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Legal Assistant Mock Interview

To help you prepare for a Legal Assistant interview, here are 30 questions and answer examples.

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What qualities do you feel are most important for a successful legal assistant?

This is a good opportunity to talk about your soft skills and why they make you a good fit for the position. Some important skills to have as a Legal Assistant should include: Diligent, Organized, Strong Communication, and Detail-Oriented.

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30 Legal Assistant Interview Questions & Answers

Below is a list of our Legal Assistants interview questions. Click on any interview question to view our answer advice and answer examples. You may view six answer examples before our paywall loads. Afterwards, you'll be asked to upgrade to view the rest of our answers.

  • 1. What qualities do you feel are most important for a successful legal assistant?

  • 2. Do you understand the impact you, even as a legal assistant, will have on the lives of our clients?

  • 3. How familiar are you with the law we practice at our firm, or the law I specialize in?

  • 4. Tell us about a time you had to handle a difficult client.

  • 5. Why are you the best candidate for us?

  • 6. How do you check your work for accuracy?

  • 7. How do you manage your research work considering there is so much to look through?

  • 8. What are the main components of a case file and what steps are carried out to file a case?

  • 9. What type of work environment would allow you do to your best work?

  • 10. Why did you leave your last position?

  • 11. Can you give me an example of a situation where you demonstrated an eye for detail?

  • 12. How do you deal with sensitive or confidential information?

  • 13. Do you enjoy working as part of a team?

  • 14. Can you give me an example of a situation where you needed to deal with multiple priorities at once and how you deal with it?

  • 15. What is your greatest strength? Greatest weakness?

  • 16. What are your long and short range career goals and objectives?

  • 17. How has your education prepared you to work for us?

  • 18. What subject did you like the most at school? Why?

  • 19. Which areas of law are you most interested in?

  • 20. What are you doing to better yourself as a Legal Assistant?

  • 21. How do you handle stressful situations?

  • 22. Do you work well under pressure?

  • 23. Why did you choose to pursue a career as a Legal Assistant?

  • 24. What have you learned from the other attorneys/paralegals you've spoken with today?

  • 25. What two or three things are most important to you in a job?

  • 26. Are your grades a good indication of your academic achievement?

  • 27. How can you contribute to our firm?

  • 28. How has your college degree prepared you to work in this firm?

  • 29. How would you describe yourself?

  • 30. What goals, other than those related to your legal career, have you established for yourself for the next 10 years?