Associate attorney Interview Questions
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What made you choose Al Tamimi?
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Because it's a big company and i want making experience in like this company
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Because it's a big company and i want making experience in like this company
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I chose Al tamimi to find a challenging opportunity that would enable me exploit my academic legal potential. Less


Are you barred in Virginia
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It says on my resume that I am barred in DC and Maryland.
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Yes, I am barred in VA.
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Attorneys are not “barred,” they are “admitted.” Hence, they may pass beyond the “bar” that separates the spectator area from the well of the court. It is non-attorneys who are barred from entry there. Less

I was asked a question about a case in my writing sample.
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Danke!
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How many interviews did you have prior to them making an offer?

Why are manhole covers round?
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Because sewer pipes are round.
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So they don't fall through the manhole opening.


You act for a seller. The purchaser has asked for a MAC clause, a long period between signing and completion and lots of conditions. What do you respond?
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It is a risk allocation exercise and that sounds too purchaser friendly
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As a lawyer acting for the seller I shall require the buyer to prove the consequential effects on the company's earnings that exist for many years and that are unforeseeable at the time the seller and buyer entered the contract of sell of goods Less


They asked questions about my background and how it was relevant to the job I was interviewing for.
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I had experience in personal injury as a legal intern.
If I had any prior litigation experience. Have you ever drafted a motion. Do you know what no fault insurance is.
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Honestly. I told them I did not. They were completely okay with this, and told me they'd start me on very small cases where it didn't matter if I won or lost, but that I'd probably mostly lose. Less