Legal Assistant Mock Interview

Master 30 Legal Assistant interview questions covering case management, legal terminology, and client confidentiality.

Question 17 of 30

What is your greatest strength? Greatest weakness?

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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

When you answer this question be sure to talk about what you are really good at and what you are improving on. It's always best if you can talk about the steps that you are currently taking to improve yourself.

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"I have been told many times that my greatest strength is my ability to time-manage. This means that I consistently meet my deadlines and am able to deliver when I need to. The aspect I am working to improve would be my detailed documentation. I have been working on improving my notes so that anyone could pick up my files and fully understand where I was at, in my work."

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I would say my greatest strength would be my persistence. I always want to do well at whatever I am doing, and I will go to great lengths to ensure that I am doing my job as well as I can.

I'm also very organized and good with time management. My greatest weakness is something that I have been working on a lot within the past year, and that is public speaking. I can do it, but I want to feel more confident and get to a place where I am not always so nervous about doing it.

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Perfect response! The interviewer will be looking for ways that you are actively improving your weakness, which you readily answered.

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My greatest strength would be flexibility. This allows me to time-manage and prioritise tasks to meet deadlines, while being prepared to address any new information or changes. At my previous legal internship, I had meetings and phone calls scheduled with different clients throughout the day. I had to balance these alongside my primary legal assignments so that I was able to complete tasks in a timely manner. An aspect I am working to improve would be overthinking. Sometimes I will overanalyze and overthink a situation which can lead to me doubting myself and the outcome. I've been actively telling myself to take a moment to step back and reevaluate the situation in a more macro sense.

Lauren's Feedback

It would be helpful to add how you envision the firm can assist in lessening your weaknesses. Don't harp too long or discuss your weaknesses in length of detail.

My most notable strength is flexibility. In my previous legal internship, I juggled primary legal assignments, meetings, phone calls, and unforeseen tasks throughout the day; Flexibility, Time Management, and Prioritization were essential in my success. Currently, my greatest weakness is overthinking. I believe the experience I gain at Legal Assistants will allow me to sharpen my skills and provide me more confidence to address my needs to overanalyze.

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30Legal Assistants Interview Questions & Answers

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

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

3.How would you describe yourself?

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

Legal Assistant Mock Interview

What is your greatest strength? Greatest weakness?

30Legal Assistants Interview Questions & Answers

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

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

3.How would you describe yourself?

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

5.How can you contribute to our firm?

6.Are your grades a good indication of your academic achievement?

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

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

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

10.Do you work well under pressure?

11.How do you handle stressful situations?

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

13.Which areas of law are you most interested in?

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

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

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

17.What is your greatest strength? Greatest weakness?

18.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?

19.Do you enjoy working as part of a team?

20.How do you deal with sensitive or confidential information?

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

22.Why did you leave your last position?

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

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

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

26.How do you check your work for accuracy?

27.Why are you the best candidate for us?

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

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

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