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15. Employment application: interviews

My interview experience First interview            My first interview was horrible! I had applied to a firm in which I was hoping to complete my training contract after post-graduate studies. The first question the interviewer asked me as I was entering the room was something like "How are the academics going?". I said they were not good. One may say that I shouldn't have said that, but I was trying to be as honest and as authentic as I could be. I can’t imagine being caught in a lie during the interview, or even worse – after the interview, while completing my training! I was then asked a set of questions, including questions centered around my personality and my character. I was given a number of scenarios and had to respond by saying what it is I would do in the given scenario. I remember the one question I was asked: "If your friends/ colleagues wanted to go out with you to have some drinks, would you tag along?" - something along those lin