Talking about a deal at interview

[hopefullawyer101]

I have an interview on Thursday and I'm struggling to flesh out my answer about a recent deal they've worked on. My interest in it largely stems from the companies involved and the wider topics which this touches up.

Can I talk about this in interview? I get stuck on how to go beyond the deal and how I should do that

 

[futuretraineesolicitor]

This will help if you haven't watched it already.

 

[Jessica Booker]

I have an interview on Thursday and I'm struggling to flesh out my answer about a recent deal they've worked on. My interest in it largely stems from the companies involved and the wider topics which this touches up.

Can I talk about this in interview? I get stuck on how to go beyond the deal and how I should do that

Be prepared to talk about why you choose that specific deal out of the 100s of other you could have chosen.

Also be prepared to talk about how/why things happened rather than them actually happening.

 

[futuretraineesolicitor]

I also have some notes on how to tackle this question from Simranjeet Kaur Mann's Instagram. I find her advice really helpful. Use the description below to make more sense of the picture attached.


BLUE- Here I describe the news story briefly - it's important to keep this brief to set the scene. Law firms want to know more about your personal take on the news story and how it relates to them, rather than a longwinded description of what's happened.

Yellow- go straight into answering the next part of the question - note I don't provide a vague reason for why this news story interested me; I provide two links to my personal experiences to exemplify my attraction to this story.

Green - provide a more in-depth analysis of the news story, together with my personal opinion and a further quotation from a Judge. This highlights I've gone out of my way to research this topic further, thus showing a genuine interest in the article.

Orange- Here I focus on the last part of the question. Admittedly, I could have maybe mentioned more. However, note what I did write was specifically targeted at the firm I was applying for and showed dedicated research, rather than vague reasoning.

 

[sunrise]

Can I talk about a deal that was done in a regional office when I'm applying to the London office?
Also, can I talk about a deal that was done 7 months ago? Is that recent enough?