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Compiled by Heather Gardiner
Canadian Lawyer 4Students finds out
some of the
weirdest questions
candidates were asked in law firm interviews.
T
he on-campus interview process could very well be the most stressful event in a law student's life. So much time and preparation goes
into it, and no matter how ready you think you are, sometimes
you can never be prepared for the curve balls an interviewer might
throw at you. 4Students asked law students, lawyers, and other
members of the legal profession what was the weirdest question
they had ever been asked in an interview with a law firm. Here are the most
bizarre — some are quite shocking — questions we received:
Blair Bowen, a partner at Toronto firm Fogler Rubinoff LLP:
"You're black, so you must
come from a poor family?"
(That was in 1983.)
Stacey Hsu, a University of Ottaw
a law student:
Brian Radnoff, a partner
at Lerners LLP:
"I see you studied
accounting. Why don't you
want to be an accountant?"
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Sean Sinclair, a partner at Robertson Stromberg LLP in Saskatoon:
"If you were a
piece of fruit,
what kind of fruit
would you be?"
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"Have you thought
about when you
want to have kids?"
