Law review board elections or "if you want to get something done, give it to a busy person"

So we recently had our law review board elections to select next year's board for our school's law review. Having been on the receiving end of the process (last year), it was interesting to sit on the giving end just to see how different people interview. All in all, it was a long, yet interesting day.

Based on my limited interviews, I can categorize interviewees into three general categories. The first is the ultra-prepared, who obviously have great interviewing skills and likely enjoy moderate success in getting the jobs they want. The opposite end of that spectrum is the unprepared (which you wouldn't expect in someone interviewing for an executive or administrative board position to be and yet surprisingly that was not the case). The middle group, obviously, are the ones who are prepared for what they know and are less prepared for what they don't. Interestingly, I think the only difference between those in these first and third categories is only that the more prepared interviewees can take an unforeseen question, answer it, and then twist it in such a way that steers the interview back into the arena to which they are stronger. Those in the third category, by implication, tend to get tripped up by these questions, and the stumble may be costly if the interview between the two candidates for whatever reason ends up being close.

The best quote I heard all day (and worth writing down): If you want to get something done, give it to a busy person. Never heard that one before, but I like it. It certainly applies to all of the type-A overachievers that tend to be on law review. Fortunate for me, I only have less than a semester to remain in that category.

And yes, this entry has no real substance to it. Sort of like America Ferrera's (or most other actors'/actresses') attempts at making a political statement.