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Not at all. Or an internal recruiter. Standard practice with most places-unless it’s a smaller firm
I have never had a first interview with HR. I’m in my ninth year of practice. lol.
Sometimes I will have a last interview with HR. They go over benefits etc. But in my experience, having done many many many interviews (probably 75+ in my time), it is never started with HR. Kind of a waste of time.
They almost always do an initial screener with a couple of partners interested in working with you. If you they like you, more interviews (maybe including with HR) come.
HR doesn’t really make the ultimate hiring decision. Partners do. HR just facilitates.
This is always the fist step.
Not unusual. It’s an initial screener to see if you have the experience they are looking for. They also may sure benefits and salary info at that point too.
Unusual for biglaw. I’m in my 7th year of practice and latereled a few times. Never heard of this.
Nope. HR does the initial screening then you meet with the partners
Typical.
As a very green fifth year biglaw associate who has done dozens of interviews (probably >50), I’ve never interviewed with HR at any point of the pre-offer process, and I’ve gotten offers from 5 firms during my practice. I did interview a non-lawyer practice manager once, whose job it was to assign work in the group. Interview was awful, pointless, and I never went past that screener. I think it was MoFo if I remember correctly. I didn’t even want to take the interview (was a bit offended that partners didn’t want to take 20-30 minutes to meet me) but I never say no to a meeting.
Not unusual — it’s to make sure you’re not a psycho before wasting lawyers’ time.
We do it for juniors.
I only had HR for the first call. Normally first Interview is with hiring manager
Unusual at law firms
Very common. My experience it’s the recruiter working in HR/People team that does the first round of interviews.