3/3 of my recent corpgov/m&a interviews have required written tests followed by a panel that drills you on said tests. Is this the new normal? I flunked the last one (and knew I would, but did it anyway for experience), so am frustrated and terrified of the two coming up.

Hello fishes what is the variable at js7 ?

Has anyone been Veeva certified? If so, what did you think? Have you seen any ROI yet?

Any HSP's here (Highly sensitive people), How you people cope with everyday. I know how much diffculty to face everyday. let's share our thoughts and build a community.

anybody joined the Altimetrik. how is the company?

Hi fishes i received offer from legato but cognizant now revised notice period to 90 days will it be possible to get the change in joining date from legato side?

Any tips to manage third party vendors and their employees from a contractual point of view to make sure they deliver well.

New York Shitty

What are the biggest challenge going back to the office?

How do you write a good script? Where do you start?

Im using Azure Devops what is the best tool to prepare road map.

Need suggestions. kindly help.

ADHD in financial management. Curse or blessing when you do about a million things in a day for your clients and staff? Always suspected I had it. Never diagnosed.

What website can you use to play simple games over zoom (Chinese checkers, chess, checkers)?

A little late here, but any suggestions/recommendations or watch outs for an automatic standing desk preferably with charging attachments? Looking to invest in a decent one around $2-300 !

Considering taking a position with a small-cap in the US trying to build their legal department. The title is standard “counsel” although the work would be with the senior leadership team and reporting to the GC in Europe. How reasonable is it to ask for a bump in title - Senior counsel or Head of Legal, US? If it matters, I am a 6th year and have been told that I will be expected to hire a junior or paralegal as we build up.

About to do my first interview for an in house job (coming from a midsize firm).
What are some questions typically asked, and good answers to those questions?
What are some good questions to ask?

A lot of people here seem to glamorize MANGA positions - good pay, and good WLB. There has to be a catch, right?

Underrated tech companies to work for? E.g. not FAANG.

Been interviewing for two months for an in-house position. Is this standard?

A client (in the banking industry) is looking for what they’re calling a software/dev ops attorney to report directly to the GC. Thinking 6th year+. Would need to be based in the south. Can provide more details if you dm me.

Has anyone heard of TechGC/DeputyGC? Thoughts on membership?

Does your company use a ticketing system to manage emails received by the legal department? What works and doesn’t work your team?

Need a recommendation for a contract analytics service provider. Don’t need the lifecycle or repository bells and whistles, just need something I can feed 10k documents and it provides me with data points, preferably individually and in aggregate. Does something like this exist??

Have any one used a resume coach or service for in house job search, particularly for IP and product counsel positions? If so, how did you find a good one? Thanks!

For those working in house, how much “from scratch” document drafting are you doing vs. reviewing and revising “outside documents”. For example, if your company wants to enter into a joint venture company with another entity, are you drafting the company agreement “from scratch” or is it based on internal forms? Or are you getting outside counsel to do it?

Would love some advice / thoughts. I went straight from law school to a corporate legal department in house for an asset manager. They like “home grown” talent and I “be worked hard and risen relatively quickly (AGC in 9 years). I work hard and get a lot of complicated deals done (structured products and private funds). I can’t shake certain people (in compliance department mainly) thinking I don’t have enough experience to do what I do because I didn’t come from a law firm. Any advice?

How does your company manage (track) all of the documents related to a merger you are working on? Are you using a matter management software, a spreadsheet, shared file, etc? Keeping up with the moving pieces is killing me with just a spreadsheet.

Has anyone moved from antitrust private practice to a non-antitrust in-house role? If so, what kind of role?

What’s it like being a senior in-house corporate attorney in biotech or tech? Is the work interesting or is it mainly just reviewing contracts and admin/CYA work for biz folks?

Would you say most in-house roles tend to hire from BigLaw?

How is productivity measured for in-house attorneys? Is there any analog of billable hours for in-house lawyers?

What’s a fair expectation for my first raise? Publicly traded co with ~2500 employees. I’ve been doing litigation with the company for almost 3 yrs and have only had a 2% cost of living raise so far. Graduated in 2014. Base comp is $127.5k in the Philly area. I see salaries all over the place in this site and it’s hard to tell whether mine is competitive.

How do you get past bad experience with recruiters? Recently got an offer but the recruiter was rude from the beginning and she can't answer any questions about RSU and refuse to negotiate salary at all. The work, the team and comp seems decent but I'm hesitating because of her. Should I still move forward?

Anyone have insight into salary for associate counsel role at Google?