hi there my name is Richard McMunn from
the interview training company past my
interview com and in this tutorial I am
going to teach you how to pass a
paralegal interview now it does not
matter which organization or law firm
you have your paralegal interview with
this tutorial is going to make a big
difference to your preparation I'm going
to provide you with some sample
interview questions and some top scoring
answers so please do stick around and
take notes and absorb the tips and the
interview questions and answers that are
coming your way very soon
now before I get into those a very warm
welcome to this tutorial my name is
Richard McMunn that's me there in the
center and I've been helping people for
20 years now to pass interviews and I
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preparation for your paralegal interview
there are a number of skills and
attributes that we need to make sure you
demonstrate during your answers to the
paralegal interview question these are
an ability to work with a high degree of
accuracy and attention to detail being
capable of gathering evidence
information and conducting research as
directed by the legal team number three
you need to demonstrate strong
interpersonal and communication skills
while stealing with clients and also
other members of the legal team and
finally demonstrating an ability to
remain calm under pressure whilst
working to exceptional standards of
professionalism and integrity now in the
answers that are coming your way right
now I have made sure that I have
intertwined all of those four key skills
and attributes and others to make sure
that you come across in the appropriate
manner during your interview so let's
get straight into these paralegal
interview questions and answers so
please do
take notes as I progress through the
tutorial here we go so the first
question the first paralegal interview
question tell me about yourself and why
you want to be a paralegal okay so we
need to make sure with it being the
first question that you give a very
strong answer because not only that puts
you across in the right manner to the
interview panel but it also gives you
the confidence to then move forward for
the rest of your interview so here we go
being naturally someone who has great
attention to detail an inquisitive mind
and a totally dedicated approach to my
work I believe the role of a paralegal
is one I would excel in now over the
years I've been working hard towards
becoming a paralegal and I fully
understand the levels of responsibility
that come with this role I am someone
who learns things quickly has the
capacity to take on multiple tasks and
projects and can work effectively both
as part of a team or also on my own now
I'm at the stage in my life where I'm
looking to dedicate my career to one
organization and I feel strongly that if
you employ me as your paralegal I will
be able to quickly and consistently
contribute to your legal team through
hard work and a commitment to your
values and your ethics that's a very
strong answer that gets you off on the
right footing now you can either take
notes as I progress or I will tell you
where you can download a copy of these
and other paralegal interview questions
and answers if you stick around and
watch the video from beginning to end
second question why do you want to be a
paralegal with our organization overall
competitors now of course is loads of
companies and organizations that you
could become a paralegal with so why be
chosen they're their organizations so
this basically assesses what research
you've carried out and what is
particularly attracted you to them so
here's my suggested answer there are
obviously many organizations I could
apply in order to become a paralegal
however it is important to me that I
work for an organization who sets very
high standards has a strong reputation
within the legal profession and also
where I can learn and develop from some
of the best lawyers and attorneys who
work within the industry now the more
time I spent researching your
organization the more attractive you
became from there consistently
positive news stories you showcase on
your website through to the innovative
approach you apply whilst working with
your clients your organization is the
only one I want to work for as a
paralegal so that shows that you have
done your research you've looked into
them and you thought carefully about why
you have chosen their organization let's
have a look at another paralegal
interview question to help you we assume
you've read the Job Description what are
the main responsibilities and duties of
a paralegal so this assesses whether
you've actually looked into the role and
you know what you'll be required to do
because a lot of people who go for jobs
especially of this nature they assume
they know what's required within the
role and you could say well they
wouldn't know however it's very very
important that you read the Job
Description
because if you go along to an interview
and you haven't read it and they ask you
and you don't cover all of the aspects
then how could how do you know a hundred
percent you can perform the role to the
necessary standard so here's my answer
to this question the role of a paralegal
is extremely varied and challenging you
need to prepare all legal documents and
affidavits for use by lawyers and
attorneys keep accurate records and
documents meet with clients and other
important individuals to discuss the
progression of legal cases and also help
prepare for trial by organizing relevant
articles exhibits and other appropriate
documents now you also need to prepare
and call upon witnesses to testify
hearings and also gather statutes codes
data and supporting statements in order
to support the legal team so the work
they carry out is to a consistently high
standard and also in line with the code
of conduct set by you the law firm in
addition to these important tasks and
duties you also need to ensure you keep
your own professional development up to
date and ensure you read all relevant
documents and articles to make sure you
carry out your duties to the highest
standards possible so another strong
answer on what we're doing here we're
building up a very strong professional
profile for you as an individual who
they will want to employ now I've got
two more questions to go through so
please do stick around however if you
want to download all of my 21 great
to your paralegal interview questions
there's a link this appeared right there
the top right hand corner and that will
take you through to my website where you
can download a copy of these questions
and answers let's have a look at another
paralegal interview question here we go
there's a paralegal how would you deal
with the difficult clients now you are
going to come across some difficult
people whilst working as a paralegal
okay it's inevitable they're gonna be
not in the greatest state of mind at
times and you need to have effective
interpersonal skills and communication
skills to deal with them so here's my
suggested answer for you above all I
would ensure I followed the
organization's code of conduct and my
training whilst dealing with all clients
now first and foremost I would always
ensure I carried out my duties to the
highest standards and would act in a
professional manner of all times now I
would also always consider carefully all
communication both verbally and in
writing to make sure I didn't put even
myself or the organization at risk now
whilst dealing with a difficult client I
would maintain a resilient and
consistent approach to my communication
whilst also providing excellent service
throughout I believe it would also be
important to determine the standards and
expectations very early on whilst
dealing with a client as these would
give me a reference point to come back
to if the client became challenging or
difficult during the handling of their
case honesty professionalism and
integrity would be at the core of
everything I do whilst working with your
clients and I can be relied upon to
provide outstanding service at all times
so that shows that you're thinking
carefully about dealing with clients I
think it's very important to talk about
that reference point as well because you
are setting the standards early on and
the expectations and the Terms of
Service and the code of conduct so you
can always refer back to that at any
point but at the same time you are
focused on delivering exceptional
customer service next question accuracy
is a vital aspect of being a paralegal
describe a time when you demonstrated
attention to detail at work so it's not
the kind of role where you can make lots
of mistakes attention to detail or will
be assessed so here's my suggested
answer to this question in a previous
role I was undertaking an administrative
task for a senior manager
he asked me to carry out a
time-sensitive task whereby I needed to
go back over old company archives and
data to collect specific items of
information from previous client records
now I had just seven days to complete
the task and due to the tight tie frame
it was absolutely vital I carried out
the work carefully and accurately now in
total there were 850 client records to
work through so I started off by working
through the names in alphabetical order
gathering the relevant data as I
progressed and then recording it within
our secure cloud-based document storage
facility now because I only had seven
days to complete the task I made sure I
completed a hundred and twenty-one
records each day and at the end of the
seven day period the tasks was finished
on time and I was 100% certain the tasks
have been completed accurately and
without error so if you want to download
all of these please do go straight to my
website now by clicking that link in the
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through to this page where you can
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hope you have a brilliant day thank you