Leading Questions – Student Edition: Preparing for the OCI Zoom Recruit

Описание: Hosted by Megan Mah, Julia Sydorenko and Kayla Theeuwen, members of WeirFoulds Women, this web series explores everyday legal issues, hot topics in business and professional development, and more. In episode 6, we are joined by three of our 2020-2021 Articling Students – Dana Kriszenfeld, Janice Philteos, and Nevethan Balendra to answer law students’ burning questions about how to best prepare for the upcoming OCI recruit, including networking tips, preparing for your interviews, and how to set yourself apart as an applicant.

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Episode 6 Topics:

Question 1 (00:50): What are the top two things you did to prepare for OCIs?
Question 2 (1:33): Did you reach out directly to lawyers whose practices interested you?
Question 3 (3:15): How did you prepare for in-firm interviews?
Question 4 (5:08): Did you prepare for specific questions?
Question 5 (5:41): Do you have any suggestions about questions to ask your interviewers?
Question 6 (6:42): How important is networking?
Question 7 (7:14): Were you surprised by the types of questions you were asked?
Question 8 (9:09): What did you do after your interviews were done?

Featuring (from top left on screen):

• Nevethan Balendra – Articling Student
• Kayla Theeuwen – multijurisdictional commercial litigation
• Janice Philteos – Articling Student
• Dana Kriszenfeld – Articling Student
• Julia Sydorenko – technology and intellectual property law
• Megan Mah – Employment law

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