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Message: <blockquote data-quote="George Maxwell" data-source="post: 94266" data-attributes="member: 17165">Hi [USER=18080]@TheChipmunk[/USER],You are absolutely welcome! So the first thing I would say is that [USER=16764]@James Carrabino[/USER]'s post is gold dust. It has some tips in it that I wish I had known about when I was applying honestly 😅.For example, I love his point about turning up early. This is obviously advisable for all interviews, but James' example really illustrates a real opportunity derived directly from being early. Knowing your interviewer(s) helps hugely too. If you can, take a look at their profile on the firm's website as well as looking at their LinkedIn. For one of my interviews, my interviewer actually looked at my profile the night before, so I knew who they were (even though this is not something the firm could tell me(!)).It is difficult to advise on taking a genuine interest in your interviewers, as to be effective it really does have to be authentic. I am quite a curious person so this was never a problem for me. I tend to be interested in why people make the decisions they have taken, and in an interview scenario, I was keen to understand whether I fitted into that firm. Questions flowed from this which led to a fairly natural conversation which I felt gave me more of an insight into the firm and the career(s) of my interviewer(s). Speaking to a Partner, or senior member of a firm is an opportunity in itself, so I tried to make the most of it from a developmental point of view too.So my advice would be to try to clarify why you are asking questions at the end of the interview. I think it is important to develop genuine reasons beyond just "building rapport" as this could come across as a little contrived or fake. If you don't mind me asking, at the end of interviews, for example, do you struggle to think of questions on the spot (perhaps due to nerves)? Or is it more that you are worried that your questions are not 'good enough' or interesting etc.?</blockquote>

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