3rd year big law, 6th year of practice. What’s the most important skill or capability to highlight if i want to shine in an in-house interview?

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general commercial litigation with representation of banks at times. I’d like to do banking work or data privacy work. i had two interviews that i felt good about and researched for but they didn’t seem like definite yesses so i’m curious about whether i missed something

For data privacy, look at privacy counsel roles and study their requirements (and regurgitate in your resume/interviews). Or consider product counseling, which can be very privacy heavy if for, say, a tech company, 😄

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I would say start with what THEY think the most important skills are. Read and re-read the job posting (I'm assuming it has a fairly good outline of what the duties are and what they're looking for). Then, sit down and go through each thing they list and think of a couple of experiences you have that demonstrate each one. How will your skills/experiences fill what they need?

Pragmatic approach and soft skills/EQ.

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