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A couple of things: One, highlight what you’ve actually owned — a lot of juniors will list things in their resume like working on a $1B+ transaction bc they assume the figure will be impressive; but if all you did was due diligence for change of control provisions, nobody cares about the size of the deal. I’m much more impressed by smaller matters that you fully owned. Especially when you’re so junior, because it shows you can do more than just heavily supervised pseudo-paralegal work (and that’s not a jab at you, it’s just what you’d typically expect from a 2nd year biglaw attorney).
Second, try to understand an communicate how in-house attorneys are different from firm lawyers. Your role in-house is to protect the company and enable business. But being over-inclusive on non-material issues isn’t rewarded the same way that it is in a firm; in fact, if you’re seen as the department where deals go to die or just a “no” factory, you’re kind of dead in the water.
Last, I would say to apply mindfully. If you’re going to apply somewhere that you don’t actually fit the experience level and you really want to work at that company some day, make sure you won’t be disqualified from applying again in the near term. Would suck if they won’t look at your resume again for 1-2-years and another position comes up when you actually fit the bill. Sometimes it’s wise to just suck it up for another year, get the experience, and then move in-house. I will be very honest with you and tell you most in-house gigs aren’t super inclined to bring in very junior attorneys, so the search becomes a lot easier once you have 4+ years under your belt.
I appreciate the response. It’s funny, I “own” two portfolios right now (e.g., I am the responsible attorney on the matters, the main point of contact, and the one making recommendations) and hand off work/supervise other juniors and staff. So, maybe I can lean into that given a 4th year in my group and I do the same work.