Partners asked me to start interviewing mid-level laterals to join our M&A group. What are your go to questions? Behavioral or substantive.

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Don’t ask behavioral questions

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Tell us about a reverse merger and what you think of the concept. No, jk. Simple conversation - if you work with people you will like, almost everything will go well enough.

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Just have a conversation.

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Why are you interested in joining this firm? Why are you leaving current firm?

I like to give them easy opps to shine/ask questions that directly align with our “grading rubric” so that I can talk them up when I’m doing my report, e.g.,

Tell me about a time you had to manage up/manage difficult personalities
Tell me about a time you wound up underwater and how did you deal with it
Tell me about a time you went above and beyond/proudest work accomplishment
Tell me about a time you took ownership
Tell me about what interests/excites you about x area of law

Perhaps unpopular opinion but I am not a fan of wasting a lot of time on chit chat in interviews. I hope you are a nice person but I’m not super interested in whether we both like Taylor Swift concerts or whatever, that has zero impact on whether you’re a diligent team player who I’ll be super grateful to have on my team at 3 am next month.

My firm asks behavioural questions in OCI and I cringe each time I see what questions they ask each year and think about what kind of people we attract by asking those…

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