I am not competant to represent your firm... so am I hired?

I am too imcompetant to be a lawyer.

No one should trust me with a task more challenging than choosing my own socks.

Even then, I might need help.

I am an idiot.

Today was the screening interview for the biggest bestest firm that came to OCI -- the one that had the career services ladies all a-tizzy; let's call them International, Corporate, and Massive.

They were the only outfit interviewing today, or so I thought. So I stood outside the interview room in my little black suit and waited. And waited some more. It wasn't uncommon for these folks to be running late... especially this late in the day.

Ten minutes later, a 3L in a suit comes out. I ask if the interviewer needs a few minutes or should I go in. Reply: Umm, I am the last interview of the day. You must be looking for the interviews in the Lawrary.

FARK!!!!

I sprint to the lawbrary to see an annoyed interviewer heading over to bite the heads off the Career Services ladies (where is my next victim?! you promised fresh blood every half hour!)when he spots me in my suit carrying my leather note pad and running full out in heels. Clickety-clickety on the marble, jacket flying, pudge jiggling.

"Butterflyfish?" he asks. (Sh*t he reads the blog. Kidding)

Me, apologising profusely, feeling like a jackass. He interviewed me anyway, but I didn't recover. I made a few interview faux pas, like lacking a stock answer to a basic question (something like, so why should I hire you and not one of your classmates? Ummm... cuz I'm mature and responsible? The tardiness and blithering notwithstanding?)

In fact, at the end of the interview, he took the time to give me some constructive feedback on things I could have said better.

If I get a callback, I'll take it as a sign of the Apocalypse.

EDITED TO ADD:

Beanie asked if he was being kind or an egomaniac about the feedback.

I'm going to say it was more of the latter. He was a grad from my school (part-timer actually) and my school NEVER gets hired by this firm -- there are only like two laterals. So he's proud of himself for summering there and I get that.

He proceeded to tell me how he stalked them for two years and how if I really had my sites (sights?) set on this firm I should do what he did, which is go back in time, work for Firm Y for 1L summer because Bob the Lawyer would get me an "in" at IC&M for 2L summer. (Signal: because you're not getting a callback to work there this year.)

Oh, and to make sure I had a really solid answer for the question: So, why should we hire you?

(ususally I do... I just flubbed it)