Interview Pt 1

On train right now going back to work.

Far out, got BURNED in the interview. The questions were pretty hard, I don’t think you could really prepare for them. The only way to have known the correct answers be if you had worked there and knew how they did things.

Some of the questions were like “what would you do if a trial was coming up and the sexual assault witness was overseas?” I stupidly said that maybe you could tender the statement if the defence didn’t oppose, and she shook her head no. I knew that was wrong before it even came out of my lips. She was like “sexual assault? If they didn’t oppose then there wouldn’t be a trial”. Fuck yeah.

And then another question was “what would you do if there’s this file that’s just been hiding in the corner and nothing’s been done and you find out that it’s coming up for trial next week?” I said I’d tell the supervisor, but really, what could you do???

I suppose I gave ‘satisfactory’ answers to the other questions. The dude asked me what I would do if on a severity appeal, the accused starts giving evidence inconsistent with the facts already tendered. I said I’d ask for a short break and have a talk with the defence, try to contact the OIC or victim if there was one.

Then I was asked, assuming I couldn’t contact them and we return to court, what I would do, and I said I’d ask for an adjournment, and then if it proceeded to xx, they asked how I would xx them, and I said on the basis that the accused had given inconsistent evidence and suggest that they were making it up.
Far out I feel so shitty. Not even hoping for the job now.