For those of you that have landed in-house corporate positions at VC firms, did you have a lot of interviews with the partners/investment team? If so, what were they like and was there any difference you felt in substance compared to interviews with the GC/other lawyers?

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Lots of interviews, yes; for me it was similar to biglaw - mostly about personality/fit, even lighter on actual legal substance.

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