the beer and pizza test
so they were telling us yesterday that when they're considering offers, they ask if you're someone they would like to go out and have beer and pizza with. we had a firm-wide reception for the summers today, after our first full day of working on our projects, and i have decided that i am totally someone with whom these people would like to share beer and pizza. however, i am not so sure i am someone with whom they would like to work. i mean, yeah, if they just need someone in meetings with clients to make small talk and to attentively take notes at meetings. but if you want someone to provide legal analysis, well i'm still not so sure i'm your girl. hopefully i'll feel differently about that after tomorrow.
posted by laura at 8:55 PM
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So, I read this ages ago. Ok, like two hours ago. And then I went happily on with my day of doing nothing, thinking I comment on this blog too much. But then it dawned on me: if my firm has this test, I am completely and utterly screwed.
1) I don't drink beer. I can't even stomach it.
2) Because of this no-beer-drinking policy, I tend to be awkward around those drinking beer and get bored.
3) Oh, who am I kidding, even if I drank beer no one would want to have beer and pizza with me. I'm not good at chit-chat.
Dear Lord, I haven't even started yet and I've managed to convince myself there is no way in hell I'm getting an offer.
Oh, this is awful.
dear god, you're a freakshow.
for starters, this was only posted an hour ago.
for seconders, it's just kind of a phrase, lexi. you don't actually have to drink beer or eat pizza. some people are lactose intolerant. i don't think it would look good if they didn't hire cheese-eaters at the firm. that would look discriminatory. it's like you don't need to drink beer and play softball to enjoy UVA law. "beer and softball" means "we're a friendly place." here, "beer and pizza" means "someone with whom we would enjoy spending time." i bet you're allowed to drink cosmopolitans. they probably like that. plus, you're not going to [my firm]. no one else is going to [my firm], where the people are amazing. you're probably only allowed to drink water, b/c you will have to go back to the firm and work til 2am. actually no, i think your firm is going to be friendly too. i liked them when i interviewed. i still have the mints. i only recently took them out of my purse b/c i thought it was bad to have another firm's mints in my purse while working for this firm.
i can't believe i have to explain everything to you.
as for being bad at chit chat, we're lawyers. most are terrible at this. i can't even tell you how many uncomfortable conversations i've had in the last few days. fortunately, i love that.
also, i love that you post. it's the only thing that keeps me going. well, that and the sound of my own voice.
I'm not drinking anything at my firm functions, save maybe a glass of red wine. We all know how Lexi gets when she drinks the hard stuff. Do you really want me doing that at my firm?
Of course, if they have Triscuits I'm all set.
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