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Nicole provides content and consulting for clients in the legal, real estate, insurance, and non-profit industries. She has over 10 years experience working in corporate and in 2018 she was certified by Gallup as a CliftonStrengths coach.
As a paralegal, you will be assigned primarily administrative tasks. While critically important, these tasks are not always the most exciting. The interviewer wants to know that you will take care to perform all tasks accurately and to the best of your ability.
Nicole provides content and consulting for clients in the legal, real estate, insurance, and non-profit industries. She has over 10 years experience working in corporate and in 2018 she was certified by Gallup as a CliftonStrengths coach.
Provide examples of how you have trained yourself to stay focused on the task at hand. You could share how others trust you after you have shown how accurate you can be while maintaining efficiency.
Nicole provides content and consulting for clients in the legal, real estate, insurance, and non-profit industries. She has over 10 years experience working in corporate and in 2018 she was certified by Gallup as a CliftonStrengths coach.
"There are a lot of tasks that need to get done to successfully complete a job. I understand that as a paralegal I will be handling many administrative tasks that may get repetitive or tedious at times. I implement different systems for such tasks to ensure that I am consistent with the work. If there is downtime, I will conduct spot checks on past work to ensure that I am double checking accuracy and ensuring that tasks are done accurately."

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