If you understand how interviews really work, you get the offer. That should be you.

The Interview

Is the Argument.

Morris J. Massel
Former Counsel, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Most candidates prepare answers.
Interviews reward arguments.

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Willkie Farr & Gallagher NYU School of Law Founder, CourtSolutions
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People do not fail interviews because they lack ability. They fail because they misunderstand what interviews are.

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If an interviewer likes you but cannot recommend you, the outcome is the same as if they did not like you at all.

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Confidence does not close interviews. Reducing uncertainty does.

Morris J. Massel

Former Counsel, Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett LLP

Founder, CourtSolutions

Head of Operations,
Gruner & Co.

Morris Massel spent seventeen years in BigLaw. A small group of colleagues began informally helping students and junior lawyers prepare for interviews — responding to a problem they kept seeing.

Capable people. Strong credentials. Not getting offers. Again and again.

This book is the framework that changed that. It explains how hiring decisions are actually made — and how candidates can prepare for them deliberately.

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