Finding the perfect legal job is not just about grades and experience; it is also about luck, determination and having the right skills. Regardless of how lucky, determined or skilled a lawyer is, however, she needs to ace the job interview.

Rarely will a firm overlook a bad interview. So, if a lawyer or law student has had the good fortune to land an interview (no small feat), she needs to bring her A-game to it. To do that, she needs to disabuse herself of some common myths about firm job interviews.