K&L Gates Mock Interview

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Question 21 of 27

Talk about the most difficult work situation you have found yourself in and explain how you used sound judgement to find a great outcome?

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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.

During your training and through your career up to this point, you have certainly faced some difficult situations that you could easily discuss with your interviewer. But your interviewer isn't so much interested in the situation here as they are in your ability to think on your feet and use your best personal judgement to make the situation better. In the example you give, be sure to prepare for a time where you can exemplify this ability with success.

Ryan Brunner

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.

"Early in my career as a litigator for a large firm that handled criminal defense cases, I was slammed with a very large caseload almost always. In the months leading up to the Christmas period, I had three high profile trials that were all progressing to dates that would fall very near each other. After motioning to have some of the cases moved around with no leniency from the court, I had to think fast and work ahead as much as possible to ensure that all three cases were handled to the best of my ability. When crunch time came, I approached a colleague and their paralegal for all of the help I could get and they willingly obliged. With all three cases heading to trial without a hitch, I was very thankful for my resourcefulness and made sure to pay the favor back to my colleague the next time he needed it!"

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27K&L Gates Interview Questions & Answers

1.Have you been involved in a corporate tax audit before? What did you learn from that experience?

2.Talk about a time your ethics were challenged on the job. How do you react to those situations in the legal profession?

3.What are some of the key components that you would advise clients here at K&L Gates to include in their employee handbook?

4.Working with clients here at K&L Gates entails the need for strong finance and accounting principles. Why is this important and what will you bring to the team here in this realm if hired?

5.What do you feel are the key qualities that a great attorney should have?

6.At K&L Gates, employee satisfaction is very important. To ensure that you would be happy here, what brings you satisfaction in your day to day work?

7.Talk about a time that you had to think on your feet on the job. What was the situation and what was your thought process for acting quickly?

8.What was your motivation for pursuing a career in the field of law/legal services?

9.What are your interests and hobbies outside of work?

10.With our diverse range of clients here at K&L Gates, are there any specific areas of intellectual property law that interest you the most?

11.Do you have any particular areas of wage and hour laws that particularly interest you?

12.Do you have any experience in working with tenancy and leasing laws?

13.Employment law often involves deep human emotion when bonds are supposedly broken between employee and employer. How do you separate your personal feelings and emotions when involved with a case?

14.Who is your hero/heroine?

15.One common legal aspect that we work closely on with clients here at K&L Gates is zoning for large scale construction and/or purchases. What experience do you have in working with local zoning laws?

16.Where do you feel you could use some improvement in the litigation/arbitration process at this point in your career?

17.Some of our business here at K&L Gates is representing companies in collective bargaining agreements. What experience in the collective bargaining process would you bring to the team here?

18.What do you feel is the most important skill that you possess that makes you effective in the litigation/arbitration process?

19.To ensure that our clients here at K&L Gates are served in the best way possible, our staff must ensure that they are up to speed on all state and federal laws. How do you stay in touch with changes to local, state and federal tax laws?

20.When we look for diligent and effective people to join our real estate law team here at K&L Gates, the ability to effectively research legal options and write contracts are vital to our success as a firm. Talk about your ability to excel in these areas.

21.Talk about the most difficult work situation you have found yourself in and explain how you used sound judgement to find a great outcome?

22.What do you consider to be the most difficult case or project you have worked on during your career?

23.If hired here at K&L Gates, how would you best build trusting relationships with our clients?

24.Talk about a recent time on the job you were working under pressure or stress. How did you cope with that situation and ensure everything was handled smoothly?