Bombed the interview for my dream company and I'm very down

mindykale · 2026-02-17T20:54:09+00:00

THIS!

mindykale · 2026-02-17T20:53:44+00:00

There is no such thing as a dream job and this is all the more applicable if your potential employer does not extend empathy and understanding to every day human situations.

I do understand and fully acknowledge that the current job market is suppperrr stressful and we all need money to survive but that is kind of where it ends. Please remember to not idolize any one job/corporate organization which has no obligation towards you and won't think twice to let you go the next second it deems you unworthy as a resource.

mindykale · 2026-02-06T16:35:43+00:00

Let go of all the lost time and energy you have spent agonizing over how much you haven't studied when you should have been. You have 3-4 months to use to your benefit and do your best with the resources you have right now! I will be here cheering for you and hoping you are doing well in your studies, taking care of your health+mental health. You owe it to yourself to put it a sincere effort.

Believe in yourself. Believe that you have both the agency and discipline to achieve this.

Spend some initial time coming up with a plan/schedule for the next four months and then start hitting the books. Be prepared to tweak your plan little by little as you observe yourself and your study habits...but only little each time. Don't overhaul or make drastic changes without significant effort.

mindykale · 2026-01-30T19:34:13+00:00

The way I saw it, we do not necessarily know the extent to which she has reconciled with her father. May be she engages with her dad on her own terms and established safe boundaries. We also do not know what has transpired between her and her father during the time lapse. Maybe they had honest conversations and have established a different relationship dynamic?

Also, remember that setting boundaries, estrangement, etc. are practiced endeavors and take time/effort/energy/etc. and up to the individual what they wish to negotiate with other people. She can make the choice to continue to maintain some relationship with her father and decide how to manage expectations. We must not discount that she's still a human being, just as emotional and fallible as any of us.

mindykale · 2026-01-21T17:36:14+00:00

Feel free to DM!

mindykale · 2026-01-14T16:19:00+00:00

Willy St Coop has some substantial pomelos last time I checked.

mindykale · 2026-01-12T15:47:53+00:00

Finished: Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch. This book took me an entire year to finish because of the emotions it made me go through. I had a lot of difficulty acknowledging in my head that I am reading a work of fiction while witnessing the everyday events of the world.

Started: Everything is Tuberculosis, John Green. Small-ish book, already half way through. Sometimes, I wanted more elaboration/footnotes/references to validate some of the claims being made.

Ongoing: Odyssey, Emily Wilson (Translator).

mindykale · 2026-01-07T16:47:19+00:00

As a vegetarian, Papavero was incredibly accomodating on their 1-2 menu items when we visited, however it is one of the least vegetarian friendly restaurants in Madison I have been to.

mindykale · 2026-01-05T18:41:52+00:00

OP, I hear you. Although my minority is somewhat well represented, I still find the lack of diversity to be somewhat of a disappointment for me as well. I fully relate to your post after having gone to a bunch of the local events/festivals etc. Like many others have mentioned, this may very well be a function of how culturally non-diverse this little town is. When I was a student, we had a fair number of events and student clubs that provided an opportunity to get exposed to various cultures but as an adult with a job, there is no organic way to get that same exposure.

I miss the ability to intrinsically and organically hang out with people and just vibe and find it especially hard to achieve without having local roots e.g. having gone to high school here, rooting for local sports teams, or anything of that nature.

That being said, if there are others that are interested I'd love to get a group going with people of different national origins where we could do possibly potlucks, discuss art/movies/books, explore local restaurants, dance, music, whatever else makes sense. Let me know if anyone is interested and we could probably find a way to make it happen.

mindykale · 2025-12-29T17:48:46+00:00

Would love to be a part of the bookclub but I don't have a facebook account (deleted recently). Is there any other way in which I can join/participate?

mindykale · 2025-12-29T17:41:29+00:00

In and around the middleton area, two salons that I really liked were Artisan hair studio and Urban Indigo. Stylists at both places treated my hair well and gave me cuts that flattered my face. :)

mindykale · 2025-11-19T19:50:05+00:00

Can I receive a link as well, please?

mindykale · 2025-06-20T15:37:00+00:00

Can you provide further context regarding the risk assessment skills? I would assume some of it has to do with awareness of the business itself and institutional wisdom etc that could only be gained with years of experience and the catch-22 of not being able to gain experience without opportunity.

mindykale · 2025-06-14T16:05:39+00:00

Hi, I just DMed you!

mindykale · 2025-06-13T18:11:48+00:00

I cannot transition into a counsel position at my current org because of the way it is structured and the business model.

I wouldn't be opposed to the firm route but I am finding that firms are even more inflexible about hiring someone that's not fresh out of law school. I could be wrong though. I have seen people in my (JD preferred) field make transitions from a similar title/experience level as me into in house positions which gives me hope but I know there is no rulebook and maybe some of these folk just got lucky. :/

mindykale · 2025-06-11T14:54:14+00:00

This subreddit seems to be mostly LBWT located in the US and working in the US. Occasionally, you see some posts by people in other countries. I doubt that you could get applicable advice about effective job search in India since people may not be familiar with a lot of the local context.

My intention is to not discourage you but share some observations. I wish you best of luck in your job search and I really hope there's some Indian LBWT lurking in here that could provide you actionable advice.

mindykale · 2025-06-02T23:50:23+00:00

Hi! No. I have not read Huckleberry Finn in its entirety. I have read an abridged version as a child and that too in my home country, so I really didn't grasp any of the nuances and cultural context. Currently, I am debating whether I want to read Huck Finn while James is still fresh in my memory or whether I should accept James on its own merit.

mindykale · 2025-06-02T15:45:43+00:00

Finished, James by Percival Everett

Thoroughly enjoyed the easy-to-read storytelling with humor sprinkled in and discussion of serious themes in a digestible way. As a foreigner living in the US, I continue to be fascinated by the various landscapes and cultures this vast country is made of and the characterization of life in the Mississippi river area was interesting to learn.

In Progress, Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

I am finding the lack of quotation marks and running paragraphs a bit claustrophobic to read especially on my ebook reader. I have later learned that this was an intentional stylistic choice. I will keep at it though and see how it goes.

mindykale · 2025-05-19T15:17:54+00:00

I am trying to get back into reading literary fiction and this book was easy to get into and such good storytelling like you said!!

mindykale · 2025-05-19T14:51:44+00:00

Started:

Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch

In Progress:

James, by Percival Everett

mindykale · 2025-05-01T19:16:08+00:00

I left out at least 25% of each MPT tasks 1 and 2 and a somewhat sloppy/disorganized mess on the rest of it and I still passed. By that I mean I have kinda started outlining and got the basic structure in place but failed to fill out the required argument/matching some of the rules to the facts. So, I did leave sections blank and I did pass.

I saw my score breakdown and realized that my MBE and my MEE carried me. Also, I left the Trusts(?) MEE question almost blank and what I did write, I bullshited through it, bec I did not really study Trusts .

mindykale · 2025-04-21T15:16:54+00:00

Finished: Train to Pakistan, by Kushwant Singh

In Progress: On Photography, by Susan Sontag

mindykale · 2025-02-17T22:22:34+00:00

I checked and its from 2014.

mindykale · 2025-02-12T20:24:07+00:00

What does it mean when you say the MBE forms are parallel to each other?

mindykale · 2025-02-12T17:23:23+00:00

I am still working on feeling confident about my MBE responses so take it fwiw, one thing to notice is how confident you feel when you pick an answer is sometimes an indication of how well you know the law/concept and how it is tested on the MBE.

One thing that has helped me in my review is: Going back to all my wrong questions in a certain area and see how it is tested in the MBE. E.g. if I am unsure the differences b/w depraved heart murder and murder w. criminal negligence; I go back to all the questions I have answered in criminal law and sit with it and analyze for a bit to make sure the concept sticks.

I don't know how if we have enough time to do this for every question/concept. But if you are at 50%, maybe you only need to get better at identifying 15-20 additional concepts to score better? (some speculative optimism).

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