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1. Where do you see yourself in five years time?
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2. Where do you see yourself in ten years time?
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3. Tell me about yourself?
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4. What is your major achievement?
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5. What do you consider yourself good at doing?
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6. What sort of person are you?
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7. What are your strengths?
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8. What are your weaknesses?
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9. How would you approach this job?
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10. How do you get things done?
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11. How would you decide on your objectives?
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12. How do you manage your day?
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13. What motivates you?
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14. How do you cope without motivation?
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15. How long were you at your last job?
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16. Why did you leave your last job?
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17. How have you changed in the last five years?
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18. What contribution do you make to a team?
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19. How do you react if you find that someone you work with does not like you?
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20. Have you ever experienced such a problem during your working life?
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21. If so, how did you cope and how did the matter resolve itself if it did occur?
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22. What would your peers say about you?
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23. Describe your ideal work environment?
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24. Describe your worst work environment?
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25. Tell me about a time when you successfully handled a situation?
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26. Tell me about a time when you felt that you dealt with a situation inadequately, and how has that changed how you would approach the same situation?
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27. What do you think you can bring to this position?
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28. What do you think you can bring to this company?
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29. How do you see this job developing?
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30. What sort of salary are you expecting?
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31. What was your last salary?
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32. If you did not have to work what would you do?
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33. What decisions do you find easy to make?
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34. What decisions do you find difficult to make?
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35. Do you like to work in a team or on your own?
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36. What would you do if you don't get this position?
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37. If offered the position, how long do you plan to stay at this company?
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38. On taking this job, what would be your major contribution?
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39. How do you get the best out of people?
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40. How do you respond under stress?
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41. Can you provide a recent example of when you were under stress, and how you coped?
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42. What support training would you require to be able to do this job? If not, why not? Explain.
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43. What would you look forward to most in this job?
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44. In your view, what are the major problems/opportunities facing the legal industry?
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45. What will be your key target in this job if we appoint you?
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46. What makes you think you can be successful with us?
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47. How does the job sound to you?
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48. Which subjects did you enjoy during your qualifying degree?
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49. Why do you want to be a solicitor?
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50. Have you always wanted to be a solicitor?
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51. What is your alternative career, should law not be the avenue for you?
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52. Would you be able to supply any references?
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53. What sort of response would we get from your referees about your professional as well as social manner?
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54. Why would you want to do legal aid work? If not, why not? Explain.
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55. Why should we employ you, instead of someone else?
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56. What do you think about partnership prospects in the future?
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57. We are not willing to give partnership prospects, what are your views on that?
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58. What are you expecting from this firm in the future?
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59. What are your views on the franchising of legal aid firms?
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60. What are your views on the policies of the Legal Services Commission?
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61. What do you know about the impact of the Human Rights Act on law in this country?
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62. Do you think that there will be a major impact on criminal law?
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63. How has business/commercial/family law been affected by the change?
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64. Have you ever attended a court hearing or employment tribunal?
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65. What was the outcome?
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66. How much preparation on files for trial do you do?
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67. How much do you expect Counsel to do?
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68. What do you think about the launch of the Public Defence Service?
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69. Are you willing to do after-hour work?
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70. Are you willing to go through the accreditation process for police station advisors?
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71. In the future would you be willing to manage a branch office? If not, why not? Explain.
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72. What sort of advocacy experience do you have (apart from those taught on the LPC)?
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73. Do you think you would need to undergo training for advocacy?
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74. How do you stand on equal opportunities?
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75. Have you ever been involved either paid or unpaid with the services of the voluntary sector?
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76. What do you think about law as it is practised in private practice firms?
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77. What are your views on commercial law firms?
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78. What views do you hold on private client fees?
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79. What is your view on the "sufficient benefit" test (or similar) in LSC-funded work?
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80. Are you a member of any clubs or charities?
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81. What sort of activities are you interested in outside of work?
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82. Are you a socialising person? What is your work/life balance?
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83. Would your social life infringe on your work commitment?
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84. If so, how? Explain.
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85. What sort of management skills do you have?
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86. Do you think you require training in management skills? Why?
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87. Do you prefer to manage yourself or let someone else do the managing?
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88. Are you a leader or a follower?
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89. Are you computer literate?
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90. Would you be able to do time-recording? Do you keep good time?
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91. What sort of employment background do you have?
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92. Why did you come to us through an agency?
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93. Have you applied anywhere else apart from us?
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94. Have you had any other interviews apart from us?
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95. Have you been offered a position yet?
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96. How much notice would you need to give to your present employer if you were offered a position?
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97. Would you be willing to branch out into any other area of law, if the need arose?
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98. Have you ever been abroad?
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99. Do you speak any other languages apart from English?
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100. What questions have you for us?
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