Online Interview

[Jean-Ralphio Saperstein]

I know Ryerson is one of the few schools that require an online interview for admission. What were these like & how were they structured? Does anyone have any experience that they can share?

[Turtles]

Basically a youtube video asking you cliche law school interview questions and giving you 30 secs to prep an answer before they start recording. 3 videos + a written response IIRC

[apostrophe]

I am super stressed about this. Does anyone know what type of questions to expect??

[Y.L]

 I was wondering if anyone would be able to share their experience or some pointers for the Ryerson application interview. Thank you 🙂

[Michaelscott11]

On 8/20/2021 at 11:43 PM, Turtles said:

Basically a youtube video asking you cliche law school interview questions and giving you 30 secs to prep an answer before they start recording. 3 videos + a written response IIRC

30 seconds to prepare?? Damn the practice ones had a minute to prepare. Is anyone able to share how best to prepare for this? I am really nervous as well! 

[ClarkGriswold]

On 11/3/2021 at 8:45 PM, ClarkGriswold said:

Generally it’s unfair to provide insight on what an interview will be like, as those who completed it first will be disadvantaged relative to those that were given guidance/hints later into the cycle.

I recommend 1) completing the practice questions as many times as you need to in order to feel comfortable with the video interview process, 2) reviewing school-specific info and your personal statement, and 3) going for it. Even if the content of the actual questions differ from the practice ones, you will have a strong understanding of the video interview process and program-specific information. Best of luck to those completing this. 

Here’s how you should approach prepping, at least in my opinion 

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[JackyJ]

Could anyone share there interview experience at Lincoln Alexander School of Law?

[y2199]

On 11/16/2021 at 12:07 AM, JackyJ said:

Could anyone share there interview experience at Lincoln Alexander School of Law?

Hey! Currently a 1L at Lincoln Law. The interview experience is really not nerve-racking unless you overthink it. While I am not going to give away the interview questions or reveal anything specific, I will tell you that you should review Lincoln Law's core values prior to the interview. Lincoln Law looks for passionate people and you should make that evident in your interview. 

I believe that the interview is an extremely important part of the process. My entire class has very similar personalities. We are all enthusiastic, passionate, and eager.

[missanxiety]

Did anyone else just feel absolutely horrible after doing the interview and like they bombed it lol? 😞 I felt like I really needed more than just the 1 minute to be able to properly answer the questions. 

[Jean-Ralphio Saperstein]

17 minutes ago, missanxiety said:

Did anyone else just feel absolutely horrible after doing the interview and like they bombed it lol? 😞 I felt like I really needed more than just the 1 minute to be able to properly answer the questions. 

Don't worry - you're not alone! I said some crazy shit in my interview and I still cringe when I think about it. 

[Ratchet-and-Clank]

54 minutes ago, Dee said:

Don't worry - you're not alone! I said some crazy shit in my interview and I still cringe when I think about it. 

I laugh thinking about this because for mine I didn’t realize what we were practising they gave us like three minutes or just definitely more than what we officially got. Not sure if I just didn’t read properly but I didn’t expect it only be one minute since the practice was much longer. So for the first one I was in the middle of talking mouth open wide and it just ended and I was still in shock so by the time the second one popped up I was still shook/ didn’t feel my best. And by the last one I was actually laughing at myself so overall I felt horrible as well 

[Jean-Ralphio Saperstein]

29 minutes ago, Ratchet-and-Clank said:

I laugh thinking about this because for mine I didn’t realize what we were practising they gave us like three minutes or just definitely more than what we officially got. Not sure if I just didn’t read properly but I didn’t expect it only be one minute since the practice was much longer. So for the first one I was in the middle of talking mouth open wide and it just ended and I was still in shock so by the time the second one popped up I was still shook/ didn’t feel my best. And by the last one I was actually laughing at myself so overall I felt horrible as well 

Oh my God I'm smiling so hard at this! I also giggled a bit at myself in one of them LMAO

[BillyWilson]

I cant tell if the interview went horrible or amazing. Tbh, there's no in between lol. I got completely cutoff during one of my questions. Then I realized....each response was only 1 minute!! I was so caught up in the moment that I didnt see the timer.

[steph17]

I felt pretty bad after mine too, not because I didn't like the things I said, but because I feel like I sounded really frantic like talking very fast and trying to say everything I planned. But I hope they realize that the 1min was really too short to answer some of the questions elegantly.

[Ratchet-and-Clank]

On 12/9/2021 at 3:57 PM, Ratchet-and-Clank said:

I laugh thinking about this because for mine I didn’t realize what we were practising they gave us like three minutes or just definitely more than what we officially got. Not sure if I just didn’t read properly but I didn’t expect it only be one minute since the practice was much longer. So for the first one I was in the middle of talking mouth open wide and it just ended and I was still in shock so by the time the second one popped up I was still shook/ didn’t feel my best. And by the last one I was actually laughing at myself so overall I felt horrible as well 

I acc thought I would come back here and update: I got accepted this morning so looks like they didn’t care how rough the videos were! 
 

LSAT 161 

CGPA 156

 

Edited February 12, 2022 by Ratchet-and-Clank