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I’ve had both, but more focus on substantive experience. They’d ask what I work on and if I have experience with handling xyz. Also they’d ask me what are some common provisions I’d see negotiated in the docs. So be ready in case they ask substantive questions and throw out hypotheticals.
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They’re all the same, whether it’s the first call or the second call. You’ve already done a lot of the work by getting the screener in the first instance. The screener will focus on your your experience and the responsibility you’ve had on your matters. If they like you enough, they’ll advance you to the next round where you get to do it all again.
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I agree with the advice already given. For what it's worth, I often prefer multi-partner interviews. Unless you are out of work and really anxious to get hired, you should be interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you and there's sometimes a lot that can be gleaned about culture by seeing how partners interact with one another. It also feels much more conversational and laid back (IMO) since everyone is sort of piggybacking off of each other's contributions.
Last tip: Be sure to have some thoughtfully framed questions prepared about the firm, practice group you'd be going into, etc. I'm more senior, but many of the lateral interviews I've had have been more about giving me an opportunity to ask questions and assess whether I would be a good fit than technical expertise or substantive experience.
Multi panels can suck if the partners aren’t aligned which they often aren’t. I did one where each partner kept trying to get me to say I only wanted to do their specific type of work. Nightmare
I agree that you are interviewing them but it’s hard to get a good flow going and you can’t bs at all which sucks
In terms of what the interview is – you should be able to talk about things at a fairly high level substance, like if you do that financing you should be able to talk about covenants with intelligence but they aren’t likely to cause you the whole time, typically just asked one or two questions to make sure you’re sentient. Then the rest is what kind of work you do, fit in that sense and in a personality sense
Also everyone is going to ask you why you want to move so have a good short answer that makes you look good