Guerilla Warfare Interviewing

Hello!

Sorry I have been gone for so long without posting anything, but I have spent a week in Dallas with my parents and then last week I spent in Chicago with my sil, her husband, and my two neices, who are sooooooo precious. It makes me want to have kids right now! The oldest one is almost three and she is so smart, mashallah. She is speaking both English and Urdu very rapidly and switching back and forth. For example she would talk to her parents and her mamoo (M, my dh, it means mother's brother) in Urdu. Then she would talk to me, the obvious ghori, in English, lol. She calls me Susan Bajji. The other one is one and she is learning to walk and basically just says uh-oh! to everything, which is really cute too. Well enough of me bragging about my neices, just wanted to explain why I haven't blogged in about two weeks. And I am probably going to disappear next week too because its time for ....

Guerilla Warfare Interviewing!!!!!!!!

This is what I call my school's on campus interview program. Next week I have 15 interviews in a span of three days, as well as four cocktail parties all on the same night (we will see how that one works out, lol). Admittedly, the interviews are only 20-30 minutes long, but that is a lot of interviews. I have already had one and then will have another one following the OCI, which will put me up to 17 for the month. Lucky me. The worst part is when they ask you if you have any questions. You are supposed have some witty and insightful questions for them, and you CANNOT ask them anything that you could learn by reading their websites. Well, most law firm websites are extensively detailed. They are lawyers, after all. So there I sit, racking my brains, trying to find a question for them that will make me look like a genius. Err, so wish me luck next week as I go into the trenches to do "war" with 15 of Atlanta's biggest law firms. Well, maybe war is a little bit of a strong word. However, at times, it does remind me a lot of Sorority rush.

Helpful hint: For muslim law students, or anyone else who is in law school and doesn't drink: The pressure at these cocktails and things to drink is pretty big, not to get drunk, but to at least be seen with a drink in your hand. For some reason, it makes people think that you are more sociable, have good people skills, etc. So the solution, drink gingerale, or sprite with a splash of coke. It looks like you are drinking alcohol and you don't have to field a thousand offers for someone to get you a drink, or asking you why you are not drinking. (Or them secretly checking you off in their mind because they figure you must be pregnant). Actually, all law students should try it, you can look like a social bunny without having to worry about getting buzzed and saying something stupid or spilling your drink, etc.

Allah hafiz for now and send your duas/prayers for me for next week.