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Tips for In-House Job Interviews

They are hiring because they have a need to fill. If they n...
Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth
  06/18/15
does a goood linkedin help?
Copper nofapping athletic conference puppy
  06/18/15
If you have connections to current in-house employees that a...
Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth
  06/18/15
xplain nigga
Copper nofapping athletic conference puppy
  06/18/15
Social proof. It's no different than dating. If a person i...
Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth
  06/18/15
the top in house chick at one of the clients im working for ...
Copper nofapping athletic conference puppy
  06/18/15
(Bootlicker proud as fuuurk over a mild compliment about som...
Sticky out-of-control dopamine pit
  06/18/15
oh, the automatic numbering!
autistic angry step-uncle's house
  06/18/15
I'll keep an eye out for that guy in the next annual chamber...
Sticky out-of-control dopamine pit
  06/18/15
:)))
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  06/18/15
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ivory center juggernaut
  06/19/15
yes in the sense that it makes it easier for recruiters to f...
nubile locus
  11/28/18
On fucking point. I remember my first few weeks, I was still...
wonderful sepia cruise ship dragon
  06/18/15
I really appreciate you calling this an article.
Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth
  06/19/15
For some reason I thought it was some article. Nice poast. ...
wonderful sepia cruise ship dragon
  06/19/15
"Business was happy fuck" 180
Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth
  07/10/15
lol. There are some attys that fail to think of practical so...
wonderful sepia cruise ship dragon
  07/10/15
I recently told business, "we're fucked here's why: x. ...
Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth
  07/10/15
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180 National
  08/07/15
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  02/15/18
Wait a sec-der peng what r ur qualifications exactly? R u th...
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  06/18/15
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  06/18/15
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Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth
  06/19/15
*stickied*
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Solid advice 180
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  11/28/18
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I will literally ask lawyers in interviews if they know what...
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  11/28/18
Corollary: tips for compliance jobs
Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth
  11/28/18
Im a Reg W lawyer, bro. 75% of my job is compliance and oper...
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  11/28/18
How do you like being a data entry clerk?
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are you a litigator? who the hell interviews for inhouse ta...
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Inhouse litigators all of whom need prior litigation experie...
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  11/28/18
Yes.
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Date: June 18th, 2015 10:25 PM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth

They are hiring because they have a need to fill. If they needed a hotshot BigLawyer they would have just "hired" you.

The things that make you valuable at a lawfirm are often the opposite of the things that make you valuable in-house: running down every trap, finding every comma splice, winning a specific fight without considering the war.

The things that make you dependable at a lawfirm are the same things that make you dependable in-house: judgment, rapport, consistency, trustworthiness.

When asked your favorite things about practicing law don't say things that in-house lawyers hire law firms to handle, e.g., going to court, writing memos, taking depos or doing diligence.

Have a really good reason you want to leave a higher paying job with greater potential upside, such as raising a family and spending time with them. That's very likely why your interviewer did it.

Most in-house jobs are not work hard, play hard. They are work hard and go home. Focus on the work and have hobbies that don't involve your coworkers.

In-house people believe it is hard to transition to in-house and it is. Drop your ego a level or two and focus on helping something other than yourself. Be a team player for real.

You love the idea of one client because you hate the inherent conflict in working for a law firm that wants the most money from your clients.

Talk about your life and what your passions are and be yourself with anyone lower than AGC. Be their buddy. Keep your guard up for AGC or better (or equivalent if huge company).

You're not looking forward to budgets but you understand how they work and know how important they are. You've seen clients waste money from the inside and, while it's the least exciting part of going in-house, you understand how important it is.

You get along with people from every walk of life. It'll be nice not to hang out with lawyers all day.

It's definitely going to be a transition, but you have the soft skills you think you need and now that you've been at the lawfirm you have the experience to really make a difference.

You look forward to hearing from them.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28153746)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 10:40 PM
Author: Copper nofapping athletic conference puppy

does a goood linkedin help?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28153934)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 10:44 PM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth

If you have connections to current in-house employees that are real and substantial it is huge.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154008)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 10:45 PM
Author: Copper nofapping athletic conference puppy

xplain nigga

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154014)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 10:47 PM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth

Social proof. It's no different than dating. If a person in-house can say, "oh yeah I like them, they are good" that's basically the equivalent of HYS and a 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154053)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 10:49 PM
Author: Copper nofapping athletic conference puppy

the top in house chick at one of the clients im working for fucking adores me. i was forwarded an email chain for another deal in which she was discussing things with this whole separate deal team in my office and she was like "can you guys send us a document along the lines of what quotemo did for that last thing? it was extremely helpful in getting us organized"

cot tam does she want dat quotemo D.

wtf were we talking about again btw?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154076)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 10:58 PM
Author: Sticky out-of-control dopamine pit

(Bootlicker proud as fuuurk over a mild compliment about some table he put together)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154164)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 10:59 PM
Author: autistic angry step-uncle's house

oh, the automatic numbering!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154170)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 11:05 PM
Author: Sticky out-of-control dopamine pit

I'll keep an eye out for that guy in the next annual chambers and partners rankings under the issues lists category

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154237)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 11:10 PM
Author: Copper nofapping athletic conference puppy

:)))

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154277)



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Date: June 19th, 2015 12:50 PM
Author: ivory center juggernaut



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28157567)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 4:56 PM
Author: nubile locus

yes in the sense that it makes it easier for recruiters to find you.

I'm a hedge fund recruiter right now the only legal position i'm working on is for a family office client- they're specifically looking for someone in the Trusts & Estates/Private Client practice.

If you just have your biglaw firm & school in there i won't find it unless I make my intern do a manual search thru V50 firms in their firm bios



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316153)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 11:03 PM
Author: wonderful sepia cruise ship dragon

On fucking point. I remember my first few weeks, I was still in BigLaw mode. This article is pretty much what my boss told me, i.e., stop pouring over docs to find subject-verb disagreements. Cut it loose if it suffices.

Most important thing, fo sho, is that you need to keep business happy, while protecting the company. It is a delicate dance. Making shit easier for everyone is a 180 move. Business was happy fuck once I did a lil Word magic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154213)



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Date: June 19th, 2015 2:12 AM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth

I really appreciate you calling this an article.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28155549)



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Date: June 19th, 2015 5:06 PM
Author: wonderful sepia cruise ship dragon

For some reason I thought it was some article. Nice poast.

Also, the worst part of in-house are the landgrabs (trying to manage groups, do someone else's job, etc) that attorneys do to increase their exposure. At my place, it seems like you need do a lil bit of this to get the MD title.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28159566)



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Date: July 10th, 2015 7:48 PM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth

"Business was happy fuck"

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28302284)



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Date: July 10th, 2015 8:05 PM
Author: wonderful sepia cruise ship dragon

lol. There are some attys that fail to think of practical solutions. They are just so quick to say, "This doesn't work. We can't do it." And leave it at that. I've noticed that the more respected attys say the above but also "But, this is how we play it [or something similar]."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28302411)



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Date: July 10th, 2015 8:08 PM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth

I recently told business, "we're fucked here's why: x. We have to do this. But when you decide to stop doing this in more than X months, let me know and I'll fuck them back."

They erupted in applause.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28302426)



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Date: August 7th, 2015 11:09 PM
Author: 180 National

One guy in the back hd tears streaming down his face

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28505390)



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Date: February 15th, 2018 10:10 PM
Author: White community account location



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#35413698)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 11:11 PM
Author: Copper nofapping athletic conference puppy

Wait a sec-der peng what r ur qualifications exactly? R u the recruiter dood?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154285)



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Date: June 18th, 2015 11:29 PM
Author: Copper nofapping athletic conference puppy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28154484)



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Date: June 19th, 2015 1:53 AM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28155487)



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Date: June 19th, 2015 2:13 AM
Author: blue zippy associate

*stickied*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28155554)



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Date: June 19th, 2015 11:36 AM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#28157050)



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Date: January 23rd, 2016 4:34 PM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#29662698)



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Date: July 27th, 2016 12:55 AM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#31040109)



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Date: October 25th, 2016 11:56 PM
Author: snowy ticket booth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#31728241)



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Date: February 15th, 2018 10:05 PM
Author: Kink-friendly crawly legend sneaky criminal

Solid advice 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#35413656)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 4:52 PM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316116)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 4:58 PM
Author: Fragrant ruddy school generalized bond

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316180)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 5:00 PM
Author: Domesticated racy famous landscape painting

I will literally ask lawyers in interviews if they know what "concatenate" is in Excel and how good they are manipulating powerpoint decks. Making 180 decks is more important than anything else as an inhouse bro at a F500. Half this job is presenting metrics to steering commitees of the board or even the whole board. You have to hold hands and talk good.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316194)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 5:01 PM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth

Corollary: tips for compliance jobs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316199)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 5:04 PM
Author: Domesticated racy famous landscape painting

Im a Reg W lawyer, bro. 75% of my job is compliance and operations and 25% is walking boards through Reg W and Reg O stuff. I also do board comp work now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316215)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 5:11 PM
Author: Jade Church Building Hunting Ground

How do you like being a data entry clerk?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316275)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 7:31 PM
Author: Magical mischievous stock car hospital



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316919)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 5:06 PM
Author: internet-worthy bisexual hall

are you a litigator? who the hell interviews for inhouse talking about going to court

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316236)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 5:06 PM
Author: Domesticated racy famous landscape painting

Inhouse litigators all of whom need prior litigation experience.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316245)



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Date: November 28th, 2018 8:30 PM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth

Yes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37317242)



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Date: July 21st, 2020 1:47 PM
Author: judgmental forum sound barrier



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Date: November 28th, 2018 7:39 PM
Author: Sable At-the-ready Boistinker Chapel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37316954)



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Date: February 13th, 2019 9:02 PM
Author: Purple dilemma scourge upon the earth



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2913125&forum_id=2#37778845)