‘If you were a tree, what kind would you be and why?’
When preparing for law firm interviews, most candidates rehearse the classics: Why law? Why this firm? But every so often, you’re thrown a curveball that makes you wonder why you bothered preparing at all.
In this episode of The Legal Cheek Podcast, Julia Szaniszlo and Ryan Scott unpack some of the weirdest and wackiest interview questions our listeners have faced, from “What kind of tree would you be?” to “What gets you out of bed in the morning?”
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To the tree question. The correct answer is Yew Tree. Level 60 to cut as a non-member on OSRS.
I had one curve-ball question in my life not relating to work/education etc, “money is no object, what would you do right now for your holidays?” This was back in 2011 for a vacation scheme. 15 years after not one curve ball question again.
The year is 2002. Christmas day. Santa hats are falling everywhere. I collected 56 of them. Only to get tricked/hacked. I remember that day – I went to the cinema and watched Lord of the Rings: Two Towers. Sad Enya music reminds me of what happened. But I recovered. I earned it all back and then some. I sold the lot and travelled the world.
An oak.
That requires no further explanation.
Good day, gentlemen.