want the admissions committee to know? At the end of the interview, theyll probably ask if you have any questions for them. Georgetown does a group interview. Tell me about a time you showcased leadership. 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