Interview Strategy Deep Dive with Former Law School Admissions Officers

About this episode

This episode features an in-depth discussion on law school admissions interviews with two experienced consultants from Spivey Consulting Group.

In this episode of Status Check with Spivey , Anna has an in-depth discussion on law school admissions interviews with two Spivey consultants—Sam Parker, who joined Spivey this past fall from her position as Associate Director of Admissions at Harvard Law School, where she personally interviewed over a thousand applicants; and Paula Gluzman, who, in addition to her experience as Assistant Director of Admissions & Financial Aid at both UCLA Law and the University of Washington Law, has assisted hundreds of law school applicants and students in preparing for interviews as a consultant and law school career services professional. You can learn more about Sam here and Paula here . Paula, Sam, and Anna talk about how important interviews are in the admissions process (9:45), different types of law school interviews (14:15), advice for group interviews (17:05), what qualities applicants should be trying to showcase in interviews (20:01), categories of interview questions and examples of real law school admissions interview questions (26:01), the trickiest law school admissions interview questions (33:41), a formula for answering questions about failures and mistakes (38:14), a…

People in this episode

Guests: Sam Parker, Paula Gluzman

Topics covered

• law school admissions
• interview strategy
• applicant preparation
• interview types
• common mistakes

Keywords

• admissions process
• interview questions
• preparation tips
• presentation advice

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Status Check with Spivey, Status Check

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