Interview for my dream job: How I landed my graduate job as a lawyer
How my career in law all started. Some things are just meant to be…
The application process rollercoaster
At the risk of giving away my age, I applied for my training contract nearly two decades ago. In the UK, the training contract is the most popular route into a career in law. But I did not have the benefit of any insider know-how on the legal sector. There were a plethora of law firms to sift through.
I narrowed it down to law firms with international offices in places that I would like to explore. Having grown up in the Middle East and studied Arabic I was drawn to the region. So, I applied to 12 firms. I was lucky enough to receive six invitations to interview.
To put this into context, before applying for a place at law school or a training contract; I applied to over 40 graduate jobs. They were in various professions from banking, management consultancy, the oil industry to journalism. I didn’t receive a single offer to interview. A particular low was receiving a rejection within 12 hours of submitting my online application. That was an application to Arthur Andersen (remember them? https://qrius.com/arthur-anderson-fall-americas-oldest-accounting-behemoth/), as it later turned out, it was shortly before their ultimate…
